Hamburgers

Restaurants can be broken down into not only different restaurant types but also food types as well. Some examples of these may be – Asian, bakeries, barbecue, coffeehouses, desserts, family style, hamburgers, Italian or pizza, Mexican, sandwiches or seafood.

This page deals specifically with hamburgers. Although most sites wouldn’t give them their own category, I think it’s hard not to with the number of restaurants across our country that focus on that one menu item as its specialty. In addition to that, it is as part of our history and culture as well, apple pie.  What’s your favorite go-to place for this American tradition?

A&W All-American Food

A&W All-American Food

Before we can talk about A&W, can we first discuss root beer, the signature item of the chain that dates back to the colonists? Root beer is made of 16 roots and herbs with the most…

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Red Robin

Red Robin

Most restaurants have a story in how they started. Those stories generally center around the restaurant or the founder. However, the most interesting part of Red Robin is the origin of its name. The history…

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White Castle

White Castle

  Walter Anderson changed American culture.  In some ways single-handedly. He is the father of the fast food craze that continues to dominate so many of our mainstream storefronts in the United States. You may…

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Steak ‘n Shake

Steak ‘n Shake

Gus Belt owned a Shell gas station in Normal, Il in the 1930’s and was looking for ways to increase revenue. He began offering customers chicken, coleslaw, and beer. When the local community started to…

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Culver’s

Culver’s

The restaurant business was in the genes of Craig Culver when he was born. His parents, George and Ruth, had owned three restaurants, one of which Craig turned into the first Culver’s in 1984 after…

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In-N-Out

In-N-Out

The husband and wife team of Harry and Esther began in a southern California with a stand not much bigger than that of a lemonade stand. Harry was an innovator though and brought to us…

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