>>>>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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>>Consistent mediocrity....
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>Must be different down there. Up here McDonald's would have to improve dramatically to move up to mediocrity. That is NOT a burger.

Happily at the age of 52 I have eaten exactly one McDonalds. It was nasty. Never again.
If you want a good burger make one.