Daily Herald recommends the following 6 burger joints for the burbs, some of which have been reviewed in this and other threads in the Chicago forum already. The fact that there are three chain restaurants mentioned out of the 6 leads me to believe the reporter did not dig very deep into what could have been a fun delicious assignment.

Country House - Geneva IL www.burgerone.com
the nonburger highlight of duck tenders with rasberry dipping sauce perked my interest

Portillo's - many locations

Charlie Beinlich's - Northbrook IL www.charliebeinlich.com

Hackney's - existing FT thread here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...light=hackneys
The onion loaf is still the best in Chicagoland and perhaps the world ?

The Assembly - 2570 Hassell Road (corner of Barrington & Hassell) Hoffman Estates IL

Boston Blackies - few locations www.bostonblackies.com

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