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“Burger Land” Premieres Tonight

“Burger Land” Premieres Tonight

In the premiere episode, George visits classic burger joints in Los Angeles: the Apple Pan, Pie ‘n Burger, Marty’s, Charlie’s, and Irv’s. Check out some clips from the episode below. New episodes of Burger...

Burgatory from Pittsburgh is the new Burger Brackets Champion

Burgatory from Pittsburgh is the new Burger Brackets Champion

BurgerBusiness.com, the burger industry insider trade magazine, hosts a March Madness-style burger championship throwdown. This year’s winner is Burgatory, a two-restaurant chain from Pittsburgh. Burgatory defeated a host of industry stalwarts to win. Who...

LA Icon Tam’s Burgers Regulated Out of Existence

LA Icon Tam’s Burgers Regulated Out of Existence

While The Straight Beef tries to put politics and other worldly concerns aside to concentrate on the purer, more Platonic aspects of burgiatry, we can’t help but mourn when local fussbudgets shut down a...

Review #40 – Top This (Chapel Hill, NC)

Review #40 – Top This (Chapel Hill, NC)

Top This: The Right Burger at the Right Time  Spring has always been a time of rebirth and redemption. Just as Persephone returned from the underworld and Dante emerged from his journey through Hell...

Steak & Shake’s new AllNighter Menu features 7×7 Steakburger

Steak & Shake’s new AllNighter Menu features 7×7 Steakburger

Looking to take on Denny’s, McDonald’s and every other kid on the late-night block, Steak ’n Shake has launched an audacious new AllNighter Menu available between midnight and 6 a.m. while also making its...

This Just In: McManus Has Gas, Is Redeemed

This Just In: McManus Has Gas, Is Redeemed

By John McManus, Burgiatrist Emeritus Grab a box of tissues. This isn’t just a review of an extremely rare and beautiful cheeseburger; it is an emotional story of regret, awakening, and redemption. I was...