>>>>>If you're really particular, I'm surprised you eat commercial burgers at all. They're generally limited to using 100% beef patties, which is a major limitation.
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>>>>>That said, I can recall having exactly 1 perfect burger in my adult life. It was at Earl's Tin Palace in North Van, I've had quite a few there and they normally rate about a 7/10 but for some reason on this particular day all the stars aligned:
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>>>>>- Sizzling hot, juicy patty
>>>>>- Crisp, cold romaine lettuce
>>>>>- Exquisitely ripe, luscious tomato ( rare at restaurants )
>>>>>- Two thick slabs of mild onion
>>>>>- All on a lightly toasted, fluffy sesame bun that was indistinguishable from fresh-baked
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>>>>>Agreed, that's a limitation, but burgers from Red Robin or even Ruby Tuesdays are still far better than most places.
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>>>>>I've had chances to go to Vancouver before but never made it out there. What you described sounds good...except for the tomato. I'll vote Democrat before I eat a tomato (a certain forum member is rolling their eyes right now)
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>>>>We've got Red Robins here, I've had burgers at a couple of them but they've been consistently average, nothing to write home about. There could well be regional differences in Red Robin - unlike, say, McDonalds where they are fanatical about consistency.
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>>> The old White Spot burgers were okay (on a tray in the car)
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>>Depends how much you like Triple O sauce. I can eat them once in a while but the Triple O is too much like artery putty to me.
>I don't recall the triple O sauce, but I was speaking of the days of my youth and the White Spot near Park royal . . . some fifty years ago :-O "Grease" was a good thing then. And of course there was the Tomahawk.

Yep... both places are still culinary icons on the North Shore :)