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So I finally knocked off the other SoCal location on the 20 must-eat hamburgers list.   To The Counter’s infinite credit: a little on the rare side. It’s a tough one to evaluate. The meat quality was spectacular. I opted for the two-thirds-pound patty and asked for medium-rare — that worked out great. The hard [...]

Mar 26th, 2009 | Filed under Travel

Was in South El Monte today, which is bothersome in that, if it’s going to be “El Monte”, then the southern version should be El Monte del Sur. Or, if we’re going to anglicize everything, South Elmont. OTOH, that was one of the ten worst injustices I noticed today, so, by and large: pretty good [...]

Oct 18th, 2008 | Filed under Travel

The seminal work on the subject, of course, being this article in GQ. Maybe seminal. Regardless, it’s the list I’m using to define requirements on my quest to eat all 20 of the country’s most necessary hamburgers. Been working on it for a few years and have, now, eaten two of the 20. Slow and [...]

Oct 3rd, 2008 | Filed under Travel