There’s a regional chain in LA called Tom’s Jr. It offered unbeatable value like its Big Mac clone that went for $3.50 until they very recently bumped the price up to $5 each.
When I was a kid my dad would take us to Halo Burger in the Flint, Michigan area once in a while. Haven’t gone in decades, since I grew up and moved away from the state. Something about how the burger was seasoned, just delicious. Nowadays I usually stop by Culver’s for a double deluxe, now that there’s one not far from the house (did earlier today, actually).
Everyone keeps saying culver’s and my Canadian ass is so curious
None of them? I find it’s worth the extra $2 to go somewhere local or “fast casual”. Places like McDonalds , Wendy’s, and Burger King are overpriced garbage these days.
Also it doesn’t take much longer to make a burger at home. I get that cleanup can take some time, and a lot of folks are averse to deep frying at home. But if I want a burger and fries, nine times out of ten I’m going to make it myself.
I’m also a line cook so I probably enjoy cooking more than most folks
Five Guys is the only one I would be okay with. McDonalds is probably the worse, followed by wendys being 2nd worst. BurgerKing is… um… its like good for like your first try, then subsequent times it taste worse and worse each time you got there.
I don’t eat a lot of burgers so I probably don’t know what a “good” burger taste like, I grew up in an Asian household so I don’t exactly eat a lot of “western” food for the most of my life (like… relatively speaking, in comparison to the rest of the US).
Nando’s’ double cheese and bacon burger with added pineapple and hot basting
West coast dude that has visited all over the US. I’ve had BK/McD’s, Whataburger, Jack in the box, In-N-Out, Carl’s Jr, Smashburger, Sonic, Shake Shack, White Castle, Five Guys, A&W, and maybe a couple more I’ve forgotten. Best for me, hands down:
Culver’s butter burger with cheese and everything on it.
Culver’s is the answer.
Only one I can eat, impossible whopper. I wish they would go all in and use the superior black bean burger instead tho
When McDonald’s gets an equivalent, they’re going to make so much money off of me
Double teen burger from A&W.
Has enough meat with the double patty, and has all the toppings like onion, pickle, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, etc.
You have to specify A&W Canada. The US doesn’t have Teen burgers and they’re generally inferior.
My options are severely limited since I don’t eat meat, but The Habit makes a really nice veggie burger. They have one of the fake meat burger brands as well, but those honestly make me gag a little with how greasy they are.
I’ve had impossible burgers and they’re surprisingly good but so damn expensive
My current favorite one is a “local” (it’s available nationwide though) one called Vicio, which means addiction in Spanish, I tried them because they opened a store near me and had a sign saying “We’re called Vicio, and we cook burgers, you can imagine the rest” which I thought was pretentious, and decided to test them, but they’re really good burgers.
Before those I would have said my favorite was Five Guys ones, still do but haven’t had them in a while. And before those I used to like a local gourmet burger place back in Brazil.
Schoops , Whataburger, Culvers
Tasty Burger’s Big Tasty.
Goodtimes, haven’t had one since I was in Colorado.
Sweden has a hamburger chain named ‘Mr York’ and they are amazing!
It sadly no longer exists.
Back in the day there was a restaurant called Lick’s in Toronto. They had an assembly line of people with loud 50s music and them singing whist they assembled your order. It was so much fun.
They had burgers that were actually burgers compared to any other chain. You could actually taste the meat! My favourite side was called tater’s and cream. Fries topped with yummy white sauce that was slightly sweet but creamy with real bacon bits smothered on top with chives. They also had an amazing turkey burger.
They had other unique items on the menu but I forget them.
