its obvious that pizza/ aka za (\'the Ra in my diet\') is the best in New Haven, but how bout gettin on the top national 20 for best burgers too.. and soon number one for \'best band\'!?


The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die
Alan Richman traveled 23,750 miles and consumed more than 150,000 calories while taking the measure of 162 burgers across the country?with one goal: to find you the best damned assemblage of ground beef and buns this country serves up
The hamburger is a symbol of everything that makes America great. Straightforward, egalitarian, substantial, and good-natured, it is also a little bloody at times.

It may come big and ungarnished, the East Coast ideal, tender and untroubled by bones or gristle, everything you look for in a filet mignon but seldom find. It may be the West Coast model, swelling with vegetation, brimming with health and well-being, piled high with all that a seed catalog can provide. A great burger, regardless of regional differences, instills a sense of optimism and fulfillment, that all is right at the table or the counter or the woodgrain, screwed-to-the-floor, fast-food booth.

At its best, it eliminates the need for conversation or the urge to glance up at the TV over the bar. If you find yourself eating silently, eyes closed, ignoring everything around you, even the unavoidable burger-joint din, you have come upon a burger that can be pronounced a success.

Here are the 20 best burgers in America

20. Hamburger Sandwich
Louis\' Lunch
New Haven, CT

19. Our Famous Burger
Sidetrack Bar and Grill
Ypsilanti, MI

18. Hamburger
Poag Mahone\'s Carvery and Ale House
Chicago

17. Double Bacon Deluxe with Cheese
Red Mill Burgers
Seattle

16. Hamburger & Fries
Burger Joint
San Francisco

15. Build Your Own Burger
The Counter
Santa Monica

14. Hamburger
J. G. Melon
New York City

13. Cheeseburger
White Manna
Hackensack, NJ

12. Hamburger
Bobcat Bite
Sante Fe

11. Grilled Bistro Burger
Bistro Don Giovanni
Napa, CA

10. Number Five
Keller\'s Drive-in
Dallas

9. Cheeseburger
Burger Joint, le Parker Meridien Hotel
New York City

8. Hamburger
Miller\'s Bar
Dearborn, MI

7. Buckhorn Burger
Buckhorn
San Antonio, NM

6. California Burger
Houston\'s
Santa Monica

5. Kobe Sliders
Barclay Prime
Philadelphia

4. Rouge Burger
Rouge
Philadelphia

3. Not Just a Burger
Spiced Pear Restaurant at the Chanler Hotel
Newport, RI

2. Luger Burger
Peter Luger Steak House
Brooklyn

1. Sirloin Burger
Le Tub
Hollywood, FL

Sidetrack Bar and Grill
Ypsilanti, MI

ok maybe it has just been a  really long day, but what the hell kidn of name is ypsilanti?

jg melon is the shizzy

Hamburger
 J. G. Melon
 New York City

Cheeseburger
 Burger Joint, le Parker Meridien Hotel
 New York City

Luger Burger
 Peter Luger Steak House
 Brooklyn

I love New York

unrelated to the burgers, but is there an actual best pizza list floating around somewhere? These Rhode Islanders think I am crazy saying that I have yet to have a good pizza up here (I\'ve had one decent pizza, decent, not good). They think I am a lunatic when I say New Haven is best in the world, and damnit I want some proof.

**** Louies is number 20?  pffft....

Louies Burgers = The meat you wanna suck

Jackie Greenberg has some AMAZING pics she took of the Louies operation.....I hope she will post one...for the drool factor alone

i dont know about new haven the best, had sallys which was good, not quite great.  i vote sal\'s on lorimer street in bk.  THE BEST GELATO in the city, made on premises only in the summer. not bullshit ice cream gelato, the real greaseball ****. go there

last names marullo im in the club

lucky bastard, dont you hate the fact people sellin gelato use that ice cream like bullshit, then call it gelato. anyway i know when i go back there im def gettin two cherry and two chocolate