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[Dave Burrell]

good suggestions and I like the idea of purple place and burger hut (and the others) and I'm not opposed to a day trip out to tahoe someday either....

[carnivore]

May I also suggest Tahoe Joes? they have several types of burgers available for lunch

[MrsTuffPaws]

Can't beat the burger and 'buck a beer' at Lake Forest Cafe.

[Darth Lefty]

Purple Place

Not in Folsom! Seems too far for weekday lunch too. I'd try it on a weekend or for dinner.

Burger Hut?

Not in Folsom! Also, meh.

I'm all for Tahoe Joe's (you can get a smaller cheeseburger and fries for $2 during happy hour) or Lake Forest Cafe which I've never been in

[Dave Burrell]

Not in Folsom! Seems too far for weekday lunch too. I'd try it on a weekend or for dinner.


Not in Folsom! Also, meh.

I'm all for Tahoe Joe's (you can get a smaller cheeseburger and fries for $2 during happy hour) or Lake Forest Cafe which I've never been in

eventually I'd like to expand our horizons and try those places that are outside the Folsom boundary

I like all these suggestions

lets pick between Tahoe Joes and Lake Forest Cafe for our next place

[carnivore]

Lefty, I was in Tahoe Joes' today and they have raised the price on the happy hour burger to $2.99 still a good deal in my opinion and the beer is still some if not the coldest in town..

[eVader]

I wouldn't mind trying either Lake Forest or Tahoe Joes. Only had breakfast at LF and only dinner at TJs.

One thing we will HAVE to do is Squeeze Inn. It is an experience that shouldnt be missed.

[Darth Lefty]

I was in Tahoe Joes' today and they have raised the price on the happy hour burger to $2.99

Those money-grubbing bastards

[Dave Burrell]

America's Best and Worst Burgers
The burger industry in America is looking more and more like an arms race these days. Every few months, we watch in horror as another bacon-enhanced, cheese-embalmed, ranch-riddled weapon of mass inflation hits menu boards at the country’s largest restaurant chains.

The Baconator, the Monster Thickburger, the FlameThrower — they sound like weapons, not something you’d order for dinner.

What makes our hamburger habit particularly scary is the Super Size Phenomenon, which for years has been mutating our burgers into double burgers and our double burgers into 1,250-calorie Triple Whoppers with Cheese.

A 1957 burger contained little more than one ounce of meat, but by 1997 that same meat wad had grown to six ounces. Stack one of the bloated burgers out there next to a beverage like those among these unhealthiest drinks in America and you’re risking two days' worth of calories in a single, misguided meal.

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To get you started on your own burger war, we’ve compiled a list of the seven greasiest patties ever to be sandwiched between two buns. But because we understand you still need your burger fix, we’ve thrown in five of our favorites that you can eat with relative impunity (along with a delicious burger recipe at the end of this post).

Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing
2,040 calories
150 g fat (53 g saturated)
110 g protein
4,900 mg sodium

You know this burger's in trouble when it takes more than 20 syllables just to identify it. If you think the name’s a mouthful, just wait until the burger hits the table. You’ll be face to face with two-and-a-half day’s worth of fat — a full third of which is saturated. To do that much damage with roasted sirloin, you’d have to eat about eight 6-ounce steaks. It’s nearly three days’ worth of saturated fat.

T.G.I. Friday’s Cheesy Bacon Cheeseburger
1,590 calories
unknown g fat
unknown mg sodium

Although Friday’s is mum on the fat and sodium, it takes only one number to realize that this burger suffers from bigger-is-better syndrome. T.G.I. Friday's average burger has 1,250 calories, and their appetizers are some of the toughest in the country to swallow, calorie-wise, as we've shown with this America’s worst appetizers list.


Red Robbin A.1. Peppercorn Burger
1,440 calories
97 g fat

There’s hardly a burger on Red Robin’s menu that contains fewer than a thousand calories. What pushes this particular burger to the position of worst — aside from the gratuitous use of cheese and bacon — is the bed of fried onion straws wedged between patty and bun. Now we’re beginning to understand why, while researching the story 16 Secrets the Restaurant Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know, it may have taken Red Robin so long to come clean about the impact of its burgers.

Denny’s Double Cheeseburger
1,540 calories
116 g fat (52 g saturated, 7 g trans)
3,880 mg sodium

Add this to our ever-expanding list of the Trans-Fattiest Foods in America. (This burger has more than three days' worth of the stuff.) In fact, with as much saturated fat as 52 strips of bacon and more sodium than 21 small bags of Lay’s potato chips, this burger also belongs on the salt-packed list of 20 Foods Your Cardiologist Wouldn’t Eat.

Dairy Queen ½ lb. FlameThrower GrillBurger
1,140 calories
82 g fat (27 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
1,940 mg sodium

Regular consumption of the FlameThrower will torch any hopes you have of losing weight. This potential aortic uh-oh contains 60 percent more calories than the Bacon Cheddar Grillburger and more than twice as many calories as DQ’s own Double Hamburger.

Hardee’s Two-Third Pound Monster Thickburger
1,420 calories
108 g fat (43 g saturated)
2,770 mg sodium

Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. take a misplaced pride in their shamelessly caloric approach to everything they put under a heat lamp, which is probably reason enough for some to find another place to eat. Need more motivation? Many of their burgers break the perilous 1,000-calorie barrier; their worst bun-buster has nearly 75 percent of your entire day’s calories and as much fat as a dozen Taco Bell soft tacos.

Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger
1,057 calories
65 g fat

The scariest part about this burger is how completely harmless it sounds: a slice of Swiss melted over sautéed mushrooms and ground turkey. Yet somehow Ruby Tuesday manages to slick it up with as much fat as five Baby Ruth bars. The kid’s version of this — the Turkey Mini — has an astounding 893 calories, earning it the No. 7 spot in our list of the 20 Worst Kid’s Meals in America. (To find out what’s best (and worst) for your kids at the nation’s big restaurant chains, check out this revealing report first.)

THE EAT THIS! BURGER HALL OF FAME

DQ Original Burger
350 calories
14 g fat (7 g saturated)
680 mg sodium

Wendy’s Quarter-Pound Single
430 calories
20 g fat (7 g saturated)
870 mg sodium

Burger King Whopper Jr. w/o mayo
370 calories
21 g fat (6 g saturated)
570 mg sodium

McDonald’s Quarter Pounder
410 calories
19 g fat (7 g saturated)
730 mg sodium

In-N-Out Protein-Style Protein-Style Cheeseburger
330 calories
25 g fat (9 g saturated)
720 mg sodium

And to make your very own gourmet burger at home with great supermarket brands — with just 350 calories and $3.79 a serving — check out this great recipe.

[Darth Lefty]

The horror!

[Dave Burrell]

The horror!

you've tried almost all of those burgers haven't you? ... yeah, me too


so watcha think? - Tahoe Joes next or where is that place Squeeze Inn located?

[eVader]

you've tried almost all of those burgers haven't you? ... yeah, me too
so watcha think? - Tahoe Joes next or where is that place Squeeze Inn located?

Squeeze is on Fruitridge. Go down Power Inn road a few blocks, turn right and there it is. One thing is be there early or be prepared to wait in a deep line. Ever since Guy featured it on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, it has been crazy busy from what I heard the one time I went there.

Since it is on a lunch break and a distance from Folsom, could order ahead and either grab a table (if one is open) or take to a park.

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[sat]

Be prepared not to dine in, just get take out. If I recall, Squeeze Inn can sit about 6 or 8 people, so it is usually standing room only, especially at lunch. When my dad was visiting from Washington, he insisted we to there after watching it after being featured on Food Network. It's a messy burger, but oh so wonderful.

By the way, I saw on one of the morning news shows that Squeeze Inn has opened another location in Lodi (or was it Galt?). It has ample seating. I'll have to keep that in mind next time I'm down that way.

[eVader]

Be prepared not to dine in, just get take out. If I recall, Squeeze Inn can sit about 6 or 8 people, so it is usually standing room only, especially at lunch. When my dad was visiting from Washington, he insisted we to there after watching it after being featured on Food Network. It's a messy burger, but oh so wonderful.

By the way, I saw on one of the morning news shows that Squeeze Inn has opened another location in Lodi (or was it Galt?). It has ample seating. I'll have to keep that in mind next time I'm down that way.

You got it!

You squeeze in to order but don't plan to stay there even if it is pouring rain outside because there will be a line behind you that will kindly move your butt out the door so they can order There are tables out back though.

[Dave Burrell]

Squeeze is on Fruitridge. Go down Power Inn road a few blocks, turn right and there it is. One thing is be there early or be prepared to wait in a deep line. Ever since Guy featured it on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, it has been crazy busy from what I heard the one time I went there.

Since it is on a lunch break and a distance from Folsom, could order ahead and either grab a table (if one is open) or take to a park.

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That's not too bad, only 20 miles from here... I'm all for trying this place out

hey speaking of Guy - did you hear he opened a place in Roseville called Johnny Garlics? check it out - http://www.johnnygarlics.com/