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What resturant has the best burger

Sobelmans
Five Guys
Sollys
Culvers
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Ari Gold

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Favorite Burger place
« on: March 03, 2009, 01:09:47 PM »
I just got back from a little day trip to madison and I was able to experience Five Guys. It wasn't the first time i've been there, I went to the one in DC a year or so ago, but this 5 Guys was really incredible. Bacon Cheese burger with the works was quite a consumption. HOWEVER I think Sobels is better, 5 guys a close second, sollys a distant third (smaller burgers, bad service).  I want to know what the scoopers think. Is it sobes hands down or...?

If you put other make a justification


...man a double sobe with a few beers would be so great right now.... :D
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 01:14:42 PM »

<========'Nuff Said.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 01:15:46 PM »
Other: In n Out just ahead of Sobelman's. The rest are pedestrian at best. In fact Culver's flat out sucks.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2009, 02:04:49 PM by Chili »
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 01:19:57 PM »
It's on a different level than Sobelman's but Kopps has a great burger too.  Kopps is more of a fast food burger.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 01:40:01 PM »
I live out in DC now, and each 5 guys is a little differnet.  the one by my place though has the best greasy cheeseburger around.  sometimes the cheese at sobelman's isn't completely melted through to my liking.  and i'm a raw onion kinda guy.  so i guess the fact that i can pick any condiments from a list of about 15 at five guys is a difference maker to me. 
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 01:58:28 PM »
Sobelman's, hands down.


Another GREAT one is Cheeseburger in Paradise, found in various locations around the United States.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2009, 01:59:38 PM »
the service and atmosphere at sobelman's are as good as their burgers. it has character without being a dump, and i've never left the place regretting that i came when i could've gone anywhere in milwaukee. it's consistently solid.

culver's and 5 Guys make great burgers, but they're still fast-food restaurants, and this poll is about favorite burger PLACE. besides, In N' Out kills those two if we're comparing burger chains.

solly's is gimmicky. sorry.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2009, 02:11:07 PM »
Sobelman's is unbeatable.
 
Five Guys makes a damn good burger, as does Kopp's (as mentioned earlier in the thread).

Can't go wrong with any of 'em.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2009, 02:21:06 PM »
I don't know how you CAN'T vote for Sobelman's; the place is adorned with MU gear!
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2009, 02:22:24 PM »
i guess if you're voting for place, and not just burger...i can see that.  can't get beer at a five guys.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2009, 02:34:48 PM »
love sobelman's but hate how everyone won't shut up about it. its kinda like that song you loved before it got all this radio play and now it bugs the hell out of you whenever someone talks about it....
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2009, 02:51:12 PM »
that's easy....Krystal Burger on West End Avenue in Nashville. 

Doubt that it is still there, but, if you like miniature burgers with lots of onions and ketchup and enjoy throwing 5 or 6 down at a sitting, this is definitely the place.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2009, 02:57:53 PM »
I think if I had to pick, it's Sobelman's.

As a DCer, Five Guys is great, but the awards for best burgers in the DC area has been going to Ray's Hell Burger lately.  It's a small little place in Arlington.  If you didn't know it was there, you'd never find it.  Just a plain, all-white place with a screen door in a strip mall.  Great burgers though.  The guy butchers his own meat for both the burger joint and also he's steak joint down the street - Ray's The Steaks.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2009, 02:58:54 PM »
I would also like to say Kuma in Chicago though it takes forever to get a table.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2009, 03:04:53 PM »
Quote from: ATWizJr on March 03, 2009, 02:51:12 PM
that's easy....Krystal Burger on West End Avenue in Nashville. 

Doubt that it is still there, but, if you like miniature burgers with lots of onions and ketchup and enjoy throwing 5 or 6 down at a sitting, this is definitely the place.


I work on West End, and there is no longer a Krystal on West End, but there is one about 2 blocks off West End on Charlotte. There is a White Castle/ Church's Chicken, but no Krystal.


And my vote goes to Ludy's, a small bar in Kickapoo, IL. (About 15 min outside of Peoria.)  I understand this is not a chain or available in Milwaukee, but that wasn't listed as necessary criteria.  Oh, and they have $1.25 bud light / miller light drafts at all times.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2009, 03:05:33 PM »
Anyone that makes it out to San Diego needs to stop by Corvette Diner...it's the best burger I've ever had...in fact, I'm looking forward to eating another "heart attack" when I fly out there tomorrow.

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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2009, 03:29:42 PM »
apologies to not including Kopps, but admittedly for me it ends up 3rd. The only highlight can be the fact that you can get a shake/malt with the burger and those two are a good fit. -not as good as beer and sobes-

Quote from: bs4173 on March 03, 2009, 01:59:38 PM
solly's is gimmicky. sorry.

Solly's was good. I got bad service there like 2-3 times so I probably won't go back unless I make it up that direction... which I wont. and If I did, I'd go to kopps for virtually the same thing and 1/2 the price
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2009, 03:38:08 PM »
unfortunately, "Solly's was good" is too true.  Before the forced move to accommodate the freeway ramp, there was nothing finer.  In fact, I always ordered two on 'pillows' right away to avoid waiting for the second one halfway through my malt...  Man, when I think of how many arteries I donated there, it's scary!  Now, I agree w/ Sobelmann's.  In and Out is a great second, but mostly because of the freshness and malts.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2009, 03:39:37 PM »
Quote from: ATWizJr on March 03, 2009, 02:51:12 PM
that's easy....Krystal Burger on West End Avenue in Nashville. 

Doubt that it is still there, but, if you like miniature burgers with lots of onions and ketchup and enjoy throwing 5 or 6 down at a sitting, this is definitely the place.

krystal is just the southern version of white castle, isn;t it?
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2009, 04:34:30 PM »
Not even close.....Soblemans
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2009, 04:41:53 PM »
Quote from: ReneeRowarrior on March 03, 2009, 02:34:48 PM
love sobelman's but hate how everyone won't shut up about it. its kinda like that song you loved before it got all this radio play and now it bugs the hell out of you whenever someone talks about it....

That's why I've only been saying it since 2002; but I know exactly what you mean.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2009, 04:45:39 PM »
try and hit up the southside of milwaukee (bay view). Check out cafe lulu (i know sounds gay); but they have a burger called the heart attack. 1/2 pound burger topped with bacon and gorgonzola cheese....WOW!!

Sobelmans is #1 but cafe lulu is a close second.
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2009, 05:20:54 PM »
+1

My heart is always going to be with Sobelman's but Cafe Lulu's heart attack burger is phenomenal!
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2009, 08:16:35 PM »
Anyone else remember when soblemans had 1/2 off on wednesdays? Where 15 bucks would buy you a double burger and 3 pitchers.......man those were the days
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Re: Favorite Burger place
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2009, 08:41:37 PM »
We were excited to try 5 Guys when they opened one 10 minutes from our house.  We all like burgers and we thought, they must be good if that is all they do.

Except for the fact that it wasn't burned around the edges, it tasted just like when I grill them at home...with beef from Pick n Save...on Roundy's buns from Pick n Save.  And I am not a great bbq'r.  Needless to say, extremely disappointed.  Haven't been back since, even though they opened another one about 15 minutes away in the opposite direction.

A friend of mine introduced me to Sobleman's last year.  I was so hungry I am not sure I tasted more than 1/2 the burger, but it was outstanding.  Plus we were dining near a celebrity!!!  Kathy Mycleby from WISN News ;)
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