Best burger place (Seattle: live, restaurant, food)

[Calisonn]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Calisonn, homerism? Nope, just taste. Dick's Burgers taste better to me than In-n-Out. Sorry, you can't argue with my taste. Unless you are me, and you are not.

I would never take a restaurant suggestion from a person like yourself, but to each their own, taste is subjective but I'm assuming most would take my side.

[folkguitarist555]

If anyone has never had a grilled, tasty and tender, sirloin burger in a diner in NYC...or in Chicago, for example...then I guess I can forgive that person. Truth imo, is....there are no good burgers in western WA, they all suck, and Dicks burgers are like chewy, greasy little hockey pucks imo. Amazes me the poor quality of the food in western WA....if one had no choice, a McDonald's plain hamburger, or Red Robins...just my opinion an view.

[Calisonn]

Originally Posted by folkguitarist555

If anyone has never had a grilled, tasty and tender, sirloin burger in a diner in NYC...or in Chicago, for example...then I guess I can forgive that person. Truth imo, is....there are no good burgers in western WA, they all suck, and Dicks burgers are like chewy, greasy little hockey pucks imo. Amazes me the poor quality of the food in western WA....if one had no choice, a McDonald's plain hamburger, or Red Robins...just my opinion an view.

LOL +1, couldn't have said it better myself

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by folkguitarist555

This is funny thread too me, If anyone has never had a grilled, tasty and tender, sirloin burger in a diner in NYC...or in Chicago, for example...then I guess I can forgive that person. Truth imo, is....there are no good burgers in western WA, they all suck, and Dicks burgers are like chewy, greasy little hockey pucks imo. Amazes me the poor quality of the food in western WA....if one had no choice, McDonald's plain hamburger, or Red Robins...just my opinion an view.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but how can you possibly be in a position to know that there are "no" good burgers in Western Washington? You've tried them all? Oh, I didn't grow up eating Dick's burgers, and never understood their appeal, but you haven't been to Burger Addict in Renton. It's a grilled, tasty, and tender sirloin burger, with the meat ground on the premises and never frozen. There may be few good burgers in Western Washington, but it's definitely more than none.
And yes, if there were some Greek owned east coast style diners around here, they'd be far superior to most places around here.

[homesinseattle]

Ira, don't forget the Ghirardelli Chocolate Gelato Shake at the Addict. Damn, I wish we had a inter-city pneumatic tube system like at banks and you could send a burger and shake to me up in Phinney Ridge right now.

[victorianpunk]

At the expense of sounding like a late-in-coming-out lesbian, let me say that Dick's is an overrated experience. Honestly, it is just a cheap burger joint that isn't anything special.

Red Mill is better, but Uneeda burger (or as I call it, "crack burger") is the best. Especially the one with white truffle salt. And their disco fries (or as they call it here, "poutine" ) is awesome.

[treuphax]

Originally Posted by victorianpunk

...an overrated experience. ...

So much of what prompts breathless enthusiasm and shrieks of praise, "It's AMAZING!..." and ridiculous queues for overpriced underdimensioned mediocre and dilettantish product are what makes living in a big city also an "overrated" experience. The Emperor's New Clothes could well be the Emperor's New Dinner... So many dining establishments are high on gimmick and hype, that with the right amount of time and effort one could do it better on at home. Unfortunately for the exploited and overworked postmodern knowledge workers, time is scarce but not too dear to schlep through traffic across town in order to queue at some overhyped establishment for whatever fad food everybody is talking about.

Standing out in the rain for up to an hour queuing for some sandwich at a snack bar or food truck with no place to sit or enjoy with company? Seriously? How pathetic.

Whenever I hear about how important it is for people to have exciting dining options when deciding to relocate to a faraway place, I think how sad it is that people are willing to trade away friendships and established ties in their family and community for an opportunity to pay money to sit with strangers in some cool chic dining establishment.

Give me a barbecue with good friends or family with frozen preformed burgers from Costco over any fancy local gourmet artisanal burger.

[folkguitarist555]

I can understand, but when you grow up in a place with its very top of the line food items...from sabret hotdogs, real Italian pizza slices (puts Pagliacci's to shame), knishs, hot pretzels, Puerto Rican meat and rice dishes (Mexican food has never been high on my list), real diners with real sirloin grilled hamburgers and a zillion other great dishes...from the best meatloaf and etc, to Jamaican places with their hot beef patties, Jerk Chicken dishes, to real Chinese food with real brown fried rice (not white with some peas and carrots like in Seattle), to pepper and egg heroes, and rice balls, and sausage and pepper heroes, philly cheese steaks done right, real spaghetti with meatballs and sausages that melt in your mouth from being in a pot of sauce all day, and prepared right, to a shaved turkey or ham deli sandwich, to middle eastern places with tender tasty lamb and basmati rice dishes.....then one moves to Seattle, and gets Dicks Hamburgers, a few decent Indian restaurant's ( I give Seattle that), Panda Express, and Subway......sometimes, just sometimes, food can matter.

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by folkguitarist555

I can understand, but when you grow up in a place with its very top of the line food items...from sabret hotdogs, real Italian pizza slices (puts Pagliacci's to shame), knishs, hot pretzels, Puerto Rican meat and rice dishes (Mexican food has never been high on my list), real diners with real sirloin grilled hamburgers and a zillion other great dishes...from the best meatloaf and etc, to Jamaican places with their hot beef patties, Jerk Chicken dishes, to real Chinese food with real brown fried rice (not white with some peas and carrots like in Seattle), to pepper and egg heroes, and rice balls, and sausage and pepper heroes, philly cheese steaks done right, real spaghetti with meatballs and sausages that melt in your mouth from being in a pot of sauce all day, and prepared right, to a shaved turkey or ham deli sandwich, to middle eastern places with tender tasty lamb and basmati rice dishes.....then one moves to Seattle, and gets Dicks Hamburgers, a few decent Indian restaurant's ( I give Seattle that), Panda Express, and Subway......sometimes, just sometimes, food can matter.

But how's the seafood where you're from? The salmon, oysters? The Sushi? Thai? Vietnamese? If you think all Seattle has to offer is hamburgers, Indian food, Asian fusion, and Subway , one wonders why you even moved here in the first place.

Note: Many Asian restaurants here do offer brown rice - you just have to ask for it. Your local teriyaki joint, probably not.

Every area has its strong points foodwise - pizza, Mexican food, bagels, mediterranean, etc., aren't necessarily Seattle's.

As to Dick's, a basic "hamburger" costs $1.40. Their top offering, the Deluxe, costs $3.10. No, not gourmet fare, but I doubt any provide a better "value meal".

[BellevueNative]

Dick's doesn't try to be gourmet or anything that it's not. So I don't know why people here are accusing it - or its supporters - of overrating it. I am someone who DOES like Dick's more than In n Out...I just like the way the Dick's Deluxe tastes, the shakes are pretty comparable, and there is no comparison when it comes to fries.

Another U.S. regional chain that I like more than In n Out (waaaaay more): Shake Shack!