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Gayot’s Top 10 Burger Restaurants in the U.S.

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Gayot has posted their Top 10 Burger Restaurants in the U.S. There is no explanation as to how they came to choose these 10 restaurants in particular but that’s nothing new with these kinds of lists. The only thing out of the ordinary is that Gordon Ramsey’s New Burger Joint (it’s only a few months old) made the #2 spot.

1) Short Order – Los Angeles, CA

2) Gordon Ramsay BurGR – Las Vegas, NV

3) DMK Burger Bar – Chicago, IL

4) Bobcat Bite – Sante Fe, NM

5) Burger Joint – New York, NY

6) BurgerMeister San Francisco, CA

7) Carl’s Drive In – Brentwood, MO

8) Chip’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers – Dallas, TX

9) FLIP Burger Boutique – Atlanta, GA

10) Le Tub – Hollywood, FL

In-N-Out’s Double-Double Ranked #1 Fast Food Burger in America

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In-N-Out’s Double Double Burger has been named by Ranker (a crowd sourced rankings site) as the “Top Fast Food Burger”, over 3 thousand fast food customers voted. Here’s the entire Top 10:

 

1.              In-N-Out Double-Double Burger

2.              Five Guys Hamburger

3.              Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger

4.              Fuddruckers

5.              Wendy’s Baconator

6.              Burger King Whopper

7.              Wendy’s 1/4 Single

8.              White Castle Sliders

9.              Whataburger Original Whataburger

10.             Fatburger

Click here to check out the full list of Best Burgers.

Zagat’s “The Best Burgers in 25 Cities”

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Check out Zagat’s “The Best Burgers in 25 Cities” List. Is your city properly represented? Do you agree with the list? I was happy to see Flip Burger Bar make the Miami list as it’s an under appreciated gem in North Miami.

Atlanta Area: The Vortex

Austin: Hopdoddy’s Burger Bar

Baltimore Area: Linwoods

Boston: Mr. Bartley’s

Charlotte: Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar

Chicago: Edzo’s Burger Shop

Dallas/Ft. Worth: Maple & Motor

Denver: Crave Real Burgers

Ft. Lauderdale: The Le Tub Saloon

Honolulu: Kua ‘Aini Sandwich

Houston: Goode Co. Burgers

Kansas City: Burger Stand at the Casbah

Las Vegas Area: Slidin’ Thru

Los Angeles: Golden State

Miami: Flip Burger Bar

New York City: Burger Joint

Orlando: Pine Twenty 2

Philadelphia: Sketch

Portland, OR: Killer Burger

Sacramento: Squeeze Inn

Salt Lake City: Hire’s Big H

San Diego: In-N-Out Burger

San Francisco Bay: 900 Grayson

Seattle: Broiler Bay

Washington, DC: Ray’s To The Third

The 5 Best Miami Food Truck Burgers

Probably the question I get asked the most is which is the Best Food Truck Burger. Really, how can I not be asked that question with there being over 100 Food Trucks in South Florida, half of which have multiple versions of the Burger.

The Burgers are not in any order and are just numbered to keep some order. Eat these 5 6 Burgers and become one of the enlightened.

This is not a starter list, this is “The List”:

1. BITE Gastrotruck: When Chef Ron Kerr told me he was taking the Burgers he created at Georgie’s Alibi and Bill’s Filling Station mobile I was left salivating. I’m convinced there must be crack in this Burger, no for real.

BITE Burger w/Cheese & Bacon Jam

BITE Burger w/Cheese & Bacon Jam

2. Cheeseburger Baby: Take a good look at the Bacon, it’s gotta be driving you as mad as it does me. Great Burger at their restaurant, Great Burger from their truck and Great Burger in my stomach.

Cheeseburger w/Extra Crispy Bacon

Cheeseburger w/Extra Crispy Bacon

3. Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers: If I could marry a Burger this might be the one. And if you’re lucky enough to catch Jefe’s when they’ve the Patty Melt on the menu, don’t resist. Give in and order, or you’ll regret it. Big time.

Double Cheezer Miami Style

Double Cheezer Miami Style

4. The Rolling Stove: What a great crust this burger has on it. When you add the Cheese Spread (Yes, Cheese Spread), Grilled Onions, Ketchup and Mayonnaise it’s a masterpiece. I did really say Ketchup & Mayonnaise. What, you got a problem with that?

The "Stove Burger"

The “Stove Burger” w/Cheese Spread & Grilled Onions

5. gastroPod: The original South Florida Food Truck is still the gold standard when it comes to Burgers. Order it topped with an Egg and you’re set. It doesn’t get any better than this.

Mo Better Burger

Mo’ Better Burger

Extra Credit:

6. El Rey de las Fritas: A Frita had to make the list and no Food Truck Frita come close to the Original, El Rey de las Fritas. If you’re feeling adventurous order it “Doble a Caballo“.

Frita Original

Frita Original

Top 5 Best Sauces in Miami & South Florida

These are the Top 5 Best Sauces in South Florida. More than likely you’ll either agree with me on a few, enlighten me about others I don’t know about or praise me for me telling you about them.

Start out 2013 right by seeking out these fellas. These are not in any particular order:

 

1. Queso Sauce from the Hamburguesa Taco at El Jefe Luchador: In short, this a Charm City Burger Company Burger in a Taco but what really makes it work is the “Queso Sauce”. Cheese does make the world go round you know.

Hamburguesa Taco

Hamburguesa Taco

2. Garlic Sauce from Doggi Style: Sometimes I use their Pink Sauce, sometimes I use their Chili Mayo Sauce but I always use the Garlic Sauce. Everytime!

Hot Dog w/Garlic & Chili Mayo Sauces

Hot Dog w/Garlic & Chili Mayo Sauces

3. Copperpot’s Sriracha: You guys can keep your Huy Fong Sriracha. I’ll stick to South Florida natives Copperpot’s and their highly addictive Sriracha. It’s slightly sweet with a little bite at the end, kinda like me.

Copperpots' Sriracha (not my pic but I wish it was)

Copperpots’ Sriracha (not my pic but I wish it was)

4. Yellow Mustard Mayo Sauce from Blue Collar: It’s served with the  Cuban Sandwich Spring Rolls but everyone knows there’s no Mayo on a Cuban Sandwich. So do the sensible thing, save the sauce and dip your fries in it. You can thank me later.

Cuban Spring Rolls with Mayo/Mustard Sauce

Cuban Sandwich Spring Rolls with Yellow Mustard Mayo Sauce

5. Creole Mustard from A&G Burger Joint: The Creole Mustard is served with pretty much every Burger at A&G and well it should. I didn’t want to share it with anyone and you really shouldn’t have to.

Creole Mustard

Creole Mustard

Travel + Leisure’s Best French Fries in the U.S.

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Travel + Leisure  just released their list of Best French Fries. It does not appear that the choices were all made by one person but by “experts” in their respective areas. So of course that means this list is more than likely all over the place. I’m a fan of lists compiled by one knowledgeable person, not by a chicken nugget Frankenstein monster.

I’ve been to 3 of the 25 including the one Miami restaurant Bourbon Steak. Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta and Pommes Frites in New York City City round out the places I’ve had. All 3 are great and worthy of being Top 25.

Travel + Leisure‘s Best French Fries:

  • Al’s French Fry – Burlington, VT
  • Amsterdam Bar & Hall – St. Paul, MN
  • Blue Duck Tavern – Washington, D.C
  • Boise Fry Company -  Boise, ID
  • Bourbon Steak – Miami, FL
  • The Breslin Bar & Dining Room – NYC, New York
  • Chego – Los Angeles, CA
  • Coreanos – Austin, TX
  • Duckfat – Portland – ME
  • Gilroy Garlic Fries at AT&T Park – San Francisco, CA
  • Green Pig Bistro – Arlington, VA
  • The Green Room – Greenville, SC
  • Hot Doug’s – Chicago, IL
  • Hubcap Grill – Houston, TX
  • Jasper’s Corner Tap – San Francisco, CA
  • Jonesy’s EatBar – Denver, CO
  • La Boca – New Orleans, LA
  • The Original Hot Dog Shop – Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pike Street Fish Fry – Seattle, WA
  • Saus – Boston, MA
  • Thrasher’s – Ocean City, MD
  • Violetta – Portland, OR

Top 5 Comments Left on BurgerBeast.Com

I was recently checking out old posts on BurgerBeast.Com and realized how incredible some of the comments left on the pages were. I had a list of 10 that I whittled down to this Top 5. Enjoy them, I did.

5) Bliss Burger Bistro & Lounge in South Beach Grand Opening – Bliss Burger Bistro & Lounge which was a very short lived Burger Joint on the Beach was just about to open so I posted a copy of the menu I got from their Facebook Fanpage. One of the owners accused me of somehow getting an unauthorized copy of the menu and demanded that I remove it. I did and he also unfortunately also removed his threat but the responses remain.

4) Abdullah The Butcher House Of Ribs & Chinese Food – Atlanta, Georgia – If you’re not an old school wrestling fan then you won’t know who Abdullah the Butcher is but those who do know who he is for some reason think they can leave comments for him on this page.

3) Bijans Burger Joint – Coral Gables, Florida – A place that served room temperature food caused positive Anonymous comments to show up and an attempt by one of the cooks to issue an apology that ends with a sales pitch for their drink specials.

2) Que Perro! – Miami, Florida – The guys knows the old owners, the new owners, is friends with the manager and once managed the restaurant. He also name drops “McDonnell’s”, Restaurant Depot & “cosco”. This is a MUST READ!

and

1) Hamburlooca – Managua, Nicaragua – First time an owner took exception to my comments in a very detailed reply as to why my mathematics were off when figuring out travel time.