Best Damned Burger In the Area?

[Crothian]

Columbus has always been a good place for Burgers as we are a Test Market City ie many many resturant chains experiment with us with new items.

 

[Bryan898]

I love a good burger, and if there's one good perk to living in Iowa, it's top quality beef. Black angus beef comes easy to find, delicious to eat, and cheap on the wallet around here. You can buy black angus steaks at about 2-3 bucks a lb straight from a butcher. I know the place where I was growing up many of the people that raised cattle on their farms shipped steaks out to top resturaunts in NYC.

But the best burger in my area is from this small hole in the wall bar called the "Half-Pint Saloon" (if you're wondering, I checked, and it is most definetely NOT run by halflings .) Otherwise, in larger chains I like the burger at village inn, can't remember its name. It's a double cheeseburger, with onion rings on it, and a special thousand isles dressing.

mmmm Burgers....

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Yep, Black Angus is easy to find 'round here. I pass Angus farms nearly everday when I drive to work. I laugh when I see Burger King trying to pass off some of their crap as Black Angus.

 

[Mark]

I'm usually happy with American cheese or cheddar (well, what we call cheddar, I guess). No other condiments needed, for me. I see some folks have mentioned peppers and some other things. Am I the only one who prefers a "plain" cheeseburger?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Well... so long as it has ketchup, mustard, onions, pickles, and cheese I'm happy... but, if you put bacon on it, I'm even happier.

(mmmm... bacon)

 

[Torm]

I'm usually happy with American cheese or cheddar (well, what we call cheddar, I guess). No other condiments needed, for me. I see some folks have mentioned peppers and some other things. Am I the only one who prefers a "plain" cheeseburger?

I like 'em even plainer (or, since I'm Torm, Planar ) sometimes - just bun and patty. The catch is that the patty will have been cooked in soy sauce and a little Mongolian fire oil. (The American Flame-Grilled variety of Boca Burgers are really good that way, too - and healthier.)

 

[Desdichado]

My favorite hamburger was the Deathburger from Chicken Oil Company in Bryan Texas (I believe it's on the Bryan side of the line; it's possible it's just in College Station, though.)

Here in Detroit, the best I've had is probably from Miller's Bar and Grill in Dearborn, but that's no Chicken Oil Company.

 

[Desdichado]

And die_kluge's right. Chili's does have pretty good burgers. And I have yet to find good bar-b-que in Virginia.

Chili's has some of the worst burgers I've had, second only to MacDonald's. I've tried time and time again, but I've long ago decided that I'll never order another burger from Chili's as long as I live. If you have to have chain restaurant casual dining burgers as your fix, I'd recommend Red Robin. Their 5-Alarm burger is my favorite, but they've got half a dozen burgers that are all pretty good.

 

[Desdichado]

People on the coasts don't know what good barbecue is.

I assume you're excluding the Gulf coast from that...

 

[Arnwyn]

I'd probably have to say Mrs. Mike's, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in an area with a bunch of very good hole-in-the-wall restaurants.