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Was getting hungry and thought about what to fix. Mind drifted back to childhood and the Dairy Queen food I got to eat. They used to make a sloppy Joe type burger called the Rite Maid. They would use a fresh bun that they heated and toasted a little on the inside then put in the sloppy Joe sauce mixed with meat and cheese.

Growing up I would travel back to my home town and always buy a couple. They moved and the new place no longer serves them but boy I sure miss them. No place I have ever been to serves them, got to make my own.

You guys got a favorite burger joint from your childhood?
 
I grew up with a great burger joint (Reid's) that was on the other side of the Erie Canal from my house. An easy bike ride or walk and became a regular stop once I got my license.

They have a relishy-sorta-meatless-hot-sauce that is out of this world. Put it on red or white hots, burgers, fries, anything on their menu. Their shakes are off the hook (including the refreshing "Mountain Dew Cooler"). Best part is that their prices are ridiculously low.

When I'm back "home" it is always on my "to do" list.
 
Don't remember the name of it , but when my brother,
sister and I were ten or so (1954) there was a hamburger place
at the south end of Lake Tahoe at the state line that was
located on the north corner of the California side next to the
boarder and it served the BIGGEST bugger with fries in a red
basket that that tasted great and you could not eat the whole thing.

About six years later we were introduced to Nevada's Nugget
and the "Awful Awful" hamburger and my sister fell in love with the "Shrimp Boat".

Today I prefer the taste of the "Burger King" over the fast food joints.
 
Just a personal opinion, but burgers that are purchased already patted out are inferior. The best burgers are those made from hamburger on the spot, then cooked. When you buy already formed (and usually frozen), you also normally get low quality burgers.

Not from my youth. There was a place/chain called the Hitching Post that really did produce some edible burgers. Long ago. There's a place over in Newtown, Ohio called the Main Street Cafe. Think I'll go there tomorrow and order one of theirs. Well done. That's the way you get the burned edges like you get at a picnic. Besides, I like the waitress.

The burger stand out in Buena Vista, CO used to make and sell outstanding burgers. The last couple of years they gave into the crummy burgers they buy from the food services.

I can be picky. I know what I like. Yes, toast the bun, and its better if they slop on some butter on it before trying to toast it!
 
rburg said:
Just a personal opinion, but burgers that are purchased already patted out are inferior. The best burgers are those made from hamburger on the spot, then cooked. When you buy already formed (and usually frozen), you also normally get low quality burgers.

Not from my youth. There was a place/chain called the Hitching Post that really did produce some edible burgers. Long ago. There's a place over in Newtown, Ohio called the Main Street Cafe. Think I'll go there tomorrow and order one of theirs. Well done. That's the way you get the burned edges like you get at a picnic. Besides, I like the waitress.

The burger stand out in Buena Vista, CO used to make and sell outstanding burgers. The last couple of years they gave into the crummy burgers they buy from the food services.

I can be picky. I know what I like. Yes, toast the bun, and its better if they slop on some butter on it before trying to toast it!
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Another place I grew up with was Johnys 49ers. Hamburger , milkshake and fries for 49 cents. Dad died when I was two leaving mom with 7 kids and her a fourth grade education. Rarely did we get to eat out. Used to pick up bottles out of the ditch for lunch money so you can get a drift as to why the food was so good.
 
Goff's Burgers in Dallas (University Park) since 1950.

This was a premium charbroiled burger that I craved as a kid. The menu is virtually the same as what I remember. They appear to have moved a few blocks away from their original location.

Goff's Menu
 
When I was in my teens, at the end of the Late Cretaceous, there was a joint here that served a fine, juicy chopped sirloin burger on a medium-dark seedless rye bun with a thick slice of red onion. You could add condiments, and being young and stupid I would apply ketchup, but the sandwich alone was a marvel. The restaurant has been gone for decades. I've tried over the years to reproduce that fine sirloin burger, but have never gotten it quite right.

Holy cow, just realized this was my 10,000th post! Must be thinking of a good karma!
 
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Right now I could go for 6 cheddar dogs from a dog joint in East Town Grand Rapids, Mi called Yesterdogs. Whooo boy are they something. Soft steamed bun with a dog, a loose meat chili sauce and a hand full of shredded cheddar.
 
OH COME ON! Now I believe you guys are just trying to set me up for demerits with these subject lines! Thank God you didn't title it "hot sticky buns".
 
English's Billiard Parlor, across from the SW corner of the courthouse in Thomaston, Georgia. I have been eating their scrambled hamburgers for right at 60 years. Steamed buns, no ketchup or mustard, just the special secret recipe sauce. The English family still runs the joint. It is known as English's Cafe now. The city put a big per table tax on pool tables because of crime problems from other parts of town. I need to go get a "Poolroom hamburger" fix soon. It's been a while.
 
The best hamburger I ever ate was with my Dad. I was about 14 plus, we had been fixing fence on the farm and were hungry and thirsty.

Up to this point I had a few sips of Grandpa's homemade wine and a sip or two of beer.

Close to the farm there was a bar that served burgers and fries.

Mom was out visiting relatives. When we got back to the house Dad said do you want a hamburger? Dad never took us out to eat, I said yes sir quickly. I was thinking we'd go to town and get one at the old Rexal drugstore.

Dad made a right turn, this was a 180 from town. He pulled in the bar parking lot, I was praying they had soda. We sat down, the owner called Dad by his first name. HMMM. Dad said we want 2 burgers and fries and 2 Bud's. The barkeep brought 2 beers over and I was sort of afraid to touch it. Dad said drink up. Holy Cow, Dad, me and beer. The burger was great. We went back and fixed fence the rest of the afternoon. I was on cloud 9. Dad did not have to tell me to keep my mouth shut around Ma, the staunchest of Southern Baptists. He never bought me another beer until I was 21.
 
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Back afore they built the interstate, the roar thru our town was the main route from NYC to Canada. and every town had mom and pop burger joints. My town had "Rumney's". Ol' Tom made what he called " the Rumney burger". it was the Big mac before Macdonalds. One big patty, cheese, lettuce tomato mustard. catsup. Damn good eatin.
 
Windsor, Ontario had a little restaurant we sometimes stopped at when on our way to visit relatives. They had the best burger and fries with malt vinegar of course. One thing that made the burger even better was the green relish they served with it. I don't know what it is but Canadian relish is a different shade of green and much tastier than American variety.
Now I have a taste for one of those burgers.
 
There are obviously quite a few Burger Affectionados on the forum. So this is an important date in history.

December 4, 1954.... Sixty Years Ago today!

The first Burger King opened in Miami, FL.



One of the pieces of goofy art on the wall at our local Cowfish Restaurant
 
Buy them by the bag for 5cents they were great.IMG_4782-2.jpg now when I get to MD I will hit Ann's with their fried footlongs and chili. I need a road trip.lcOoDvnHV3FCNN.jpg
 
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