Red Robin! It's chain, which I usually don't try to go to, but they've got a great Patty Melt. I have sworn off that stuff for a while; I guess I better go & distract myself so I don't think about food for a while! :)

I only eat veggie burgers so my opinion might not count, but Umami burger! It's a California thing but so good.

Earth burger - mushroom & edamame patty, white soy aioli, truffled ricotta, cipollini onions, lettuce, slow-roasted tomato

I occasionally get the grilled cheese at In and Out but not often as I have to request a separate grill and I hate being a pain. But it's good!

We don't have In and Out or Red Robin in our area. I really like Five Guys. I know the last time someone asked this question, Five Guys got sort of a bad rap. But they're sure my favorite.

Chi83~~where do you get that Umami Burger? I like Eureka Burger, in Redlands Ca.~~their veggie is a beet burger (may sound odd but it is great)~~you can have it in the style of any of the other burgers~~I get fig jam/goat cheese. Also get the sweet potato fries.

At Fashion Island, Newport Beach at Bloomingdales they have the most yummy portabello/goat cheese burger ever!!

YogaLady, the place is actually called Umami Burger. I go to the one in Costa Mesa but they have them all over the place in CA apparently. Where do you live?

Here is a link that might be useful: Umami Burger Locations

In and Out and I sure do miss it here in ND. I know there is one in Laughlin NV, right next to one of the casinos. Oh yes, frys a MUST!!!!

I live in the Inland Empire~~~Riverside and I have never hear of that place~~~

I went to the site~~no locations by me, I thought not or I would have heard about it by now. My DD#1 lives just a few miles from the Laguna Beach one, I will be going there next time;) Where else do you eat over there in the OC?? I usually end up at Wahoos when I am there with the grandkids. I love their veggie offereings;

Red Robin for me, too. (They also have a fish-and-chips platter, which sometimes appeals to me more...)

My house... especially when DH grills with wood chips.

We don't eat fast food burgers, as they are something we do really well at home.

I didn't realize Wahoo's had vegetarian options. I will have to check them out as it's about 2 blocks from my work, right across the street from Umami Burger actually!

Hmm favorite restaurants...most are in Irvine/Costa Mesa as that is where I live and work. My favorite casual-type restaurant is Native Foods. I also love Stonefire Grill, especially the salads. Zpizza is also good (the new one, not the original one). I really like Chronic Taco as well. Thai Kitchen has excellent thai food - they can make anything vegetarian. I'm still looking for a really good Chinese place as the ones I've tried out here only do the vegetarian dishes as an afterthought and they don't have much flavor.

Five Guys! I liked In and Out when I was in CA but we don't have them around here.

Not a big fan of much fast food--but I do like 5 Guys once in a while.

Red Robin is much better.

But my real favorite is a local pub--The Pour House. Of course, now that we live an hour away, we don't get there too often, but we still enjoy it when we do.

Chi, yes they have these yummy Bonzai Veggies in a lite teriyaki sauce. Then a veggie option which is some type of cabbage mixture, all very fresh~~~you can get a rice bowl, burrito or tacos with these veggies;) I get 2 tacos one each of the veggie options.

DANG! Now I want some, but we have no Wahoos in Riverside;(

Have you ever been to Ocean Beach? It is in San Diego County, they have a food CoOp there that is really kewl and upstairs they have a great Deli~~~I just discovered it in December I wish we had such a great place here.

I like Steak and Shake's Wisconsin Buttery Burger.

Sue

Aw, Luann, you have us all beat. My gosh, that sounds so good!

Sue, have you tried the California burger at Steak and Shake? I haven't had one there, but it has sliced avocado on it. I put avocado on mine when we make them at home, if I have any. Really good!

I don't think In 'n Out is as good as it used
to be.
We have many local hamburger joints which
are very good.
I'll vote for Red Robin for my favorite hamburger chain.
I'm waiting to try Five Guys.

I rarely eat hamburgers, but if I HAD to, it would be from Sonic.

No, Patti I have not tried that as I probably would not care for it. I don't like avocado. I had a Rally burger today and for the price, it was not bad.

Sue

I live in the same city as Chi83. My favorite burger place is another So Cal only restaurant called Knowlwoods.

I ate so many of their burgers when I was pregnant with my now 27 year old daughter that I was certain she would ask for one as soon as she was on solids. Instead, she went vegetarian when she was 10. Go figure. :-)

Jodi-

Is she still vegetarian, Jodi? I turned when I was about 16 so it's been a while.

The problem with veggie burgers is that most restaurants just throw it on the grill with the others, which grosses me out. Sometimes they will do it on a separate grill. I went to Chipotle for lunch today and the guy before me got soft tacos, so the worker got steak sauce all over his gloves so that when he picked up my bowl, it smeared all over the inside along the sides. I stood there staring for about 10 seconds wondering if I should ask him to make a new one but I ended up just wiping the sides off before I ate it. I realize most people aren't as uptight as I am about it! I just try not to think about it but it's hard when you see it happen.

Holy Moly! It's like you west-coasters are speaking a foreign language! I've never heard the words you are using - umami? zpizza? And the vegetarian burgers - I have no concept of such a thing nor of the ingredients you mention.

Us Midwesterners like beef. Wendy's is my favorite, hands down.

Chi, my DD a health food nut now. Her diet is gluten-free and she buys most of her food at Trader Joes and the farmer's market in LA. She has added fish into her diet and will occasionally eat chicken and turkey but no beef.

She's an Argentina Tango dancer and I'd love to take her to Buenos Aires but the whole city smells of grilled meat. They are very big into beef. She has a keen sense of smell and wouldn't survive ten minutes there. :-)

Jodi-

I like homemade burgers. Tried In & Out burger when the kids and I went back to NV a few years ago. None of us liked them.

There was a place in Tucson that made Veggie burgers and they were really good. Can't remember the place now.

My favorite hamburger comes from Hardee's.

In-N-Out, no one else comes close. Two of us can eat there for what one burger/fries/soda costs at Five Guys.

My favorite is Vogan's Alley in Tombstone. They have the old fashioned fried, greasy burger. You fix it yourself at a buffet type table. I like their Vogan's secret sauce. Need to use lots of napkins when you eat one of these.

I also like 5 Guys, there is one in Tucson.