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I live in middle america and the best burgers are the mom and pop diners. The chains may claim it but the diners are the best.

The secret ingredient at Yankee Doodle is butter. They pretty much slathered it on everything, from bacon egg and cheese sandwiches to burgers to pigs in a blanket, even on donuts (they sliced the donut in half, generously butter each side and grill it). I walk by their shuttered windows every day and shed a tear.