Photograph by Yvonne Boyd

On the New York Times Diner's Journal blog, food writer John T. Edge has been taking questions all week. Here are his answers to some burger-relatd matters:

Ollie's Trolley [in Louisville, Kentucky], a remnant of a short-lived burger chain built around the personality of Ollie Gleichenhaus, a grease jockey from Miami Beach. Imagine a burger that somehow tastes of salt and sand and sea. A burger that evokes a randy old man who chomps on cigars, cusses a blue streak, and appreciates the sinuous ideal of the feminine physique. An Ollieburger tastes like that. --April 16, 2009

I think you're right in positing that LA might be the chili-cheeseburger capital of the U.S. I was a big fan of the late Jay's Jayburgers. And I love Chronis Famous Sandwich Shop in East LA. --April 17, 2009