Burgerman Will Run the Boston Marathon in a Burger Suit for Charity

22-year-old Sam Novey, aka Burgerman, aims to raise $100,000 for nonprofit afterschool program Citizen Schools by running the Boston Marathon in a custom-made burger suit. Join him on his practice runs in Cambridge and get a free burger at the end!

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: b.good, Boston, Burgerman, events, Massachusetts

Events: KO Prime All-Star Burger Bash in Boston, February 1

[Image: KO Prime] Interested in eating burgers by nine of Boston's top chefs in one night and raising money for Autism Speaks? Attend the KO Prime All-Star Burger Bash on February 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, January 11, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: Bostom, events, Massachusetts

Top 5: Kenji Lopez-Alt's Favorite Burgers in Boston

Note: The Burger Lab writer J. Kenji Lopez-Alt weighs in this week with his 5 favorite burgers in Boston. "Anyone who doesn't think that their home town has the best hamburger place in the world is a sissy."—Calvin Trillin [Photographs:...

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26 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, November 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Craigie On Main, Flat Patties, Massachusetts, Radius, reviews, Top 5, Toro, Tory Row

The Hurler Burger

Photograph from This Is Why You're Fat The Hurler Burger, invented by Bob Phillips of Cape Cod, is an appropriate name for this burger made of a jelly doughnut stuffed with a canned cheese-topped patty. "I could finish this,"...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, August 5, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: Cape Cod, doughnut burgers, Massachusetts

A Rediscovered Beach Burger at Surfside Beach Shack in Nantucket

"There was a little something in that burger—the seasoning of salt air? A stray grain of sand? Or just the memory of burgers past?—that I’ve never tasted anywhere else." Proust was right—nothing brings back childhood memories like a bite from...

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18 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, July 9, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: AHT reviews, beaches, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Nantucket, reviews

R.F. O'Sullivan's Burger Throwdown

Editor's note: Earlier this month Kenji Alt met with fellow AHT member millions for a burger duel at R.F. O’Sullivan’s in Boston. Here are the results. R.F. O'Sullivan's 282 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143 (map); 617-492-7773; rf-osullivan.com Having been challenged...

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11 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, May 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Tagged: AHT reviews, Boston, J. Kenji Alt, Massachusetts, millions, R.F. O'Sullivan's, reviews, Somerville, throwdowns

O'Sullivan's Burger Throwdown Update

Just in case you don't keep up with the AHT comments as obsessively as we do, J. Kenji Alt just checked in: "Burger Throwdown over. It wouldn't say that I wiped the floor with millions, but even he admitted that...

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 1, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: events, J. Kenji Alt, Massachusetts, millions, R.F. O'Sullivan's, Sommerville

Burger Throwdown at R.F. O'Sullivan's Tomorrow!

Just want to draw your attention to a little dust-up in the AHT comments today between millions and GoodEaterKenji. Millions challenged Kenji to a throwdown at O'Sullivan's in Sommerville, Massachusetts. Kenji accepted and has extended the invitation to any other...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 30, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Tagged: events, J. Kenji Alt, Massachusetts, millions, R.F. O'Sullivan's, Sommerville

Quote of the Day: Boston Burger Furor

"I have been getting a whole lot of angry emails from Bartley's devotees, but it's nothing compared to what I would have gotten had I included it on the list and stated my honest opinion!" —J. Kenji Alt, on the...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 30, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: Bartley's Burger Cottage, Boston, J. Kenji Alt, Massachusetts, Quote of the Day

Where to Get Boston's Best Burger

Boston Globe The Burger Madman of Boston,* J. Kenji Alt is at it again. The Cook's Illustrated associate editor and GoodEater.org blogger has branched out to the Boston Globe, checking out ten Beantown burgers (in one day!) for the...

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18 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Tagged: Boston, Boston Globe, Cambridge, Flat Patties, J. Kenji Alt, Massachusetts