Searching for the best burger, found this link.
Interestingly, In N Out and Fatburger was on the list 3rd and 4th.
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1. This, believe it or not, was an easy choice. Monk's Bar in the Wisconsin Dells is by far the Best Hamburger in the World. It is as close to perfect as a burger can. Not too thick, not too greasy, if I could only have one food for the rest of my life, it would be a hamburger from Monk's.
2. My second choice, which I have chance to partake of more often, is at The Lakeview Inn, in Sister Lakes, MI. While the building might not look like much from the outside, the food is great, although I rarely have anything other than a burger. The Onion Rings, if I had a list for those, would be Number One.
3. While I don't mind eating at McDonald's or Burger King on occasion, I wouldn't consider those to be "great" hambugers. However three chains do appear on the list. The first, and my favorite among the chains, is In-n-Out Burger. Located at the Northwest corner of Tropicana Ave and I-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although you had better want a hamburger when you go there, except for fries and onion rings they don't serve anything else.
4. Las Vegas is also home to another great hamburger stand. As they say at Fatburger, "The Last Great Hamburger Stand." It is a California chain, but the only one that I have been to is in-between the MGM Grand and where the old Aladdin used to be on the Strip.
5. While I was in High School, I worked at Pop's in Palos Heights, IL for a couple of months, and I have loved the double cheeseburger from there ever since. Thin and greasy with cheese that sticks to wax paper wrappers, as good a burger as I have ever had in Chicago. The Italian Beef, another Chicago speciality is also excellent.
6. I first started going to Steak'n'Shake when I was a student at the University of Illinois. The old one on Green Street is gone, but now I go to the one in Benton Harbor, MI. Along with a Chili Three Way, it is a fine way to start out a Sunday morning before a day of waterskiing.
7. If you are a fan of the old Saturday Night Live or if you were alive in the 70's, you can probably remember John Belushi belting out, "Cheeseburgy, cheeseburgy, cheeseburgy...". That was based on the Billy Goat Grill in Chicago. Nested under the surface on Lower Michigan Ave, the Goat is where I sent my wife's aunt and uncle who were visiting from Ireland and wanted to experience a real "Chicago" place.
8. One thing that I want to do before I die is travel the Old Route 66 from the Chicago Lakefront to the Santa Monica Pier. I have had opportunity to travel portions of the "Mother Road" however. I had the chance to visit the Route 66 Mueseum in Clinton, Oklahoma. Afterward, I stopped in at Pop Hicks' Restaurant, which was just down the road on 66. It is the ultimate Route 66 greasy spoon and is a must stop if you are in town.
9. After watching Walter Payton play on the best football team of all-time, and a few not so good ones, it is pleasure to visit The Roundhouse, his brewpub/bar/restaurant/mueseum in Aurora, Illinois. Great burgers, good beer and some interesting football memorabilia.
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