Dear AHT: Great Burger in Iowa at Augusta Restaurant

Here's a recommendation we received this week in the AHT inbox. Recently I was back home visiting family in Iowa and came across a great place to get a burger. The link to the Best Burger in Iowa Contest inspired...

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4 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, February 4, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Tagged: Augusta Restaurant, Dear AHT, Iowa, Oxford

Hamburger America: Taylor's Maid-Rite in Marshalltown, Iowa

Editor's note: Burgermeisters! Here's another excerpt from George Motz's book Hamburger America. George and his publisher were kind enough to allow us to run them here, along with George's beautiful photos. Eat up! Taylor’s does not serve hamburgers. Taylor’s serves...

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39 Comments | Posted by Hamburger America, August 14, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Tagged: George Motz, Hamburger America, Iowa, Marshalltown, reviews, Taylor's Maid-Rite

Most Expensive Burger in the U.S. in Dubuque, Iowa?

Average burger, that is. The Telegraph Herald says that in the latest ACCRA Cost of Living Index, Dubuque, Iowa, was found to have the highest average burger price in the country at $4.29, compared to the national average of $3.12....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Charlottesville, Dubuque, Iowa, Virginia

Following a Failed Attempt to Eat Four-Pound Burger

This sounds like a headline from The Onion: Four-pound burger challenge ends in disappointment. My favorite quote from Katie Quattrini, who tried to eat the monstrous burger from Grandma Max's in Urbandale, Iowa: "There's no way. There's just no way....

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: funny, Grandma Max's, Iowa, megaburgers, Urbandale

Photo Gallery: Hamburgers, A Pictorial History

Yesterday, we used a photograph of a farmer eating a burger at a cornhusking contest in Marshall County, Iowa, to illustrate an entry here. It's from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. Below, we offer a look...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 18, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: art, California, hamburger history, Iowa, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, photo gallery, recommended