OT Your Favorite (Chain) Burger Joint?

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

This thread inspired me to go to Nancy Jo's for lunch as there's one right down the street from my job. Never been, so I'll let you all know how it goes.

I love it (as already mentioned in this thread). I have one near my house.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Nancy Jo's was good. Great fries! I would give FiveGuys the edge on the burger though.

LIES!

But I will give Five Guys the edge on the free peanuts! And Nancy Jo's is less expensive!

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I’ve pretty much been off of hamburgers since Foster Burger closed. That place had it nailed.

 

[Shaboid]

LIES!

But I will give Five Guys the edge on the free peanuts! And Nancy Jo's is less expensive!

That's true, they do have affordability going for them.

 

[Orion Bailey]

In and out is only good because they toast thier buns. Any place that toasts their buns gets extra credit on the ranking scale.

i need to try shake shack. Heard many good things but havent tried it.

 

[twobullz]

I miss Burgerville. I travel a lot and Burgerville stands up to anything other regions have to offer as far as burger joints are concerned. A fine establishment.

I did stumble across an Artic Circle in Green River, WY a couple months back. I thought they were extinct, It was like seeing a dinosaur. I was in a hurry and couldn’t stop, but I WILL be going back there for a chicken sandwich and a lime ricky sometime.

Artic Circle has a location in Newport Or and Burley Id also, not sure where else you might find them. We usually stop when we see one, my wife likes their Grape Rickey's. I

If ever in Redmond, Try Jody's, they have great burgers.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Artic Circle has a location in Newport Or and Burley Id also, not sure where else you might find them. We usually stop when we see one, my wife likes their Grape Rickey's. I

If ever in Redmond, Try Jody's, they have great burgers.

i think there is one on the south end of town in woodburn on 99e.

 

[Orion Bailey]

i think there is one on the south end of town in woodburn on 99e.

yep.
https://acburger.com/

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Artic Circle has a location in Newport Or and Burley Id also, not sure where else you might find them. We usually stop when we see one, my wife likes their Grape Rickey's. I

If ever in Redmond, Try Jody's, they have great burgers.

I loved me some Arctic Circle. That place has really disappeared, but we do hit up the one in Newport when passing through. The Nancy Jo's in Mac was once an Arctic Circle, then Burgers & More, and now Nancy Jo's. But even when it was B&M, the receipts printed with "Arctic Circle" on them.

 

[Shaboid]

Burger Time in Mt. Angel is a random one that I went to and was blown away.

 

[Lanny]

I've ranked Red Robin right up there, but I read recently that Five Guys was one of the most popular burger place in the country. I think I'll give them a try...and go for their top items, according to this website:

#4 Bacon Cheeseburger
#2 Peanut Butter Milkshake
#1 Cajun Fries.

https://www.mashed.com/408202/popular-five-guys-menu-items-ranked-worst-to-best/

When Five Guys founder Jerry Murrell was young, he had options. Learn to "give a good haircut," "serve a good drink at a bar," or fry up a tasty burger, his mom told him, according to Five Guys. As long as you can do one of the three, she attested, you'll always have an income in America. Murrell took the advice to heart, and also carried it on to the next generation. When his own five sons began considering careers, he presented them with two possible paths: start a business or go to college. The boys banded together and began their enterprise in a field that, according to their grandma, would guarantee income. That is, they got really good at serving burgers.

Before long, the infectious Five Guys flavor franchised all over the country and, now, internationally. Today, there are so many different menu items to choose from, it's hard to know where to begin when simply scrolling through Seamless.

In an effort to solve that problem, we thought it was about time to take a hard look at the most popular menu items and pit them against each other. What is the best thing on the Five Guys menu, after all? Come on this greasy, peanut-oil-infused journey with us to find out.

I had a stale hamburger bun there one time and that soured me on Red Robbin.
My all time favorite was Gene and Joe's on McLoughlin Blvd near Milwaukee. It has morphed into Tebo's in Gladstone still on McLoughling Blvd. in Gladstone. Tebo's took Gene and Joe's and ruined it until I think they're now out of business. Idiots.
No. 2 would have been the Carnival at the bottom of pill hill at one end of Terwilliger and on the intersection with one end of Sam Jackson Park Rd.

 

[bigbailes]

If you're talking local joints than give me Roakes on Columbia ... total grease joint but so delicious and can get some massive burgers.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I had a stale hamburger bun there one time and that soured me on Red Robbin.
My all time favorite was Gene and Joe's on McLoughlin Blvd near Milwaukee. It has morphed into Tebo's in Gladstone still on McLoughling Blvd. in Gladstone. Tebo's took Gene and Joe's and ruined it until I think they're now out of business. Idiots.
No. 2 would have been the Carnival at the bottom of pill hill at one end of Terwilliger and on the intersection with one end of Sam Jackson Park Rd.

First of all, Ted and Bob didn’t “ruin” Gene and Joe’s. They took it and made it way better. They built a new, spacious and modern building. They knew pretty much each and every customer by name. From the mid seventies well through the nineties the place was always busy, often with a line out the door. When Ted and Bob sold the business to John and Craig, they (T&B) kept the actual property. The food was always consistent to Gene & Joe’s/Ted & Bob’s standards (like them or don’t), especially the burgers. The only problem that I ever saw (and I can assure you that I ate there FAR more often than you…..and know the history at least as well….and apparently better) is that they refused to change their business model. They kept what Gene and Joe started, and Ted and Bob perfected and kept it static. It was a both a family establishment and a haven for blue hairs. It was the kind of place that mostly disappeared in the ‘60’s. And that was part of the problem. The blue hairs were dying off….and the folks who grew up eating there as kids moved onto “newer” and more trendier places. They saw Tebo’s as “an old folks place”. And business started dropping off. It’s very unfair to call Craig and John idiots when they worked their asses off to turn the tide. Those guys worked there from the time they were in high school and put their lives into the place. It wasn’t their fault when Ted and Bob’s heirs received an offer for the property that they could not refuse. Money talks. Just because you patronized the place back in the day does not make you an expert on their history……you do not EVER want to get into and argument with my wife or my sister in law about the history and evolution of Tebo’s (originally The Cheese Wedge). You’d slink away with your tale between your legs……….and it’s still my favorite burger of all time.

 

[Lanny]

First of all, Ted and Bob didn’t “ruin” Gene and Joe’s. They took it and made it way better. They built a new, spacious and modern building. They knew pretty much each and every customer by name. From the mid seventies well through the nineties the place was always busy, often with a line out the door. When Ted and Bob sold the business to John and Craig, they (T&B) kept the actual property. The food was always consistent to Gene & Joe’s/Ted & Bob’s standards (like them or don’t), especially the burgers. The only problem that I ever saw (and I can assure you that I ate there FAR more often than you…..and know the history at least as well….and apparently better) is that they refused to change their business model. They kept what Gene and Joe started, and Ted and Bob perfected and kept it static. It was a both a family establishment and a haven for blue hairs. It was the kind of place that mostly disappeared in the ‘60’s. And that was part of the problem. The blue hairs were dying off….and the folks who grew up eating there as kids moved onto “newer” and more trendier places. They saw Tebo’s as “an old folks place”. And business started dropping off. It’s very unfair to call Craig and John idiots when they worked their asses off to turn the tide. Those guys worked there from the time they were in high school and put their lives into the place. It wasn’t their fault when Ted and Bob’s heirs received an offer for the property that they could not refuse. Money talks. Just because you patronized the place back in the day does not make you an expert on their history……you do not EVER want to get into and argument with my wife or my sister in law about the history and evolution of Tebo’s (originally The Cheese Wedge). You’d slink away with your tale between your legs……….and it’s still my favorite burger of all time.

What is this, another dick measuring contest? I've only eaten at Tebo's about three times while I ate at Gene and Joe's when I was very young so I can't remember how many times I ate there but it was plenty and sufficient enough for me to compare with Tebo's.
1. Gene and Joe's condiments bar was far far superior to Tebo's;
2. the restaurant may be bigger and nicer and the service is almost as good but the food is so far downhill that they've gone out of business.Seems to reason that something went wrong or they'd still be in business.
3. Tebo's catered to the older people who needed softer food. Tebo's deserts were still good.
4. Gene and Joe's had a best waitress contest where they took all the customer's comments for a year on who their favorite waitress was and used that to award a brand new red Corvette which they displayed throughout the year in the middle of the dining section.
5. I loved Gene and Joe's as child but disliked Tebo's, as an adult why is that? My wife and I took friends there and they didn't like the joint either. My wife? After looking at the food she refused to eat there.
Please, no more dick measuring and comparing.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

What is this, another dick measuring contest? I've only eaten at Tebo's about three times while I ate at Gene and Joe's when I was very young so I can't remember how many times I ate there but it was plenty and sufficient enough for me to compare with Tebo's.
1. Gene and Joe's condiments bar was far far superior to Tebo's;
2. the restaurant may be bigger and nicer and the service is almost as good but the food is so far downhill that they've gone out of business.Seems to reason that something went wrong or they'd still be in business.
3. Tebo's catered to the older people who needed softer food. Tebo's deserts were still good.
4. Gene and Joe's had a best waitress contest where they took all the customer's comments for a year on who their favorite waitress was and used that to award a brand new red Corvette which they displayed throughout the year in the middle of the dining section.
5. I loved Gene and Joe's as child but disliked Tebo's, as an adult why is that? My wife and I took friends there and they didn't like the joint either. My wife? After looking at the food she refused to eat there.
Please, no more dick measuring and comparing.

Dick measuring??? Please………I just called out your supercilious response. Calling hard working, dedicated and good people “idiots” because they don’t meet your “exacting” (from back in the mists of time) standards is just plain rude and disrespectful. Especially when you only vaguely know the history. So you didn’t like Tebo’s. Big deal. Some of the restaurants you wax so eloquently about I personally wouldn’t treat my worst enemy to. Such is my right. But unless they do something so egregious as to deserve the term “idiots”, I just choose let my wallet do the talking, rather than debase the individuals involved.

 

[bigbailes]

First of all, Ted and Bob didn’t “ruin” Gene and Joe’s. They took it and made it way better. They built a new, spacious and modern building. They knew pretty much each and every customer by name. From the mid seventies well through the nineties the place was always busy, often with a line out the door. When Ted and Bob sold the business to John and Craig, they (T&B) kept the actual property. The food was always consistent to Gene & Joe’s/Ted & Bob’s standards (like them or don’t), especially the burgers. The only problem that I ever saw (and I can assure you that I ate there FAR more often than you…..and know the history at least as well….and apparently better) is that they refused to change their business model. They kept what Gene and Joe started, and Ted and Bob perfected and kept it static. It was a both a family establishment and a haven for blue hairs. It was the kind of place that mostly disappeared in the ‘60’s. And that was part of the problem. The blue hairs were dying off….and the folks who grew up eating there as kids moved onto “newer” and more trendier places. They saw Tebo’s as “an old folks place”. And business started dropping off. It’s very unfair to call Craig and John idiots when they worked their asses off to turn the tide. Those guys worked there from the time they were in high school and put their lives into the place. It wasn’t their fault when Ted and Bob’s heirs received an offer for the property that they could not refuse. Money talks. Just because you patronized the place back in the day does not make you an expert on their history……you do not EVER want to get into and argument with my wife or my sister in law about the history and evolution of Tebo’s (originally The Cheese Wedge). You’d slink away with your tale between your legs……….and it’s still my favorite burger of all time.

I don't know the history of the place, just know that we started going there in the early/mid 90's and I'm pretty sure it was already Tebo's and I enjoyed it. The deserts were the best part but the food, especially for a cafeteria style restaurant, was way better than other similar places I've been to. My parents still went until the day it closed and we had many family meals with aunts/uncles/cousins there through the years. Sad it's gone but tough to argue with a big chunk of cash to sell the property.

 

[Lanny]

Dick measuring??? Please………I just called out your supercilious response. Calling hard working, dedicated and good people “idiots” because they don’t meet your “exacting” (from back in the mists of time) standards is just plain rude and disrespectful. Especially when you only vaguely know the history. So you didn’t like Tebo’s. Big deal. Some of the restaurants you wax so eloquently about I personally wouldn’t treat my worst enemy to. Such is my right. But unless they do something so egregious as to deserve the term “idiots”, I just choose let my wallet do the talking, rather than debase the individuals involved.

Supercilious is more dick measuring. I thought I asked you to stop that shit and stick with the discussion and not me. I just can't get passed that point to even address your other views.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Supercilious is more dick measuring. I thought I asked you to stop that shit and stick with the discussion and not me. I just can't get passed that point to even address your other views.

You just can’t stand being called out when you’re wrong. So play the martyr and refuse to discuss. Hard to continue being wrong that way, eh? Real surprise as to how this was going to go…….St. Lanny.

 

[THE HCP]

Right here my neighborhood we have Killer Burger and Stanich’s……. Both amazing!
You guys ever tried Super Deluxe???? They make a damn good burger!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Right here my neighborhood we have Killer Burger and Stanich’s……. Both amazing!
You guys ever tried Super Deluxe???? They make a damn good burger!

I tried Super Deluxe once and it was nasty.

 

[ABM]

Right here my neighborhood we have Killer Burger and Stanich’s……. Both amazing!
You guys ever tried Super Deluxe???? They make a damn good burger!

I love, LOVE KB! I usually went to the 17th Ave Milwaukie restaurant as I worked in Oak Grove. Also have been to the one downtown.

 

[Hoopguru]

Never thought there would be a basic hamburger for $10 plus?

I used to love Wiz burgers for 19 cents

 

[Lanny]

You just can’t stand being called out when you’re wrong. So play the martyr and refuse to discuss. Hard to continue being wrong that way, eh? Real surprise as to how this was going to go…….St. Lanny.

Who says I'm wrong or even trying to be authoritatively right? I just came in here telling my opinion and you wanted to compare dicks to see who has the biggest. I'm not in here to argue with you although I might do it as a friendly gesture. Let's just drop it at that.

 

[Lanny]

Never thought there would be a basic hamburger for $10 plus?

I used to love Wiz burgers for 19 cents

Some places they're more.
Bonnie's burgers around Portland used to be 19 cents.
I remember when you could get four small hamburgers, four small cokes and four small french fries for one dollar and get change from McDonald's.
Sometimes it pays to be old even if just for the memories.

 

[Lanny]

I love, LOVE KB! I usually went to the 17th Ave Milwaukie restaurant as I worked in Oak Grove. Also have been to the one downtown.

I've eaten there and found nothing special about it.

 

[Lanny]

I love, LOVE KB! I usually went to the 17th Ave Milwaukie restaurant as I worked in Oak Grove. Also have been to the one downtown.

Wasn't impressed with the Killer Burger either.
One thing I used to love about Gene and Joe's was all the fire licking up past the grill and grilling the bottom of the hamburgers. Same thing for the old Dairy Queen burgers and the Bob's Big Boy burgers and, oh yes, the Carnival burger.

 

[PDXFonz]

Red Robin is good
Burgerville is good
In-N-Out is good
Five Guys is alright
Killer Burger is alright

I had a bison burger at a restaurant in Montana which was one of the best burgers I’ve had.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Red Robin is good
Burgerville is good
In-N-Out is good
Five Guys is alright
Killer Burger is alright

I had a bison burger at a restaurant in Montana which was one of the best burgers I’ve had.

You missed ranking Shake Shack

 

[PDXFonz]

You missed ranking Shake Shack

Never been there before but I’ve seen it in Beaverton/Hillsboro and want to try it!

Just be glad they’ve got Buffalo in Montana and not felines.

 

[Lanny]

Red Robin is good
Burgerville is good
In-N-Out is good
Five Guys is alright
Killer Burger is alright

I had a bison burger at a restaurant in Montana which was one of the best burgers I’ve had.

Not enough fat. Low fat burgers tend to be dry.