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Review #38 – Only Burger (Durham, NC)

Review #38 – Only Burger (Durham, NC)

(This review is also posted at WRAL Out and About.) BREAKING NEWS  Everyone Right About Only Burger, Apparently In a turn of events that shocked no one, world-renowned burgiatrists The Straight Beef finally visited...

Notes from the Burger Underground

Notes from the Burger Underground

 I want fries with that! There are two key tomes in the canon of hamburger lore, both published in 2005. It was a banner year for hamburger research. George Motz produced his highly regarded...

There’s a McDifference #5

There’s a McDifference #5

There’s a McDifference! 3810 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh (just off I-440) Our senior McDonald’s beat writer Dave Foley is back with his oft-debated hypothesis that if you look closely enough, each Mickey D’s is...

Travel Channel green-lights “Burger Land,” an exploration of America’s great burger joints with George Motz

Travel Channel green-lights “Burger Land,” an exploration of America’s great burger joints with George Motz

The Travel Channel has approved 11 episodes of “Burger Land,” George Motz’s exploration of classic hamburger joints in America. Here’s the quote from the Travel Channel: Host George Motz, author of the popular book,...

The Straight Beef Inducts Two New Members

The Straight Beef Inducts Two New Members

On the heels of news that Straight Beef founding member John McManus has been dishonorably banned from all burger-related activities due to the willing consumption of a veggie burger, the nation’s premier burger-reviewing group...

This Just In!

This Just In!

MCMANUS CAUGHT EATING VEGGIE BURGER, IS DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE STRAIGHT BEEF Cofounder of premier burger-reviewing group ‘deeply sorry’ for ‘failure’ that hurt family, friends Following allegations of an illicit relationship with a vegetable-based...