Who do you think makes the best burg ? Top of my list are:

Dicks
Pepperdocks ( Alki )
Red Robin
Mine

Red Mill. Their bacon cheeseburger rules. When you order look back at the grill. The pile of bacon at 11:30am is three feet high.

I live 2 blocks from the Wallingford Dicks. I've been here 13 years. I'm also downwind from them. The boy loves them but they've lost their appeal to me!

They are OK, but to me they taste like an off-shoot, or a clone-wannabe of a KidValley Burger.

Or, it's the other way around. Either way, both places make a very similar burger.

Really, nothing is going to beat an In-N-Out Burger, Animal Style!

Red Mill. "NO CELL PHONES"

Miners in union gap wa. or yakima.
Roakes in east portland.
gorge burger in Carson wa.

Eagan's Big Tom in Tumwater.

Frugals

+1

I like Frugals too.
I also like Parker's suggestion of In and Out animal style. Damn we need those things in WA.

I wish there was a Dicks on the Eastside.wait that didn't sound right.. I don't why they taste so good... I just get that craving once a year to go there.

You should have stopped after "Eastside"

Sate run liquor stores and no In 'n' Out Burger!?!

Salmon fishing....

Clark's in Cosmopolis on the way to South Bend.
Dusty's in Wenatchee (sloppy goey mess)
Miners in Yakavegas
The "Ron's Burger" at hunters Inn at Naselle

Anyone in PA who thinks Frugal's is good, needs to drive to Sequim and try Tootsie's. I love my Frugal burger, but Tootsie's is a step up.

Ranch Drive in in Bothell
Boomers in Bellingham
Zeke's in Index

Dicks Burgers and Burgermaster's get honorable mentions as chains restaurants..

+1 for Fat Smittys. Those burgers are the perfect way to return to civilization after a backpacking trip. Red Mill gets an honorable mention and it is much closer.

one of my favorites has to be the shell station in castle rock. $5(was $4 until about 6 months ago) gets you a big greasy cheeseburger, a good sized sack of fries and a drink, and it's all made to order. their bacon doubles are killer, too.

I finally had a "Fatburger" burger in Vancouver a couple of months ago and it was damn good for a chain.

I had a Whopper in an Amsterdam Burger King that tasted as good as any burger I've ever eaten. It was great, I was all by myself in my own little piece of heaven. Then, I looked over to my right and saw an American couple in their mid-30's. The husband's eyes and general look indicated that perhaps the Amsterdam "produce" had been a little over-the-top for him. He took an enormous bite of his burger and, with his mouth totally full, looked at his wife and said, "This is SOOOOOO good!". I knew EXACTLY what he was talking about.

+2 for fat smitty's. Nice stop on the way back. As far as fast food goes it has got to be In "n" out. If the line was not 20 min long it would be even better.

maybe if you're gay....

STFU Dewbie.

but its pink......

And, Frugals looks like a garage.

Maybe the pink lovin girls at Tootsie's pack a better bun.

(Soft ball for ya)

A long time ago as a kid our family use to stop at a place in Sequim called " Crazy Erics " them burgs were HUGE! Does anyone remember that place? locals?

never thought about it that way before....kinda like going to slut hut for a coffee

The Tav in Ellensburg on the eastside of the state. Supermotherburgers.

The Bear's Den in McCleary makes a mean burger as well.

Frugals is good.

Dick's Drive-in is good at 2am.

+1

told you BERG!!!!!

sorry aunty

How be damn !

i dont think i have ever heard that expression before

My cousin Eric was stabbed and nearly killed at the Tav. He use to be a regular and a drunk and a 6' 9" trouble maker. Got his [censored] together and quit drinking....anyway..their food is good!

Hey Mreyns, how does the Joyce Logger Burger stack up to Frugals? Been 20 years since I ate there, but it gave a Fat Smitty burger a run for it's money!

unless you are 300+lbs it is kind of a waste to eat there. even when i have the munchies i cant finish one. frugals is the best

What is the name of that place somewhere near Discovery Park? I've heard they have huge, killer burgers perfect for the trip to/from Forks. Is that Smitty's?

if you are talking about the one right across the street from the road that leads to Port Townsend then yes.

Buddy of mine swears by the Apple pie at Smittys.

Pickwick in Tacoma makes a good burger.

Frugals

"Joyce Logger Burger" had a friend finish one along with the plate of fries and this guy wasn't fat.

thats impressive....he must have had painful sit on the throne after that....

mmmmmm.....beer.....

Whoa. Just had a Pulp Fiction flashback!

A Royale with cheese! Le Big Mac!

Think it's time I get me a Big Kahuna Burger!

the big mac really IS to die for

nice

Hard to beat a good greasy cheezburger from Frisco freeze in Tacoma.

Steer Inn and Zips In Spokane have some good burgers allso

Blanking on what the place was called but it was by Fish Lake east of stevens pass. They had the Ski Burger. Big burger with fried egg, ham, bacon and other good stuff.

Dang Chuck. I had to take an Emergency dose of Crestor after watching that! I'm also having sympathetic and imaginary pains in my colon now.

8,000 calories for a Quad-Bypass Burger.



I had a friend make the BaconBurger Fatty Melt and said it was THE BEST burger he's EVER eaten.

Chuck S-

You sir, are a genius! You have combined the incredible burger thread with the thursday/monday thread with your "good burger" site. God will now bless you with unlimited fishing and catching!!!

Good thing Stlhdr1 didn't read this thread before his gallbladder surgery. It would have ruptured for sure!

Crap. These goes mine.

Ouch.

Fat smitty's on the way home from Neah Bay will put you in a coma before you hit the hood canal bridge.Clarks is a close second for a mid ride break on the quads.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Yes I've downed my huge smitty bacon burger and fries a few times with room to spare.

There was a place down in Sonoma County, CA called Ingram's Chili Bowl. The El Dorado was an open faced cheeseburger (double burger on request) smothered in their famous chili along with a heaping side of hashbrowns, also covered with chili. I don't know if I should smile or puke thinking about it.

smile....then eat it....then puke

Had something similar in a burger joint in Pasadena. It was supposedly "famous" or "infamous" and I have long since forgotten the name. They served up some form of burger type thing smothered with chili. It was good, if not an instant form of heart burn and bad gas. The 34 beers the night before and during the game didn't help (or hurt too bad) either. Gotta love a Rose Beer!

Ah, back in the GOOD old days when the Huskies actually made it to the Rose Bowl.

Guess I won't be going there any time soon.

Here, I'll just save dewbie, Mike, or Chuck, the hassle of replying to that fat T-ball of a pitch.......

I think that place is called the " squirrel tree inn " ?

Surprised no one said Sully's. Awesome after standing in the river for 14 hours and not eating anything all day.

There's also the "Fifty Niner Diner" on Hwy 2 by the Lk Wenatchee cutoff.

Squirrel tree ain't bad after spending a week in the high country.

couldn't say i've ever eaten there, joyce kinda freaks me out i'm usually in and out as fast as i can...as said before though, i hear they are pretty damn big and not bad

you guys from around this area, how about lynn's caboose?? obviously #1 in the world for fries, but thier jalapeno bacon cheese is amazing!

yah, he's got a flock out that way

1. Kid Valley
2. Eagan's Big Tom
3. The one's I make on the BBQ that are as healthy as red meat can be, 7% fat, whole wheat bun, organic tomato and dill pickle, etc.

Where is Frugals ?

i know they're in pa and auburn for sure, i think there's two others...one being in montana

Lynn makes burgars too?

On the left in PA westbound just after Mickey D's.

We engineered a site for "Farknarkles" in Silverdale for the owners of Frugals, but they pulled the plug after a few years, suprsisingly. Now it's a flower shop

Another vote: Bob's Burger and Brew in Lynden and Ferndale.....the burgers may not be the best, but damn that Bob sure knows how to pick them servers outta that cattle country up north Bucket always buys when he loses at dice (or his kid), so that affects the quality of the burger too

Conway Tavern

Eagans' Big T


(the T stands for toes)

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Mf

The Eagles Nest in Elma makes a good burger.

greasie gert's gas-n-grub in mattawa. get the trucker colon clogger with a large order deep fried asperagus. while your waiting for your number to be called get a big bottle peptobismol and straw. enjoy!

There is a tavern in waterville ,can not think of the name ,but hands down the best burger in Washington

Where the [censored] is Waterville?

Never mind. Looked it up. Been there. Will eat the burgers next time.

Kopey's in waterville but no longer a Tav ,now a restaurant

lynns caboose hands down. (fries also)
then frugals
tootsies is ok also if your in sequim. (they used to be owned by the same people as frugals originaly wern't they?)

crazy erics used to be the bomb used to eat there all the time as a kid with my grandparents. nolands used to be good also way back in the day.

wow!

"I think that place is called the " squirrel tree inn " ?"

I think that's it. Last time was probably 25 years ago and they eventually closed so must have opened again.

Dang - you could take a burger and fishin' road trip with the places named on this thread.

Lynn's Caboose? Somebody been sneaking in my backyard and checking out my wife? She does indeed make a tasty burger.

I didn't see the Three River's Riverburger mentioned. I haven't had one in awhile so they may not as good as they used to be but they hit the spot after beating thru the brush bank fishing out at that end of the street.

Spiffys in Morton and Zips in Ritzville!

Still there. It closed for a little while, but has been re-opened for multiple years. I heard the owners "took it back" from who ever was trying to buy it. Driven by it my whole life and I've never stopped there.

Maybe I'll go have a Zips for ya Timber. I'm in Ritzville working today.

"I would have thought he would have replied with Chuck E Cheeses? "

Hey Marsha,
I went to a Chuck E. Cheese once when my sons were young for a friend's b-day party. An absolutely disgusting place. I wanted to punch the freak in the rat outfit.

3 rivers burger is still good, and will have it when i am staying out there. if theres a chance to make it around the lake before lynns closes i'll waite.

And her caboose?

I am not interested in how Lynn's caboose tastes.

"And her caboose? "

As has been said, some thing speak for themselves and next month we've been married for 37 years so there's your answer.

"I am not interested in how Lynn's caboose tastes."

And see that it stays that way!

Suprised nobody has mentioned the Humdinger in Hoquiam...

When I was a kid the Humdinger had ice cream cones starting at $.05

Best burger? Seens as I am late to the party....

1. I am going with Billy's in Aberdeen. It's right over the bridge if you were coming back from Westport. Blue cheese burger is awesome. Plus I don't have to drink some crap fountain drink and can have a beer.

2. A hot Dick's (usually with cheese) Wipe that smirk off your face! it's a hamburger for God's sake!

3. Carl Jr's- probably only because I've only had it a few times.

Big Miner
Smitty's
Black Angus patty burger
Furlessburger
Whopper
Big Mack

Mf

Who doesn't like a furlessburger?

There's a Connoco or 76 station in Yakima that has a little burger joint called Smitty's. Best burgers I've had. Either the Paul Bunyan or Logger burger. Good stuff.

Frugals is ok, Red Mill is better.

That would be the one...... Paul Bunyan burger's rock

I used to live about 3 blocks from their. And their breakfast to go was a favorite as well.

Mf

Went and had Lynne's Caboose (hehe, that sounds funny ). Not bad. I 've had better though. I had the big bacon burger that was recommended here. The fries were pretty good though. Not everyplace that you get steak fries with a burger. What you get for the price though... I'll go to McD's or Jack n' the Crack.

yeah it is spendy. the western is good as well. not sure i would put it in the jack and crack category.

a Dick's Deluxe is always good, but my vote for #1 is the Big Bopper burger at Cool Cats in Lahaina.

Here is a Koby beef burger at a place in Vegas...cost is $ 777.00

http://www.vegaswinenews.com/old/may2007/Site/Restaurant%20News.html

Stamely is still in Los Barrielas.Get over it vacation's over with,get to stackin that fire wood.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Stam has his mind on going to Craig next week.

I don't think there's a taco in Craig I'd be willing to munch on. Pretty sure the Michelin Man would keep his rubber in the package instead of treading around that town......;(

Fish, eat dinner, hide out in the motel room.

Stam: Say hi to Ruth Ann for me. Tell her I'm bringing her what I promised but that you are delivering it.

Knock em dead. I'm there the 23rd.

One more vote for the Miner Tomato burger. Fresh ripe tomatos about Aug 14 on.

something tells me you want to eat the other white meat in that taco................

Stam, I spent a week in Los Barrilles before and after our beach wedding in Cabo....damn, almost a decade ago now...... I caught roosterfish from the beach, mass quantities of dorado and yellowfin, pargo, various other bottomfish...all capped off with a nice fat striped marlin I took on standup gear the day after our nuptials.....I can stil hear the "ka-clunk ka-plunk" of the skinny arse cows' cowbells while they were slowly walking down the dirt road in front of the Hotel Los Barrilles and the wild dogs that would bark at me every morning when we went surf fishing before breakfast. I even caught an octopus from the shore. Ahhhhhhh...................good times.

Have fun with Robbo ....... I just missed him Saturday after his show ..... I gotta pick your brain about Panama. Later bro!

Here is another one for the pallet to salavate on. Rocky's diner in Boise. There are two of them. One is an old school drive-in diner with the waitresses on roller skates and the works. I think it is called the Johnny B. Good burger if I remember right. Eat the whole thing in under a half hour and you get it free. Pretty mucha plate sized burger. I only know one guy that has done it and have yet to attempt it myself. You also get your name on the wall of fame.

Effies in Lewiston, order the half burger!

Manning's in Minneapolis. Dyno-mite burgers!!

I've been waiting for someone to bring Effies into the picture..I had my first "Effies" burger back in 1983 while in college and in Lewiston playing in a baseball tourney..I now have family that lives there and every now and then we sneak out and have an "Effies" cheeseburger while in town visiting..

New favorite burger joint is the Duvall Grill.

Went in last night after a family hike to Wallace falls...Had the Blue burger consisting of blue cheese, thick strips of bacon, & blue cheese crumbles.

My Wife had the classic cheeseburger and said it was the best burger she's ever had. Fries are 5 stars too.

Awesome enough of a burger to resurrect this old thread and add Duvall Grill to the list.

nice thread resurection. Im gonna have to go with miners in yak. Went there once, and I still tell stories of its awesomeness.

+++ 1000. Buns are not standard soft mushy crap.

Another vote for Effie in L-town. A burger with 2 $5 pitchers of amber bock and you won't have to eat for a week.

Also a vote for Ted's in Moscow... which is now closed for business.

I can't eat a whole burger from Effie's in one sitting. It's good, and lots of it, but I guess I'm officially old if I can't put a burger away.

Sg

Pick Quick
Frisco Freeze
Eagan's
That place in Puyallup across from the fairgrounds.

Dicks is OK if you're schitfaced at 1AM.

Nothing beats In n Out Animal style. Nothing. Sorry, Mom & Pop stores.

A new take-out option in PA, the 8th street bridges grill. I haven't had frugal burger since this place opened. Call ahead, it takes 10 minutes +

Issaquah Ale House makes some fuckin fantastic burgers...and is owned by Rogue Brewery, so it has kickass brews, too

Fish on...

Todd

You guys are buyin' up all our boats and now you're suckin' up our brew ?
Before you know it you'll be down here sore-mouthin' our 20 pounders.




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