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JP4CY

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Brick City was good about 3 years ago. Not a big fan lately.
Really digging Cafe Beaudelaire
 
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In summer, Hackneys on Harms, in winter on Lake in Glenview, IL. deep fried onions are great, arteries can only take a half order every six months or so.

i Get the bakery bun, many like rye bread. Excellent choice of Irish brews
 
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Brick City was good about 3 years ago. Not a big fan lately.
Really digging Cafe Beaudelaire
I heard pipe smoking, béret wearing poets (good poets no doubt) hang there-no thanks I want an American Burger with my American Fries!
 

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Can't think of a best one off hand but Shorts in IA City is great. Wish Ames had something like that in campustown (yes I know there's a Freddys).
Freddy's are dry. Best fast food burger is Culver's. Best burger I ever had? Family farmed cattle we get yearly over coals. Can't be touched.
 

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I notice no one has mentioned Zombie Burger. I ate there one time, and was very disappointed. Super expensive and the burgers were pretty marginal.

Stella's in Iowa City has decent burgers, and tons of choices.

Zombie burger is good late at night when out drinking and you realize you are getting really hammered because you forgot to eat dinner.
 

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Zombie burger is good late at night when out drinking and you realize you are getting really hammered because you forgot to eat dinner.
Have you had an Ernie's Boondock burger yet?
Quinton's could be something special with late night food but they miss the mark once in a while.
 

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Have you had an Ernie's Boondock burger yet?
Quinton's could be something special with late night food but they miss the mark once in a while.
I have not, but I dont get to Des Moines very often. It's been probably 5 years since my last night there, but next time I'm drinking in Des Moines and realize I forgot to eat dinner I will give one of those a try. Might be awhile. I live 2.5 hours away now.
 

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Many years ago at the Denison Livestock Auction, the little joint they had inside made the best cheeseburgers. I could put them away!!

I can't put Hickory Park in best burger. I think they have too much bun. Much rather have a bun that has been buttered and toasted. Dang it! Now I have Jimmie's BBQ Pit Texas Toast on the brain. His toast, just like Battle's was, is the bomb!!
 

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I have not, but I dont get to Des Moines very often. It's been probably 5 years since my last night there, but next time I'm drinking in Des Moines and realize I forgot to eat dinner I will give one of those a try. Might be awhile. I live 2.5 hours away now.
Depending one where your late night escapades are, Flying Tomato on Ingersoll serves slices really late.
 

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Best burger I ever had? Family farmed cattle we get yearly over coals. Can't be touched.

Me too. Half a beef, grass-fed, corn-finished. Cooked it myself on a lame propane grill, and I am not even very good griller. But the flavor of the meat was AMAZING.

Ketchup, mustard, pickles, lettuce, tomato. Maybe 1000 Island instead of k/m once in a while. Other weird things pile high are NOT a burger, they are a mess of crap on a piece of meat on a bun. I don't care for Shorts or places that do burgers like that.
 

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Each of these have been great for me. I don't remember the specific burgers I've eaten.

Saucy Focaccia in Cedar Rapids
Burgerfiend in Cedar Rapids
Red's Alehouse in North Liberty
Shorts in Iowa City
Saucy Focaccia is da bomb!
 
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