Just got back from Dallas, had a great burger at the Rodeo Goat. They're in the Top 10 on TA for Dallas and they have a great burger menu, plus they'll sub any of their burgers for turkey AND they have a great beer selection. Everything you could want, basically.

http://www.rodeogoat.com/dallas/

I was in Vegas over the weekend and had an awesome burger at Michael Mina 's restaurant. ..Pub 1842.
I know it sounds weird but was amazing. It had peanut butter, potato chips, pimento cheese and onion jam.
Sorry about the sideways pic.

Still my favorite burger is Kuma's Corner in Chicago. This place is a bar with approximately 10 additional tables with screaming loud head-banger music. They open at 11:00 most days and people (of every age group) start lining up for their burgers at 10:00 a.m. We usually plan a mid-week trip and go about 2:00 p.m. **This place is rated one of the top 10 burgers in the United States.

If you don't want to wait in line, head about 3.5 hours south and hit the Indy outpost of Kuma's. I've had both and while the Chicago atmosphere can't be easily replicated, the food was just as expected without an insane wait. The Ghost burger they had a few weeks back was one of the best I've ever had.

Is the Kuma's Schaumburg equal in food quality to the Belmont Ave and Indy locations? What about the wait there?

Winghart's Pittsburgh,PA They freshly grind their meat and then ook them on a flat top! DELICIOUS

The Kuma:s in Indy is just as good, lots of beer, ring in nose employees, with lots of tats, and pleanty of heavy metal...but you can eat outside, or walk across the street to the fire station,,,

Turn left walk 2 blocks to White Castles Corp Offices...Karma...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
 

:D
Oh my god. Yes, please.

You'll have to make a trip to Southern Ontario or Central Alberta. :)

http://www.theburgerspriest.com

If I am interpreting the relationships between sandwiches described on the "Secret Menu" page correctly, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse only has 2 burger patties. The other two alternating "layers" are panko-breaded/fried portobello mushroom caps (two of "The Option" from the main menu).

Regardless of exact composition, the layer count and "buns" are most impressive. Now to figure out a justification for a trip to Alberta or Ontario.

Went to Indy's Kuma's Corner yesterday...had the goat cheese one. Meh, but I dug the pretzel bun idea. Decent frites, too.

Burger lovers traveling to Pittsburgh need to check out Burgatory. Great rare elk burger there today. The Napa slaw was also delicious. ^

My picks in no particular order:

NYC - Emily and Peter Luger
Boston - Eagle's Deli
Austin - Hopdoddy
Houston - Hubcap Grill

Speaking of Pittsburgh, the Pub Burger at Meat & Potatoes is incredible:

https://photos.smugmug.com/PGH-and-D...IMG_5081-L.jpg

When I'm jonesing for a burger........it's Five Guys.

A really good bacon cheeseburger - medium rare - with cheddar cheese, Heinz Ketchup, barbecue sauce, and maybe sauteed mushrooms. It's not only the perfection of the culinary arts, it's the key to peace in the Middle East. If we can get the Israelis to at least try the trayfeh bacon cheeseburger, and the Palestinians to forget about the fact it's haram to them, they'll see how delicious is the forbidden taste of bacon. Maybe that will get them consider that maybe they don't have all the answers and that moving away from all those doctrines can lead to ways of pleasantness and paths of peace.

Hey, Bibi, will you pass the applewood smoked bacon? Mahmoud would like to try some. Shalom! Salaam!

You can get a really good bacon cheeseburger in just about every city and major town in the USA.

That looks like a delicious burger, but also like wretched excess.

Corner Bistro - NYC

Getting off the plane in CA and stopping for a double-double at the nearest In 'n Out Burger:

LAX: Sepulveda and Lincoln
ONT: Vineyard Av
PSP: Ramon and I-10
SAN: Rosecrans
FAT: McKinley off the 168


Once you've taken your first bite out of an In 'n Out Burger, you're officially in California.

There is no In-N-Out Burger on McKinley. The closest In-N-Out Burger to FAT would be either off 168 at the Herndon exit in Clovis OR on Blackstone north of Ashlan.

There is an In & Out Smog Repair Shop on McKinley, maybe a search accidentally brought that up?

Yep. If you're heading out the 168 toward Shaver, it's a little more than a block off the freeway on your right. I guess it's the Herndon exit. It's newer than the one on the 41 that we used to go to when we needed our INOB fix. I think McKinley may be the exit of the 168 to get to FAT, or, as the Fresnans prefer, FYI.

Anyway, compared to the food offerings AA provides on the connecting flights from FAT to DFW, In-N-Out qualifies as fine dining and is always a stop to or from the airplane and the family place up in the hills.

This year just started and I have not thought about having my first burger yet, as I was able to keep my New Year resolutions so far. But don't worry, it' not going to go so long. :D The best burger I had in the past 6 months is large "Fat Burger" in Dubai. Oh, that first bite was juicy and delicious. I can still taste it in my tip of my tongue.

I've had some really good Five Guys, and some really mediocre Five Guys. Consistency between locations seems a bit of an issue to me.

I love In-N-Out for the fast food burger segment; it can't be beat IMHO for a cheap, fast burger.

Best burger I've had may have been a marrow burger somewhere in Maine; they have good ones also at Eureka! at the couple of locations I've visited.

Bleecker burger in London.