Best Burger By State

[Happy Panther]

http://thechive.com/2014/05/22/the-best-burgers-in-every-state-50-photos/

 

NORTH CAROLINA: Open since 1951, Duke’s Grill in Monroe serves a mean Carolina Burger, a patty with chili con carne, coleslaw, mustard, and chopped onions. The joint requires all customers to turn off their cellphones upon entering, and has been visited by the Food Network and Travel Channel.

 

 

Never been to Duke's. Might have to check it out. Haven't been to any on the list actually.

[MadHatter]

Guy was telling me about this place the other day.  Said it was a little shack....but the burgers are fantastic.

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

Stopped reading at California. Admits In-N-Out is overrated, which it is, but in the most populous state in the country he chose to review a chain burger joint while the other states are all independent restaurants.

 

Are you telling me you couldn't find a hole-in-the-wall burger joint in California? Really? I could name you half a dozen and I'm relying on my brother and sister who still live there.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Never been to the place they have listed for Maine. I don't get too far North past Portland very often.

[Niner National]

I used to eat at Dukes a lot when I was in HS because my parents weren't terribly far from Monroe. I haven't been back in years though.

 

I can confirm, their burgers are amazing if you like Carolina style burgers.

 

The chili is what really makes the burger though. I could drink a big cup full of their burger chili.

 

If you don't like chili on a burger, their burgers are pretty ho-hum IMO. Not worth going if you're not going to put chili on it.

[KSpan]

They picked Winstead's for Kansas, which is pretty much the same as Steak & Shake. Definitely good, but by far not the best. As with California, they must not have looked very hard.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Some of those burgers look hideous. No wonder people in the US are so fat.

[davos]

BGR for DC?? C'mon

 

 

[Ivan The Awesome]

Penguin Drive in had a pretty good burger, also Zacks  on south blvd had a decent one. Never made it out to Dukes, may have to put it in my "Places to go when I go back but never did when I was there because I was a dumbass." list. 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

Stopped reading at California. Admits In-N-Out is overrated, which it is, but in the most populous state in the country he chose to review a chain burger joint while the other states are all independent restaurants.

 

Are you telling me you couldn't find a hole-in-the-wall burger joint in California? Really? I could name you half a dozen and I'm relying on my brother and sister who still live there.

 

i mean any time i've ever talked to someone from california they've namedropped in-n-out literally within five minutes so maybe he's going on that

[OneBadCat]

Penguin Drive in had a pretty good burger, also Zacks  on south blvd had a decent one. Never made it out to Dukes, may have to put it in my "Places to go when I go back but never did when I was there because I was a dumbass." list. 

Penguin is good.  Their pimento cheese is great.

 

I really want to try Duke's now. My all time favorite is still Whataburger in Concord/Kannapolis. It's straight from the 60's.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Penguin is good.  Their pimento cheese is great.

 

I really want to try Duke's now. My all time favorite is still Whataburger in Concord/Kannapolis. It's straight from the 60's.

 

 

Hell yea bro. With a witch doctor or some sun drop it was a good meal. Whataburger is another good place. I recommend Zacks if you haven't been. It's by south blvd but its on Scaleybark.  It is kind of like Whataburgers but better. Their burgers are sublime but my favorite is their steak sandwhich. It's just delicious. :D

[frash.exe]

I got to California and all I thought about was how much therealdeal used to rave about the in n out burger and they look terrible lol

[Niner National]

Penguin Drive in had a pretty good burger, also Zacks  on south blvd had a decent one. Never made it out to Dukes, may have to put it in my "Places to go when I go back but never did when I was there because I was a dumbass." list. 

Penguin unfortunately blows now. After the ownership debacle, everyone stopped going there and Penguin tanked. They actually declared bankruptcy a few months back. The guys that ran the Penguin (but didn't own it), now own and run the Diamond just down the block.

 

If you liked the burgers at Penguin, you must now go to the Diamond to eat them. 

 

The new Penguin is pretty awful IMO. I've had two experiences there and was not a fan of the new menu.