Favorite burger place
For me it’s my favorite burger place now. I used to like 5 guys. This place started in California but now have quite a few in mid Atlantic area.
Quote: HunterhillI went to a new burger place called Habit burger.
For me it’s my favorite burger place now. I used to like 5 guys. This place started in California but now have quite a few in mid Atlantic area.
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There were quite a few Habit Burgers in Las Vegas. I never made it to one but I am also not a big fan of hamburgers.
If I were to eat in a fast-food burger joint, I'd go with Carl Jrs, although I find them to be the most inconsistent of the chains.
A Big Mac in NY tastes like a Big Mac in Vegas whereas Carl's burgers can vary from shift to shift in the same location.
I live in a fast-food desert. It is well over twenty miles to the closest McDonalds, and thirty until I hit a Wendys, Taco Bell, KFC- which are all on one block right outside the entrance to an Army post.
Bisbee does have a Burger King, perhaps the nastiest I've ever been in, and being at the ass-end of nowhere, it has suffered supply chain and labor problems for the last two years.
Is it a coincidence I've lost well over fifty pounds since moving here? I don't believe so.
Quote: billryanI've lost well over fifty pounds since moving here?
Super mega congratulations! You wouldn't be able to keep them off if there was a Culvers near you. During my month in The Villages I went there 5 or 6 times.
Switching from a fast-food diet to one dominated by rib eyes was hard but I'm glad I did it.
Quote: billryanI really liked KGB when it was in Harrahs, although it was for their Captain Crunch milkshakes as much as their burgers.
If I were to eat in a fast-food burger joint, I'd go with Carl Jrs, although I find them to be the most inconsistent of the chains.
A Big Mac in NY tastes like a Big Mac in Vegas whereas Carl's burgers can vary from shift to shift in the same location.
I live in a fast-food desert. It is well over twenty miles to the closest McDonalds, and thirty until I hit a Wendys, Taco Bell, KFC- which are all on one block right outside the entrance to an Army post.
Bisbee does have a Burger King, perhaps the nastiest I've ever been in, and being at the ass-end of nowhere, it has suffered supply chain and labor problems for the last two years.
Is it a coincidence I've lost well over fifty pounds since moving here? I don't believe so.
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Actually, I lost about 50 pounds in just under a year a few years ago, and BK was a regular part of the diet. The secret is, (a) don't order anything other than the burgers, (b) order them "plain" (well, with cheese), and (c) when you get them home, replace the buns with lettuce/spinach leaves. (I have tried using "low carb" tortillas divided into quarters, but those don't seem to work as well.) You would be surprised how few carbs are in a burger without the bun, especially if the ketchup, BBQ sauce, and mayo are left out as well.
Grill a grass fed 75/25 burger at home, top with real cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion...and it's okay to serve on toasted dark bread...and that's a healthy nutritious meal
*Organic[ potatoes in moderation are fine but deep frying is not
It's the sides and the soda that can do you in.
I found these cheese slices that you microwave and then use as a wrap. They are really tasty but the only place I see them gets $6.99 for four slices so the wrap costs more than the burger it holds.
Quote: SOOPOOQuote: billryanI've lost well over fifty pounds since moving here?
Super mega congratulations! You wouldn't be able to keep them off if there was a Culvers near you. During my month in The Villages I went there 5 or 6 times.
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I have a Culvers about three blocks from my house.
Quote: HunterhillI went to a new burger place called Habit burger.
For me it’s my favorite burger place now. I used to like 5 guys. This place started in California but now have quite a few in mid Atlantic area.
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Are you sure you don't mean the Hamburger Habit? The original location is in my college town of Isla Vista. I like them too.
Quote: WizardQuote: HunterhillI went to a new burger place called Habit burger.
For me it’s my favorite burger place now. I used to like 5 guys. This place started in California but now have quite a few in mid Atlantic area.
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Are you sure you don't mean the Hamburger Habit? The original location is in my college town of Isla Vista. I like them too.
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No it’s Habit burger. The original started in Santa Barbara in 1969 . The first one I went to was in Cambodia.
Quote: WizardQuote: HunterhillI went to a new burger place called Habit burger.
For me it’s my favorite burger place now. I used to like 5 guys. This place started in California but now have quite a few in mid Atlantic area.
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Are you sure you don't mean the Hamburger Habit? The original location is in my college town of Isla Vista. I like them too.
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He means "The Habit" - it's a chain. There's one near where I live. There's also one at Fashion Show Mall, one on Flamingo just NW of Silver Sevens, and five others in the Vegas/Henderson area.
Quote: HunterhillNo it’s Habit burger. The original started in Santa Barbara in 1969 . The first one I went to was in Cambodia.
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What are the odds two hamburger chains with the word Habit in the title start out in Santa Barbara?
Is it my memory or have hamburgers changed over time?
Today every restaurant seems to serve a "patty" and especially the chains. But I remember getting burgers that weren't a patty but a hand molded "lump" (for lack of a better term) of meat.
Quote: WizardQuote: HunterhillNo it’s Habit burger. The original started in Santa Barbara in 1969 . The first one I went to was in Cambodia.
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What are the odds two hamburger chains with the word Habit in the title start out in Santa Barbara?
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So are you saying it’s the same place?
I didn’t know Isla Vista was part of or next to Santa Barbara.
Anyhow maybe they changed the name, not sure
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Is it my memory or have hamburgers changed over time?
Today every restaurant seems to serve a "patty" and especially the chains. But I remember getting burgers that weren't a patty but a hand molded "lump" (for lack of a better term) of meat.
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you are correct and it is an interesting point
just about everything today is engineered for speed - not for quality
another great example is if you need service from your phone co. that doesn't fit into their pre answered questions on their recorded message
it takes a very long time to get a real person on the line - not like the past when you would just call and somebody would answer the phone
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Just my 2 cents.
Quote: mwalz9I feel like the best meal in fast food is a Double Patty Melt from Sonic with tater tots.
Just my 2 cents.
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Some would argue that a patty melt isn't a hamburger. Those that make the argument would say a hamburger has to involve a roll, not bread. Just like Salsbury steak isn't a hamburger, just cooked chopped beef.
I envision a world where the hamburger embraces all these varieties. If a burger can be served on a bed of lettuce, why not on bread. Be bold.
I've never had a Sonic patty melt but always felt their burgers had too much bun to beef. I do like their tater tots.
Quote: mwalz9I feel like the best meal in fast food is a Double Patty Melt from Sonic with tater tots.
Just my 2 cents.
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Not a SuperSONIC Double Cheeseburger (works)?
Tend to agree on the tots.
Huge, single patties. I ordered rare, and that’s how it was served. I know, I know! Now even my steaks are at least mid-rare, and burgers are at least mid-well. My gut just can’t do what it used to do.
