Detroit: A Tour of Motown's Sliders

Back before "slider" became a term to describe any small burger made out of any kind of meat, the word referred to small beef patties, steamed and seared on a griddle and served with a grilled onions on a cheap white bun. These delicious bits of nostalgia are all too rare in most of the country, but the tradition lives on in Detroit.

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17 Comments | Posted by Daniel Zemans, April 20, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Tagged: Bates Hamburgers, Birmingham, Brayz Hamburgers, Comet Burgers, Detroit, Farmington, Greene's Hamburgers, Hazel Park, Hunter House Hamburgers, Michigan, Motz's Burgers, Royal Oak, sliders, The Telway, tiny hamburgers

Reality Check: Cheese Krystal

A Cheese Krystal is about as good (in that really bad why-did-I-eat-that way) as one can expect a 95-cent burger to be.

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32 Comments | Posted by Todd Brock, April 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Tagged: chains, fast food, Krystal, Reality Check, sliders, tiny hamburgers

Folsom, PA: Awesome Old-school Burgers at Charlie's

I've always been vaguely aware that Delaware County—just west of Philadelphia—was a goldmine of old school hot dog and hamburger joints. Although I've had some good dogs out here, for the most part the hamburgers haven't knocked my socks off. But Charlie's, a tiny bare bones shack on the side of the road that's been recommended to me about a zillion times, is the real thing.

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10 Comments | Posted by Hawk Krall, April 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: AHT reviews, Charlie's Hamburgers, Folsom, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, recommended, reviews, tiny hamburgers

NYC: Get Great Sliders at Bill's Bar and Burger

It's the non-beef components and the condiments that define and determine a slider's greatness and potential for serious deliciousness (though if the meat is overcooked or too lean, those are problems that can't entirely be overcome)and at Bill's Bar and Burger all these components work together like a great jazz rhythm section.

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12 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, October 11, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: AHT reviews, Bill's Bar and Burger, Meatpacking District, NYC, recommended, reviews, sliders, tiny hamburgers

San Diego: Slidertinis and Sweet Potato Tots at The Gathering Spot Bistrotruck

Track down The Gathering Spot food truck for a slidertini and, more importantly, an order of sweet potato tots.

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9 Comments | Posted by Erin Jackson, August 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: AHT reviews, California, Gathering Spot Bistrotruck, recomended, reviews, San Diego, tiny hamburgers

Lower East Side: Spitzer's Corner's Burgers Show Promise, But Falter

Though I don't normally go for the whole gastropub scene, one of my favorite burgers in the city comes from the Spotted Pig—the archetypical gastropub. Perhaps Spitzer's could prove to be as successful? Serious Eats Overlord Ed and I went to check it out.

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8 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, August 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: AHT reviews, gastropubs, Lower East Side, NYC, reviews, Spitzer's Corner, tiny hamburgers

The Burger Lab: The In-N-Out, Telway, White Manna Ultimate Animal-Style Slider Mashup

What happens when you combine the best elements from three of my favorite burgers in the world into one glorious mashup of a sandwich? That was exactly the idea behind my offering at this year's Serious Eats All-Star Sandwich Festival, and man, was it tasty.

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22 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, July 25, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: In-N-Out, sliders, Telway, The Burger Lab, tiny hamburgers, White Manna

Bryan Caswell's Beautiful Beef 'Sliders' at Reef in Houston, TX

Considering I only met chef Bryan Caswell once for a brief chat, I have to admit that I probably couldn't like the guy more. That's why when I saw that he was eliminated from competition on the most recent episode of The Next Iron Chef, I decided I had to pay homage to this seafood impresario here on AHT. I know what you might be thinking: What does the chef/owner at Bon Appetit's Best Seafood restaurant (2008) have to do with great burgers? Turns out, quite a bit.

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10 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, November 12, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Tagged: AHT reviews, Houston, recommended, Reef, reviews, Texas, tiny hamburgers

Photo of the Day: Double Bacon Bomb from Sliders in Mahwah, NJ

[Photograph: Jason Perlow] Update (4/2/10): Sliders is closed. Fellow food blogger Jason Perlow of Off the Broiler contributed to the "Secret Menu Patters" at Sliders in Mahwah, New Jersey, with the Double Bacon Bomb, double-patty mini burgers topped with...

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11 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Mahwah, New Jersey, Photo of the Day, Sliders, tiny hamburgers

Video: AHT's Own Nick Solares Talks Sliders on 'CBS Sunday Morning'

In case you missed it Sunday morning, AHT's own Nick "Beef Aficionado" Solares appeared in a segment of CBS Sunday Morning, in which he talked about sliders with Bobby Flay. The piece was pretty much Nick's awesome Guide to...

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10 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 24, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: Bobby Flay, CBS, CBS Sunday Morning, New Jersey, Nick Solares, press and props, recommended, sliders, tiny hamburgers, videos