Have you seen the Preview insert in today's KC Star? Lauren Chapin recently filled her belly with pounds and pounds of KC hamburgers so we could know what we're missing. In search of KC's best burger, she visited:
GrandStand Burger
Hayes Hamburgers
Westport Flea Market
LC Hamburgers Etc. (both locations)
Jerry's Original Woodswether Cafe
ChefBurger
Michael Smith
She gives mouth-watering descriptions, with the occasional questionable verb choice - like an 'onion ring squatted in the middle of the patty'.
I understand when you're talking about that many burgers - that are, by definition, extremely similar - there's a need to hit the thesaurus to switch up the descriptions. But "squatted"?
I read this article start to finish. Every word. I kept it for later reference, too. I want to try all the burgers. And that, I suppose, is the reason Chapin never gives us her best burger pick (unless, of course, you interpret her choice of order with best - which I'm tempted to do). But I craved it. I wanted to know which one she thought was best ....so I wouldn't have to try them all. That-a-way, I'd have a starting point. I'd start with the best, and perhaps, down the road, try the others. But alas, there is no burger left sitting atop the heap.
For that, you'll have to see how the Star's online poll turns out. Here's the link. After you vote, it will give you the results. As of this moment, 9:35 a.m. Thursday, May 8, with 683 precincts reporting, Westport Flea Markets' taking the cake...er...the burger.