It's time to start lamenting things we'll miss about Seattle, and for some reason or another hamburgers is the first thing we are going to talk about. I certainly don't think I'll have trouble finding good burgers in Indianapolis, but we've found some pretty tasty burgers here. Enough tasty burgers, in fact, that we've come up with a top five:
5. Burgermaster - There are a few locations (Aurora North, Everett ) but the only one I've burgered is the one in the U-district. It seems like it's going to be an old-tymey drive-up, but inside it's more like a 60s diner where all the old folks meet to gossip and tell lies. Plus, burgomaster is defined as the chief magistrate in a small European town, so in the movie Frankenstein, it sounded like people kept yelling, "Call the Burgermaster!"
4. Sport - This is a sports bar "in the shadow of the Space Needle." But executive chef and owner John Howie makes a kick-ass burger that you can have with either Angus or Kobe beef. Maybe if I'd ever ordered the Kobe-burger it would be higher on the list, but as it is you can't ask for a better burger from a sports bar.
3. Dicks - A Seattle staple for over 50 years, very little has changed at Dicks. The prices have only been adjusted for inflation, the menu is still limited to about 6 items, and as Maddux pointed out by reading the literature on their bags, they have a good business model. I prefer the deluxe, while Elizabeth usually goes with the traditional cheeseburger.
2. Red Mill - Their double-bacon-cheeseburger made a list of the top 20 burgers you must eat before you die that GQ Magazine put out a couple of years ago. Plus they once had an ad that said, "Want your butt to be the size of the Kalakala? Eat at Red Mill." The "no cellphones" policy certainly helps as well.
1. Circa - Our favorite restaurant and it insanely still doesn't have a website. We've never had anything bad from here (fish & chips, crab cakes, etc.) but the CircaBurger just may be the best thing on the menu. It's just a gussied-up cheeseburger, but it's extremely high quality meat, and they dress it up just right. The next time you are near the Admiral Junction in West Seattle, do yourself a favor and eat at Circa!
**honorable mention goes to the Tillamook Cheeseburger from the Centralia Burgerville, conveniently located just 105 minutes south of Seattle!
5 comments:
Best post ever.
I can't argue with much of this. The Dick's burger is ranked a bit high, but I understand the price to flavor ratio reasoning.
I haven't had the pleasure of the Circa burger, but even my young nephew now admits that Red Mill makes a better burger than BK!
I wish Seattle had an In and Out..those might be the winner.
Once in Indy, don't forget to check out 96th Street Steakburgers; their burgers and shakes rival the best of the West Coast lot:
http://www.96thstreetsteakburgers.com/
thanks for the whitecastle mention :)
and if you're going for the best burger at burgerville, i'm going to have to say that the following is the best:
1/2 lb Colosal Cheese Burger; substitute Tillamook Cheddar for the American Cheese; add Pepper Bacon. The "special sauce" is excellent!
I second Shawn: In & Out should come up north!
out.
Waaaaah.
Ahh...for a second I thought you were getting rid of the Cheddar and adding American. I thought were insane, then I reread and it made sense.
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