JALLEN,JALLEN wrote:As much as I enjoyed the meet and greet the other Saturday in San Antonio, I was not impressed with 5 Guys, my first visit to one ever. Of course, I just came from California where everyone is ga-ga over In and Out Burgers, but I didn't particularly find them to be top notch burgers either. 5 Guys is vaguely similar in many ways. Decent maybe but not "the best."
Maybe I am an old purist but when you start throwing things between the buns that were never intended to be there, fiery peppers, weird cheeses, even pineapple, etc., it disqualifies those hapless burgers from the "best" competition.
For decades in San Diego, Boll Weevil had what I considered the best burgers, 1/2 pound, served bare, plain with a tray of fixin's, you could slather on as you saw fit, mustard, ketchup, mayo sauce, pickles, peppers, etc.
At my age and state of decrepitude, I shouldn't be worrying about such things anyway, and especially not eating them.
I am not all that impressed with 5 guys or In'nOut, at least they didn't live up to the hype I'd been given. I have no problem eating at either I see you are in Comal County. If you're near New Braunfels you might try TJ's on Loop 337. I have a couple near me I frequent. One in Deer Park, Char Burger and a place out by Ellington Field on Hwy 3: Burger House. Also, Burger-Tex which, I believe has a location in Austin. These are just plain old hamburger joints, nothing in the gourmet ranks. I tried a place called Moo-Ya and it was decent, too. I have given up on Whataburger with their thin patties, cold burgers and shoe string fries.
Here's Texas Monthly list of 50 top burgers. #7 on the Texas Montly list is Perini Ranch Steakhouse in Buffalo Gap, TX was listed in an AOL Top 10 Burgers today. On another note AOL listed #10 "burger" as an Ahi tuna steak burger on that same list
http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/200 ... nthly.html
I forgot to add Tookie's in Seabrook which has reopened after IKE.