Category Burgers
The Rookery – Macon, GA
Our official “third child” had been living in Macon for the last couple of years, at grad school and has been telling me that I really needed to go to the Rookery. Today, as we were heading back to Atlanta from the beach, we rolled into the Heart of Georgia just in time for a […]
Big Bad Breakfast – Oxford, MS
“Lard have mercy”. That’s what it said on the t shirt that I was impulse buying at Big Bad Breakfast, because I found it so punny (apparently so did Dolly Parton’s manager, as the lady who checked us out told her that he had come in, with Dolly in tow, to purchase one for her). […]
Cotham’s Mercantile – Scott, AR
You have to love a place that has a dog-eared copy of Hamburger America sitting right by the cash register…. Working our way from Little Rock to Oxford, I had two or three stops planned – the first being Cotham’s Mercantile, in Scott. In the first version of the Hamburger America book that I bought, […]
J & W Grill – Chickasha, OK
Please note: Between last night’s barbecue and this morning’s onion burger, there was a simple breakfast burrito. Don’t worry, faithful followers – we did NOT skip a meal. The other place mentioned by the reception desk at the hotel in Oklahoma City (OKC) was Nic’s Grill – a place I had on my itinerary […]
Meers Store and Restaurant – Meers, OK
Another stop from Hamburger America was calling as we headed east from Amarillo toward Oklahoma City. One of the focal points of this road trip was back roads, and, boy howdy, did we find them on the way to Meers, Oklahoma. We followed the GPS on my phone, through a series of small towns, when […]
Santa Fe Bite – Santa Fe, NM
So, the genesis for this blog was my first blog “In Search of the Perfect Burger”, which all began with a meal at Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage. While eating there with our girls (roughly on August 5, 2008), I saw a map by the door, from the book Hamburger America. As soon as we got […]
Waterloo Burgers – Flowery Branch, GA
Owned by the same folks that have Moonie’s Texas Barbecue down the street, Waterloo Burgers opened in late January of this year. Someone with whom I travel quarterly was telling me about this place in May when we were visiting a common client and I had been wanting to give it a try, so two […]
Port of Call – New Orleans, LA
Arriving in New Orleans, fairly late, on Monday evening, and looking for a quick dinner, Hamburger America sent us to Port of Call, a bar (there’s no other word for it) on Esplanade. I called to check their hours, afraid they might close at nine and found that they were only open until midnight, since […]
Bones – Atlanta, GA
With an afternoon meeting in Buckhead, and a need for lunch, the stars aligned for a visit to Bones. Bones has been a Buckhead fixture for over 35 years and is one of the places you go for a “power lunch” in the city. On this occasion though, I wasn’t looking for a “power lunch”, […]
Augustine’s – Atlanta, GA
I was a couple of days into my own Burger Week, following the recent passing of Ms. Anne, and ready for another burger. I have absolutely no idea where I heard about the burger at Augustine’s. That is a rare thing for me – I usually remember what put some place on my list, or […]
