1. Dick's (the one on Capitol Hill in Seattle, ignore the rest) as mentioned in my comment to the previous post.
2. Pick-Quick in Fife. An interesting place. Tiny, only open in the summer months. No inside seating.
3. Here in Centralia we've got a Brother who owns a BBQ joint. Located well outside of the business district, quite close to VW Clayton's house. Called Mr. T's. Makes an excellent, large burger, the whole shooting match with fries and the whole bit will end up costing less than McD's.
4. In the tiny town of Morton WA, along White Pass there is a small place called Spiffy's. (There is another Spiffy's at the intersection of I-5 and White Pass, and a third at the start of the Pass in Yakima, but all three are owned by different people and are completely different from each other.) Anywhoo, I figure that I can eat more than anyone else on the planet, but the Big Olie burger at Morton's Spiffy's will almost do me in.
Now if you want to talk about Hot Dogs, well the Foot Long with everything from Big Tom's in Olympia has everyone beat!
“Here in Centralia we've got a Brother who owns a BBQ joint. Located well outside of the business district, quite close to VW Clayton's house. Called Mr. T's.”
Yep, he’s an EA out of Michigan, from what I recall. And yes, I can actually walk to his place from my house, although unfortunately the BBQ smell dissipates before it reaches my neighborhood. But it’s totally worth it to drive through the smoke on my motorcycle!
Living where I do, one can't forget Burgerville. 40 locations in and around Portland.
I think that the one in my little town is the northernmost. So, folks from north of here always want to go there. They seem so excited. But, to be honest, it's an excitement I've never understood, and I'm pretty sure is misplaced!
I'm with you on 5 Guys. Good, but for the price, why not just go to a real restaurant?
From what I’ve heard, the Burgerville in Centralia is the first fast-food joint in Centralia, or it might be the first of the chain of Burgervilles. I can’t remember, and I haven’t looked it up here on the internet. …it’s been a while since I’ve eaten at Burgerville, despite me driving by the place at least 3-4 times a week. I need to try them again.
But I’m thinking again along the lines of In-N-Out. Lots of hype, got Californians saying it’s the best burger ever. I don’t know – maybe it’s the fact that the native Washingtonians aren’t fans of transplanted Californians, or it’s just that the heavy hype tends to lead to disappointment in most cases (Krispy Crème comes to mind.) Also, it’s a burger joint chain, not a restaurant, so is it Really better than the Red Robin, etc.? So even if it’s as good as Glenn, Larry Foley, and many others say it is, I’ve already got a bias, even though I’ve never tried it. Not a good thing to do, but I promise that should I be in an area with an In-N-Out burger, I’ll try to be as neutral and unbiased as possible.
Four other places come to mind:
1. Dick's (the one on Capitol Hill in Seattle, ignore the rest) as mentioned in my comment to the previous post.
2. Pick-Quick in Fife. An interesting place. Tiny, only open in the summer months. No inside seating.
3. Here in Centralia we've got a Brother who owns a BBQ joint. Located well outside of the business district, quite close to VW Clayton's house. Called Mr. T's. Makes an excellent, large burger, the whole shooting match with fries and the whole bit will end up costing less than McD's.
4. In the tiny town of Morton WA, along White Pass there is a small place called Spiffy's. (There is another Spiffy's at the intersection of I-5 and White Pass, and a third at the start of the Pass in Yakima, but all three are owned by different people and are completely different from each other.) Anywhoo, I figure that I can eat more than anyone else on the planet, but the Big Olie burger at Morton's Spiffy's will almost do me in.
Now if you want to talk about Hot Dogs, well the Foot Long with everything from Big Tom's in Olympia has everyone beat!
“Here in Centralia we've got a Brother who owns a BBQ joint. Located well outside of the business district, quite close to VW Clayton's house. Called Mr. T's.”
Yep, he’s an EA out of Michigan, from what I recall. And yes, I can actually walk to his place from my house, although unfortunately the BBQ smell dissipates before it reaches my neighborhood. But it’s totally worth it to drive through the smoke on my motorcycle!
And yes, he’s busy. He’s got a real winner there.
Yep, truly excellent quality, and remarkably well priced.
Living where I do, one can't forget Burgerville. 40 locations in and around Portland.
I think that the one in my little town is the northernmost. So, folks from north of here always want to go there. They seem so excited. But, to be honest, it's an excitement I've never understood, and I'm pretty sure is misplaced!
I'm with you on 5 Guys. Good, but for the price, why not just go to a real restaurant?
From what I’ve heard, the Burgerville in Centralia is the first fast-food joint in Centralia, or it might be the first of the chain of Burgervilles. I can’t remember, and I haven’t looked it up here on the internet. …it’s been a while since I’ve eaten at Burgerville, despite me driving by the place at least 3-4 times a week. I need to try them again.
But I’m thinking again along the lines of In-N-Out. Lots of hype, got Californians saying it’s the best burger ever. I don’t know – maybe it’s the fact that the native Washingtonians aren’t fans of transplanted Californians, or it’s just that the heavy hype tends to lead to disappointment in most cases (Krispy Crème comes to mind.) Also, it’s a burger joint chain, not a restaurant, so is it Really better than the Red Robin, etc.? So even if it’s as good as Glenn, Larry Foley, and many others say it is, I’ve already got a bias, even though I’ve never tried it. Not a good thing to do, but I promise that should I be in an area with an In-N-Out burger, I’ll try to be as neutral and unbiased as possible.