tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85027092026-02-07T15:12:05.581-08:00Sometimes the best restaurants out there are those mom and pop restaurants you find off the beaten path. Texas Burger Guy is dedicated to bringing you reviews on the best mom and pop burger joints in Texas as well as any others the Texas Burger Guy happens to stumble across.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502709.post-91492399388660147422009-03-22T14:12:00.000-07:002009-03-22T21:25:07.949-07:00

This past week was spring break for the TBG kids. Both kids wanted to pay Shamu a visit at SeaWorld in San Antonio. Before leaving on our trip, I searched my list of requested burger joints to find a good place to review in the San Antonio area. A search of my requested burger joints found a highly recommended burger joint named Bracken Store Café located northeast of San Antonio. I had received

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On any given month, I receive a little over fifty emails requesting reviews of your favorite burger joints. To get to all of them is pretty much an impossible undertaking. There are a few burger joints for which I receive multiple requests. These burger joints grab my attention because obviously there is something worth checking out at these places. Koppe Bridge Bar & Grill in College Station

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On a rare visit to east Texas a while back, I found myself starving for that precious cuisine that inspired me to start this website.... the mom and pop burger. A colleague of mine knew that I was going to be in the vicinity of her hometown in Lufkin and strongly encouraged me to try out Ray's Drive In. I had also received eight emails from readers encouraging the same. When I drove by Ray's, I

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Recently, I found myself in Corpus Christi on business. As I was checking into my hotel, my stomach started speaking to me. I glanced over to a rack of brochures. There, sitting on the rack was a brochure for a local mom and pop burger joint named Wallbangers. The name intrigued me and the pictures on this brochure intrigued me as well. It seemed like a good find but I wanted confirmation. I

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This review is the first of its kind. For this review – I am using the help of my Central Texas Affiliate. He and I both visited Health Camp on two different days and ordered pretty much the same thing. This review will combine our collective thoughts on the Health Camp experience.Located on Waco’s famous Traffic Circle just off of I-35 N, The Health Camp, home of the famous ‘Healthburger’, is a

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Much like Christian's Totem in Houston, Kincaids in Fort Worth and Tookies in Seabrook... Arnold Burger was one of the first burger joints that surfaced when I started asking readers to send in their favorite burger joints for me to review. I responded to the review request telling the reader that it was unlikely I would ever make it all the way out to Amarillo. Well... lo and behold... I found

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Well TBG readers... I've been on a bit of a hiatus for a month or so... To answer your e-mails... no I am not quitting TBG... just overwhelmed with my regular life lately.. that's all. So... it's back to blogging and back to TBG we go!!! Southwell's is a hop, skip, and a jump from my office. I had driven by it many times but just waited on doing a review. One Friday, some coworkers of mine asked

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If you were unable to watch the TexasBurgerGuy's world debut on Food Network's "Hungry Detective" program the other night... I finally offloaded the video from my DVR to the web so you can check it out...TBG on the Food NetworkEnjoy!

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Ever wondered what the TexasBurgerGuy looks like? You probably think I am an 800 pound mammoth... maybe you are right. Maybe you think I am a 13 year old teenage boy just messing around on daddy's computer... maybe you are right.Well TBG readers... wonder no more because on Tuesday, November 28th at 9:30 pm CST... you will have a chance to see me on national TV as I will be on the Food Network's

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I know my next review is going to make a lot of people happy. Chris Madrid's is one of those places for which I received TONS of review requests from readers. I have to be honest, I was hesitant to make the drive to San Antonio for Madrid's because they have a website. (www.ChrisMadrids.com) Typically mom and pop burger joints don't have the funds or the know how for a website... and after

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If you mapped out on a map all of the burger joints I have reviewed in Houston, you'd see several in Northwest Houston, some in the Galleria area, one or 2 close to downtown, south Houston, and some on the west side as well. There is nothing on the northeast side of town though... This changed today as I received a review request this week from a friend for a place up in Kingwood, which for all

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Just when you think you have seen it all... another burger joint out there decides to join the battle of the bulge and submit a new entry for the biggest and baddest burger in all the land.Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, New Jersey offers up a monster they call the Mt. Olympus which is a whopping 50 pounds!!!! If your appetite is not up to consuming a 50 pound burger - they offer up smaller

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I knew it had been too long since my last review when I start getting e-mails from readers asking for the next review. I got my 3rd one in about a month Friday and decided enough was enough... it's time for another review!!! Kitok's is another one of those places that people requested time and time again when I launched TexasBurgerGuy.com. What was different about Kitok's was that the burger

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Last weekend I made the trek up to Amarillo. I figured the beef capital of the world would probably be a good place to look for a good fat burger. I just love it when I am right. Following the advice of my sister-in-law and brother - I visited Boondocks. Boondocks is what some people would classify as a biker bar. To me - it just looked like a bar. No bikers that I could see although I did visit

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Yep - you read it right... it is time to add a brand spankin' new ranking category to TBG reviews! I decided this new category was required for all future TBG reviews after I visited one heck of a burger joint up in Amarillo last weekend. That burger really left an impression on me.... and my heart... SHEESH!!! So.... what is the name of this new category?????From this point forward - I will

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From TBG: You know - Texas is a BIG place... to cover it all.. I decided I needed some help... SO...... Ladies and gentlemen - you are experiencing history today. This review is the FIRST ever review posted by an Official TexasBurgerGuy Affiliate. This Dubl-R Burgers review will be made by my Central Texas Affiliate. This young man is willing to put his health on the line to bring you mom and pop

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My second burger joint since my sabbatical had to be one that I had been hearing so much about but just hadn't made it out there yet. Actually... that isn't 100% accurate. I did load up the family and head out to Texas Hamburger Palace once before but we got there after they had closed. Sadly, we had to leave that time but it was with much happiness and celebration that we found the Palace open

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Well sports fans... I am officially back in the saddle. To relaunch TBG I thought it would be fitting to do a review on a burger joint that is WAAAAYYYY off the beaten path. Pa Pa Doc's located in a small town in Bosque County named Meridian fit the bill VERY nicely. I must tell you that during my sabbatical I have continued to eat at many mom and pop burger joints to try and find some good

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Well all of my loyal TexasBurgerGuy readers... I am BAAAAAACCCKKK!!!As I can tell from many of your e-mails, you are all both concerned about my well being and also hungry for more reviews.Well, I am making this post to let you all know that I am alive and well and ready to start serving up more burger joint reviews!!! Many people have asked me what happened that made me stop doing reviews.

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From the first days of TexasBurgerGuy.com, I have been told repeatedly that I absolutely HAD to go try out Tookie's. There were stories of people driving days on end from the far reaches of the world just for a taste of a Tookie's burger. Knowing this, I saved Tookie's to review for a few reasons. First, it is dang near the end of the earth from where I live and second, I was saving it for when I

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Even though I had driven past Aunt Pookie's located on Beltway 8 West probably 100 times, I never knew it was there. It is located in an industrial park. As I walked in the door, I was a little worried that maybe Aunt Pookie's was more of a BBQ place than a burger joint. I was proved wrong after having a bite of my Aunt Pookie's cheeseburger.IMPORTANT: If you haven't already, please read the

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This is actually an update to a story I had posted back in February... see the Half Burger/Half Hotdog: The Hamdog story.You are looking at what could be the only picture of the Luther Burger on the internet!!! It was sent to me from a TBG reader!!! For those that don't know - the Luther Burger is a bacon cheeseburger served on a Krispy Kreme bun. This bad boy is offered up by Mulligan's - a

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Situated directly on the grounds of Treeline Golf Course, Dilla's is probably one of most testosterone friendly environments I have visited in quite a while. Where else can you play some golf with your buds and then throw down a greasy burger and not even have to get in your car? You could even meet your wife and kids there for dinner after playing golf as they have a sandbox for them to play in.

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Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania is at it again.. He already has "Ye Olde 96er" on his menu which is an 11 pound behemoth. His newest burger is a 15 POUND monster he calls the Beer Barrel Belly Buster. The burger comes with a killer 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, an entire head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half EACH of mayonnaise, relish

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If you happen to find yourself in London and you are really hungry for a really ridiculously expensive burger.... head on over to Zuma Restaurant. They have just the right burger for you... It's a 200g burger (not quite 1/2 pound) that goes for 55 UK Pounds/146 NZ dollars which is 104 USD. The meat is wagyu beef from cows raised in New Zealand. I can't even begin to understand what makes somebody

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