Whataburger, no contest. It's pricier than other fast food, but the taste and quality are unmatched.
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Tough choice
Five Guys has what I would argue are the best burgers, but they are expensive and a heartattack on a bun. You get what you pay for, healthy food is not on their menu.
In-&-Out is also up there but more how they run their resturants. They are still unimpressive but above average fast food, but I feel that is how a fast food joint should be managed.
Pal's Sudden Service in east TN/NC also is a notable mention as the food travels best. No other fast food place has a burger that is reheatable, truely a rare thing to find. Also their old buildings are the old style of fast food, drive through only with silly colors to get your attention from the road, A+ in my book.
Best mom&pop / non-chain shops is a toss up. Melt - Leesburg VA Pops Kitchen & Diner - Easton PA
Definitely burger fuel. Limited to NZ unfortunately :(
The double Lotaburger with cheese, bacon and green chile. Nothing will ever come close.
Laguna Burger has Blake's heat by a mile. I grew up in New Mexico and would always get a lotaburger when I went back home but now it is a visit to Laguna Burger near the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Blakes' quality fell when they expanded out of NM.
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Seeing all these comments for places not available to me sucks lol. All my "city" has is A&W, Timmie's, McDonald's, Dairy Queen and KFC. A&W has the best fast food burgers of the options available to me but I prefer KFC when I have a fast food craving.
Northern Canada fucking sucks.
Locally biased, but I'll die defending a burger from Runza as the best burger you can get in a drive through. I think it's the bun that really sets it apart; it's so soft.
Heyyy a local man of culture.
Runza really is the best. Best fries too
I really like BK's Steakhouse burgers.
Best chain burger I've ever had came from a little chain restaurant in Sausalito California, in the Corte Madera mall. I think it was The Counter. I seem to remember the menu mentioning counterburgers.
Both California and Florida have this amazing ability to get fresh toppings and it makes the food so much better. I see a lot of people digging smashburgers and I like smash burgers but they're just not good quality hamburgers. I like to see 1/3 of a pound still a little pink in the middle, Good shower fresh toppings fresh bun.
Unfortunately I'm stuck in the Atlantic where we can't seem to get fresh vegetables unless I'm getting them directly off of Farmer's cart and even then they probably came from another state.
big fan of Harvey's burger, better than A&W or MCD(not hard to beat lol). Been a while since i went to a burger king
carl's jr double western bacon cheeseburger. the onion rings are the deciding factor.
as an aside to that, my favorite burger of all time was at a restaurant close to where I worked ~13 or so years ago. small burger/diner joint, a real "greasy spoon" slice of americana. they had a triple cheeseburger on their menu (served on a ciabatta roll) and I would always get that with two sides of bacon (more bacon than ordering their bacon cheeseburger), then fold the bacon on top of the burger. the bacon came from a local source, it was amazing. probably a 3000+ calorie burger. that was the best burger I've ever had, and it wasnt an "official" menu item. sadly, and somewhat ironically, the kitchen had a grease fire and the whole place burned down.
Does Killer Burger count as fast food?