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The Butter Burger, in Glorious Greasy Motion

To get you amped for tomorrow's burger event at Water Taxi Beach, I thought I'd dig into the Serious Eats archives and pull the following video to the front page here for insight into what makes a proper Butter Burger,...

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9 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 27, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: butter burgers, Glendale, Hamburger America, Solly's Grille, videos, Wisconsin

Battle Over Who Made the First Burger

Photograph from the Flickr photostream of the real janelle Don't mess with Texas. A state legislator there is embroiled in a burger battle with Louis' Lunch of New Haven, Connecticut, over which state can claim to be the birthplace...

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 16, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Tagged: Athens, Connecticut, Fletcher Davis, hamburger history, Louis' Lunch, New Haven, Seymour, Texas, Wisconsin

Grilled: Peter Meehan

After a brief hiatus, ladies and gentlemen, Grilled is back. This week's installment is Peter Meehan, who has discovered and relayed the news of some of New York's finest burgers in the pages of the New York Times. Because he...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 18, 2006 at 11:55 AM
Tagged: California, Chicago, Connecticut, Flavor Guides, food writers, Grilled, Illinois, NYC, SF, Wisconsin

Hamburger America: 'Solly's Grille'

Over on A Hamburger Today parent site Serious Eats, we've got a great video of Glendale, Wisconsin's Solly's Grille from George Motz's burger biopic Hamburger America. Solly's Grille, located incongruously next to the Milwaukee Heart Hospital, is famous for the...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 18, 2006 at 11:40 AM
Tagged: Adam, countries, U.S., video, Wisconsin

On the Clock at George Webb

Wisconsinites know George Webb. For the rest of you, it's a small chain of restaurants in the Dairy State renown for, among other things, its baseball prediction -- if the Brewers win 12 consecutive games, George Webb gives out free...

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 19, 2006 at 9:54 AM
Tagged: Adam, countries, U.S., Wisconsin

Burger Fest 2005

-->So why did we post earlier today about the history of hamburgers? Because we wanted to give readers a little insight into the confusing matter before pointing out that today in Seymour, Wisconsin, BurgerFest is going on as we,...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 6, 2005 at 12:45 PM
Tagged: Adam, burger college, Burger Map Pinpoint, countries, events, hamburger history, U.S., Wisconsin

The History of the Hamburger

When you look into the history of hamburgers in the U.S., you'll find sources proclaiming the inventor to be (from left) Louis Lassen, "Hamburger Charlie" Nagreen, or the Menches Brothers. The history of the hamburger is truly a story...

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56 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 6, 2005 at 10:24 AM
Tagged: Adam, burger college, Connecticut, countries, hamburger history, New York, U.S., Wisconsin