Now there's a burger!

[pinback]

(FUN FAX: This burger has the same ingredients, layered in the same order, as an Original Tommy's cheeseburger, from the famous LA chain, Original Tommy's Hamburgers. It was not as good. But it was close.)

[RetroRomper]

The chili Tommy's Burger layers on everything, also has the consistency of a waste product I will not specify here. Why anyone would willingly duplicate this mess, is a question that I doubt can be answered.

[pinback]

The chili Tommy's Burger layers on everything, also has the consistency of a waste product I will not specify here. Why anyone would willingly duplicate this mess, is a question that I doubt can be answered.

BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING SUCKS TO YOU

And don't even say "In 'n' Out" to me. In 'n' Out can suck a giant, rancid, PUS-OOZING FROZEN BAG OF MOOSE DICKS.

Tommy's IS Southern California. Well, the good parts about it, which are all misty watercolored memories of ocean breezes and swaying palm trees, not the reality of it which is homeless people peeing on the #3 bus.

[RetroRomper]

BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING SUCKS TO YOU

I'd say its because the chili from Tommy's looks more like watery diarrhea, than chili. I am willing to admit they make a really good, greasy spoon burger (a vanishing thing), though I wouldn't want to poke through their chili cheese fries again (if I had seen corn in it, I would have thrown up).

And don't even say "In 'n' Out" to me. In 'n' Out can suck a giant, rancid, PUS-OOZING FROZEN BAG OF MOOSE DICKS.

In 'n' Out is an OKAY burger, almost as colorful as Tommy's Big Boy Burger but more accessible as a franchise. They don't get a pass on their animal fries though; sulfur and ash slathered in thousand island dressing.

Tommy's IS Southern California. Well, the good parts about it, which are all misty watercolored memories of ocean breezes and swaying palm trees, not the reality of it which is homeless people peeing on the #3 bus.

At least In N' Out plays on the southern California theme of palm trees and back handed Christian evangelism. Tommy's is... Rustic in this sense and I do react to seeing the Big Boy statue, though its more because I remember passing a run down restaurant on my way to school, than actually eating there.

[RetroRomper]

Realized I confused Bob's Big Boy with Tommy Burger.

I was correct in questioning Tommy Burger's chili fries though...

[pinback]

That's okay, a "Tommy's Big Boy" is what I call what happens in the bathroom afterwards alwalwalwalwalwlawlwlwallol0l0l0l0l.

[pinback]

Are you crazy? How could you not love this:

WARNING: ACTUAL ORIGINAL TOMMY'S BURGER PHOTO

[pinback]

YEAH MOTHERFUCKER

[RetroRomper]

BEST BURGER IN THE UNIVERSE

[Flack]

Never been to California, never heard of Tommy's, never had their burger. It looks okay. Those chili cheese fries look like a fully used diaper.

In-and-Out burger is officially in Texas now. We drove from Plano (north Dallas) to Arlington (between Dallas and Ft. Worth) over the weekend saw either 4 or 5 locations.

No In-and-Outs in Oklahoma yet, although we now have two Five Guys locations.

I'll bet I could come up with a dozen local burger joints that blow either one of them away.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I don't like it when Californians try to tell you about good hamburgers. I don't know why it bugs me. I like the kind I grew up around but I don't try to tell the world how great it is. no1curr.

I guess this is why it bugs me: chains ruin EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. And people from California -- nobody in this thread, mind you -- but in general, they are always trying to tell you how great some fucking chain burger is.

The burgers depicted in this thread, not being chain burgers, look fine. I feel I have to mention that so Ben doesn't think I am trashing his thread.

I'd also like to state that I am trying a raw food diet for a week and seeing those burgers made me rub my dick against the screen.

[Reeality zzzz]

No In-and-Outs in Oklahoma yet, although we now have two Five Guys locations.

Five guys was supposed to be this anti-The-Man, superhip answer to everything from bad burgers to overused pickup lines. What it is is a decent but expensive burger where they don't tell you that the DEFAULT burger is a double patty, so you throw out half your meal when you visit it for the first time if you disdain double-meating, and soggy, non-crispy, non-salty, fries which they try to make cool by throwing another 3000 calories worth in the bag 'because HEY GUYS bag fries are the best ones!!!!' but the grease soaks through the bag and then you can't set the bag down on anything because a puddle will form. 2 people go into Five Guys: 2 burgers, 2 orders of fries, ordered in the smallest sizes possible, $20. FUCK Five guys.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Yeah fuck those five guys! Make them fuck!

[Tdarcos]

No In-and-Outs in Oklahoma yet, although we now have two Five Guys locations.

In-N-Out has a policy of running all restaurants themselves, they do not franchise, so they can only open as many outlets as they can properly manage and keep the quality up to their standards.

Five Guys does franchise their outlets, on the other hand.

----
Sometimes love hurts
And sometimes love's unkind
And sometimes you might feel blue
But remember, now darling
If his words are real
This will never, never happen to you.
- New Colony Six, Things I'd Like To Say

[Flack]

No In-and-Outs in Oklahoma yet, although we now have two Five Guys locations.

Five guys was supposed to be this anti-The-Man, superhip answer to everything from bad burgers to overused pickup lines. What it is is a decent but expensive burger where they don't tell you that the DEFAULT burger is a double patty, so you throw out half your meal when you visit it for the first time if you disdain double-meating, and soggy, non-crispy, non-salty, fries which they try to make cool by throwing another 3000 calories worth in the bag 'because HEY GUYS bag fries are the best ones!!!!' but the grease soaks through the bag and then you can't set the bag down on anything because a puddle will form. 2 people go into Five Guys: 2 burgers, 2 orders of fries, ordered in the smallest sizes possible, $20. FUCK Five guys.

I would agree with this for the most part. I think the fries make better packing material than they do an actual side item. I think it's more part of the overall presentation than anything.

There's a grill near my house (Dan's Old Time Diner) that sells single, double, and triple patty burgers. The thing they don't tell you is that they use 1/2 pound patties instead of typical 1/4 ones, so a double burger is a pound of meat and a triple is a pound and a half of beef. The trick is to take people there for the first time and convince them that the patties are very thing and try to get them to order a triple. Har, har, har.

When ICJ comes to Oklahoma this year for OVGE, we're having an onion burger. They were invented here and the best ones are here. Sid's Onion Burgers was on Man vs. Food -- they have the best burgers and the best shakes. I'd take you to the Fat Elvis diner which is closer, but it kind of takes "greasy spoon" pretty literally.

[Cali can suck my dick]

And people from California -- nobody in this thread, mind you -- but in general, they are always trying to tell you how great some fucking chain burger is.

People from California love bragging about everything California, it's the best place in the world apparently.

[RetroRomper]

Pinback isn't directly describing the burger, but the experience that Tommy Burger has on offer, which is to sit in the middle of Santa Monica and taste the atmosphere (included free with every meal).

And no, California as a whole isn't that great of a place: 2/3rds of it could fall into the ocean and I wouldn't bat an eye. But San Francisco and the Bay Area in general along with Hollywood (/ Santa Monica or whatever) offers a setting, vibe, and atmosphere that is unique in that only Boston, New York City, and a few other select places in the US can claim to have.

As a general thought, I've actually become burnt out on restaurants: the other night, I had the best burger of my life and it was made by a self purported "foodie" who customized it to my tastes. High quality ingredients, more thought and personalization than a restaurant could offer, and she added my sincere thanks for the meal to our friendship and larger set of interactions.

Tasting new and differing food is good and restaurants offer local charm and a way to easily interact with the locality, but cooking for myself or having someone who cares to do so well for me and others, counts for quite a lot more.

[pinback]

I would really just rather look at pictures of hamburgers than read the MEH BRIGADE's list of self-righteous complaints about California and chain restaurants.

U JELLY?????

[Tdarcos]

Pinback isn't directly describing the burger, but the experience that Tommy Burger has on offer, which is to sit in the middle of Santa Monica and taste the atmosphere (included free with every meal).

When I was there a bit over 20 years ago, Tommys had opened a restaurant in Long Beach, on Anaheim about one block from Ximeno in a former McDonalds. Place ran 24 hours a day, and at 3 in the morning the trash cans were still filled, that's how much they sold. So it's not just Santa Monica. (Which isn't that bad a place, I was there a few times.)

And no, California as a whole isn't that great of a place: 2/3rds of it could fall into the ocean and I wouldn't bat an eye. But San Francisco and the Bay Area in general along with Hollywood (/ Santa Monica or whatever) offers a setting, vibe, and atmosphere that is unique in that only Boston, New York City, and a few other select places in the US can claim to have.

Kurt Gentry wrote a book called The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California which was written in 1969 as a (fictional) look back from 1974 when the coast of California did fall in the ocean in 1972. It's fiction but is a thinly disguised history snapshot of California in 1969 and the amazing affects it has on the country and the politics that were in effect there and then. California's affects on the country are even more significant now than they were in '69, but it's a great book to read.

As a general thought, I've actually become burnt out on restaurants: the other night, I had the best burger of my life and it was made by a self purported "foodie" who customized it to my tastes. High quality ingredients, more thought and personalization than a restaurant could offer, and she added my sincere thanks for the meal to our friendship and larger set of interactions.

Yeah, I used that idea in a line from my latest book, The Takeover Man:
Over the next two weeks, he enjoyed the honeymoon part of having a "wife," where she feeds you each evening and you fuck her every night.

Tasting new and differing food is good and restaurants offer local charm and a way to easily interact with the locality, but cooking for myself or having someone who cares to do so well for me and others, counts for quite a lot more.

Sometimes I'd often eat something out of the fridge or ordered in because I didn't feel like fixing something just for myself. But having the opportunity to make something for others can be fun.

I once made the best burgers ever for my brother in law, which was a recipe I got from a small restaurant I ordered them from once in Los Angeles. Cheesburgers, covered in chili and topped with Polish Sausage. Delicious! He thought they were great, too.

[The Happiness Engine]

http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/201 ... rgers.html

With summer approaching, why don't we all up our hamburger game?