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I live right between EARL, Ann's Snack Bar, and the Vortex. Personally I like the EARL best of the lot. I travel a lot and eat burgers a lot and search out sites like these to find favorites; and still, of all of them, the EARL's a fav.

I love that place in Le Parker Meridien, though. ;)

I work in a restaurant in a small town in Texas, Greek Bros. I have to say the flat Mushroom Jack Burger or the Cheddar Bacon Cheddar Burger there are among the best I have ever eaten. The burgers are 1/2 pound of meat, each, and the meat is from a local meat market. They cost $10 each, a plain cheeseburger is $7.00. I doubt any "burger crtio" is going to ever come to a town of 12,000 people in south Texas, so all I can say is that I agree that they can't claim that their picks are the best in the USA.