BURGER KINGS: The subhead to this GQ article says it all: "Alan Richman traveled 23,750 miles and consumed more than 150,000 calories while taking the measure of 162 burgers across the countryÂ?with one goal: to find you the best damned assemblage of ground beef and buns this country serves up." Yes, it's The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die.
I am sad to say that despite my love for a great burger, I have not eaten a single one of the 20 listed. How about you, gentle readers? And are there any you would have liked to see make the list?
A quick list of some of my personal favorites includes: Hackney's (Glenview, Ill.), Charlie Beinlich's (Northbrook, Ill.), Redamak's (New Buffalo, Mich.), Blimpy Burger (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Taylor's Refresher (St. Helena, Calif.), Five Guys in Washington, D.C., plus two that exist as vague memories, a little greasy spot outside Detroit I want to say was called the Clover Dairy or something (I think it was on Telegraph near the car dealer with the ceramic elephants) and a place in Gainesville, Fla., where the locals told us to get the burgers at one place and then walk across the street for the fries.
Related: Ask MetaFilter asked where the best cheeseburger in America is served earlier this year. And the Chicago Tribune recently picked Chicago's best burgers, but did not have the one Windy City burger (Poag Mahone's) Richman picked for his GQ list.
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