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Hodad's serves a darn fine burger, that's for sure.
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Appalled at the Bigotry Oct 3rd 2009

Well, first off, I have to give kudos for one item at the White rose. We were all very happy with the food (yum salmon wrapped in bacon). But, what happened next will probably keep us all from ever going back.
To start as we were all but finished our food. The (management) came out and canned the entertainment in the middle of his set. (Live acoustic guitar) It was very nice and he could actually sing (on key). As he packed(broke down) his gear; a somber note rang throughout the lounge area as the gentlemen removed his equipment and the management put the awful fm radio back on. As a side note we approached the musician; he shared the little factoid; he was told to quit because he wasn’t right for the crowd. Oddly though that LOTS of people were singing along with him (the musician). Anyway, that isn’t the reason why we will never return just yet.
We were now done eating (an hour and half had passed) and the waitress took away all our plates and utensils. This is when my sister got a text from a friend about dropping by to join us for a couple drinks. He arrived within a few minutes and went up to the bar and got his beer. Then we talked about all sorts of things for roughly 30 minutes. Then another friend texted us and joined us. Now here is where it starts to go under for our party of 6 which just spent over a 100.00 on food not to mention the drinks on top of that. Our new guest went to the bar and got his draft. Now we chatted for another roughly another 10 mins MAX. Then a member of management came over and started to harass our first guest. His ID was cracked; and he was told he could no longer be served and should leave. We all piped up and said perhaps he should check all our IDs (Mind you none of our party was carded at all and served multiple times) – An it should also be noted our latest guest LOOKED like they might be 18 at best, However, our young looking guest is as gay as a 3 dollar bill and Mexican/Native American and perhaps they didn’t want to be so bold as to play that race and discrimination card. Yet, we know now they don’t like people of color, since the person they harassed incessantly was black and was threatened with calling the police. Mind you, this person (our black friend) was as quiet as a mouse during most of our conversations among ourselves. So in closing, if you are a lily white group of people keep it as such, if you want to have a good time. But, if you want to get kicked out and bullied by Bigots – By all means invite your friends of color. It will just make your bloody day. – Perhaps they should rename themselves the ((White Lily)) – Anyway, none of us will set foot in their establishment again. SHAME since they had good food, but, I don’t endorse BIGOTS.

We went to the White Rose yesterday after YorkFest specifically to try the burgers - fantastic! Too big to even finish, but absolutely delicious. Next time I will get a plain cheeseburger, because the meat itself had more than enough flavor that we didn't even need the rest of the fanfare on top. Thanks for the great recommendation!

toad3000 - The crab specialties, namely the crab pretzel, really are great.

Gonta - sweet. How long have you been up in NY? I've been to Vito's on Queen St. but never to try the cheeseburger sub. How is diff. then others?

parvax - Do I know you? Haha. We should get together sometime!

Oneiron - The Roadhouse's burgers ARE good. Especially the english muffin one.

richopp - we

There was a major error in the Top 50 list. Coming in at #24 is a burger from Burgers, Fries and Cherry Pies. It is called the French Connection and is topped with bearnaise sauce. I never thought I would enjoy a burger without cheese, but WOW. It is absolutely delish.

The place in Wynnewood is Elevation Burger, not Evolution Burger.

I'm on a mission to convince people that the best burger in Philly doesn't look like any burger they've ever seen before - it is the Chapli Kabob at Kabobeesh in University City. Well worth expanding your horizons for (sadly no bacon available though).

http://burgatory.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/philadelphia-pa-kabobeeshs-chapli-kabab-burger-yes-or-no/

While I'm not a vegetarian and I'm known to eat beef burgers, I have to give it to National Mechanics for their Veggie Burger. Yes, a veggie burger is my favorite burger in Philly. Filled with finely shredded fresh vegetables like carrots, broccoli, and zucchini (among others), it's a burst of vegetable goodness in your mouth. And it's quite sizable. So you will be sated. Comes with their yummy hand-cut steak fries, too.

For me, the best burger in Philadelphia, without question is Barclay Prime pub burger. (NOTE: Not the kobe sliders. The pub menu burger - happens to be a couplet of mini burgers.)

You all need to stop in and try Sketch Burger in Fishtown. I like a lot of these places on the list but Sketch's is definitely better than some of these.

How one can narrow it down is a mystery to me though. This town has no shortage of burgers.

Let's get as big a list of cheese steaks, because frankly the pickings are slim.

My two favorites are the Royal Burger at Royal Tavern (angus, bacon, gouda, long hots, caramelized onion, spicy mayo), which I believe I've seen on AHT before, and the Kelly's Burger from Grace Tavern, the simplest, most delicious bacon cheeseburger in all the land.

Standard Tap and Royal Tavern are my favorites. The Khyber does a small version of the RT burger for just a few bucks, which is great because then you have room to try other things. Standard Tap has the best fries in the city, in my opinion. Greasy but crispy with bits of peel left on.

I like the Good Dog burger with cheese on top, not inside. The temperature of the cheese stuffed one turns me off if they cook it medium and I just don't like burgers cooked more than that.

For Pete's Sake also has an excellent burger. And Coco's on jewelers row has really good kobe burgers - get them with the salad instead of fries and order a $3 mountain of freshly fried potato chips sprinkled with blue cheese and scallions to share with your table.