Meet the Burgerdier General

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Obviously, I'm too old (or too something) but I was completely out of the loop when Mattel's Food Fighters action figures were around. But jeez! I would have loved to have been around at the meetings when they were coming up with the idea. More details on them here, here, here, and here.

More from Chocolatesa

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More from Chocolatesa.

Two photos from Picks, on Saint Mathieu in Montreal.

And one from Buns.

Still Good Looking Burgers

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Welcome to the new address. Same yummy pictures.

Love Shack - Dirty Love Burger, photo by EatThisBeef


All American Burgers photo by McCormick Kitchens

bacon cheese photo by Fotopat

The Victoria Burger Blog goes to Seattle

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And only eats one bacon cheeseburger (The Palace Burger Royale, and does anyone know what "nearly traditional accompaniments" are?

But you couldn't pay me enough to eat those Cheeseburger Doritos (which might have been extremely stale if you read between the lines of this Facebook Page).

This week's Hamburger Art

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Episode 57: Copacabana

Episode 57: Copacabana [12:31]
(Download: MP3 18MB / FLAC 1347MB / Ogg Vorbis 11MB / Stream)
(or play it here)
[audio http://www.archive.org/download/20100526/MBR57.mp3]

Linda Extra Pickles Besner explains the evolution of her burger consumption from McDonald's and Harvey's through her vegetarian phase to where it is currently, rare with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onions, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and relish. Zeke explains how his path has gone in the opposite direction towards a plainer more austere burger. Our hero and heroine briefly discuss the food issue of the New Yorker. And then Zeke tries to sound all authoritative by making up some nonsense about what the law is with regards to a hamburger being cooked in Montreal.

[caption id="attachment_1406" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="The Interior of Copacabana"][/caption]

The Montreal Burger Report is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and Extra Pickles go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them. It is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and sliders in Montreal. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at MontrealBurger.Wordpress.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. Our email address is MontrealBurger at Gmail.com.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris Zeke Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, The Sweetback Sisters and the one the only the incomparable Brad Slyde of DiscoBreak.com for the music, and YOU for listening.

Copacobana
Address: 3910 Saint Laurent
Phone: (514) 982-0880

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Today's Great Burger pix

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[caption id="attachment_1381" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Photo by Alex Leynes"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1380" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Photo by swirlingthoughts"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1387" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Sexy burger photo by guillotinehead"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1398" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Bizu, greenbelt photo by _gem_"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1397" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="patio 25 photo by fudha"][/caption]

La Cantine Bolduc wins the « roi de la patate » title

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Google Street view of where La Cantine Bolduc parks.

In case you missed it, over on the TV channel, historia they ran a contest to figure out who made the best french fries in Quebec.

Heavily skewed towards the regions, La Cantine Bolduc beat out La frite à Mon oncle by only 844 votes, which seeing as how each one received more than 36,000 votes is a minuscule margin.

Burger Mistakes

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[caption id="attachment_1384" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Galveston County Daily News photo by retrohamster"][/caption]

Five Guys Burgers and Fries coming soon to a Montreal suburb

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From Craigslist, it appears that Five Guys is hiring. The ads says they are going to be located in Vaudreuil. I do not know exactly where, but I will endeavor to find out.

And for those of you that have been out of the loop, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is a relatively new chain, having been started in 1986, but they get good press. Most recently they beat out 15 other American Hamburger Chain restaurants to be crowned Winner of the Chain Burger Tournament over at A Hamburger Today.

Burgers going gourmet in Halifax

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Looks like Halifax has moved uptown. Bill Spur writes in last Saturday's Chronicle Herald about the hamburgers you can get at The Brooklyn Wharehouse, Fid Resto, The Tin Pan Bakery & Bistro and Cheachie's Grill, where they grind hanger, brisket and eye of round in house to make their hamburgers.

Sherman's Food Adventures

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Sherman likes hamburgers, Sherman lives in Vancouver. Sherman loves In-N-Out Burger. There is no In-N-Out Burger in Vancouver. Sherman is sad. Nimby Burger is similar to In-N-Out Burger. Nimby Burger has just opened in Vancouver. Sherman is happy. Nimby Burger gave Sherman free food. Sherman is very happy.

Hamburger Style Guides

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First there was The AHT Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles by Adam Kuban, from 2009. Now comes A Taxonomy of the Different Species of Hamburger by someone named Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn.

Both of them overlook the Rochester style burger which due to the ever expanding range of Dic Ann's might become known as the Montreal Style burger in the future...

This week's Burger Joint Signs

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[caption id="attachment_1371" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Burger Carte, Smithers, WV photo by Robby Virus"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1370" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Burger Hambur photo by Jeremy Brooks"][/caption]

Some Great Looking Burgers

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[caption id="attachment_1340" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Grill\'d burgers at Melbourn Central photo by raspberryred6"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1341" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Classic Cheeseburger photo by Burger Me"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1339" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Onion Cheeseburger photo by jonbarash"][/caption]

The Roots of Dic Ann's

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Dic Ann's, comes from a Rochester based idea formulated around a combination of Vic & Irv's and what used to be Don and Bob's (now Don's Original). Pictures here, and here.

The Vancouver Good Blog on Moderne Burger

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Over on the left coast, Vancouver Good writes a couple of paragraphs about Moderne Burger in Kitsilano. The key point they make is: "Everything is made from scratch and delicious."

Good Hamburger Signs

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[caption id="attachment_1346" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="IN-N-OUT photo by GethinThomas"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1347" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Photo by alex.undercover"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1348" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Dune Burger!!!!!!!! photo by Kate + Ice Cream"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1345" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Convention Grill photo by revrev"][/caption]

Truly Good Looking Burgers

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Nothing like the trash from yesterday.

[caption id="attachment_1310" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Lunch at Michael Symon\'s B Spot, Woodmere, Ohio photo Uploaded on May 15, 2010 by PlaysWithFood"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1311" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="The Counter: Custom-made Burger photo by Taekwonweirdo"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1312" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Burger with bacon and cheese photo by ugod"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1309" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Burger photo by andrewjking87"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Day 137/365 - Nomnomnom! photo by ConnorSurdi"][/caption]

Etched Glass by Sans Soucie

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I'd love to know what the set up was to accomplish this.

Episode 56: Copacabana

Episode 56: Copacabana [12:19]
(Download: MP3 17MB / FLAC 130MB / Ogg Vorbis 11MB / Stream)
(or play it here)
[audio http://www.archive.org/download/20100519/MBR56.mp3]

In today's episode due to a complete and utter abdication of responsibility by someone who shall remain nameless, Chris Zeke Hand is only joined by Linda Extra Pickles Besner. Our hero and heroine are left high and dry (well maybe not too too dry) at the most fabulous watering hole on the entire plateau, Copacobana where they discuss their impending visit to Burger de Ville.

[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Google Street View of \'the fabulous watering hole\' Copacabana. Notice the amazing piece by Stare above."][/caption]

The Montreal Burger Report is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and Extra Pickles go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them. It is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and sliders in Montreal. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at MontrealBurger.Wordpress.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. Our email address is MontrealBurger at Gmail.com.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris Zeke Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, The Sweetback Sisters and the one the only the incomparable Brad Slyde of DiscoBreak.com for the music, and YOU for listening.

Copacobana
Address: 3910 Saint Laurent
Phone: (514) 982-0880

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Cheeseburger #1

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[caption id="attachment_1327" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Cheeseburger #1 painting by Rosilyn Young"][/caption]

$75 gets you this wonderfully evocative and expressive 12" x 12" acrylic painting of a Cheeseburger.

Good Lookin' Cheeseburgers (actually, maybe not)

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What I might consider the first set of ugly (yet still interesting) pictures of cheeseburgers we've posted. The first one is from a Burger King in Japan, the Caviar Burger and one one with Bleu [sic] Cheese should be self-explanatory, and notice how neither slice of cheese on the Prime Rib Burger is melted to go along with the whole wheat bun - can you say "cold cardboard?" But for whatever reason, they are all noteworthy in a three-headed goat sort of way.

[caption id="attachment_1300" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="漢堡王,七層犇堡 photo by Mr.adai"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1301" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Hamburger with bleu cheese photo by hynesghpstudio"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1302" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Mums! photo by Die Asta"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1299" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="caviar-burger photo by sunusms"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1305" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Barbecued Prime Rib Burger photo by st1264"][/caption]

Unclear on the concept

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Over at Etsy, The Soap Seduction has made and is selling Cheeseburger Slider Soaps. Unfortunately, they smell like "Cherry Lemonade."

Guest Burger Portraitist

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We got an email last week with some kick-ass and amazing pictures of some local cheeseburgers from Chocolatesa. I just had to post them up here for not only my pleasure, but yours as well.

[caption id="attachment_1315" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Cheeseburger at Resto MaTante photo by Sara Berg-Johnson"][/caption] Chez Ma Tante is at 4985 Dunn

[caption id="attachment_1316" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Bacon Cheeseburger at Dilallo on Allard photo by Sara Berg-Johnson"][/caption]Dilallo is at 2851 Allard

Become an A & W franchisee for less then $400K

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$359K + $13.5K + $5K = $377,500 will get you the A & W restaurant at 9901 Acadie Boulevard in Brossard

Burger de Ville in the Gazette

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Sarah Musgrave (she of the wonderful articles...) decided to do a review on the same burger joint that we will be covering starting on Wednesday.

Toronto is a little envious...

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[caption id="attachment_1292" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Vive Les Habitants photo by monkeyseemonkeypoo"][/caption]

If you want to order one yourself, the Montreal Burger will set you back $7.50 at Chuck & co. And in case you were wondering is "Ground chuck and Montreal Smoked Meat topped with whole grain mustard, and toasted cumin coleslaw, served on a toasted ciabatta bun." Beyond the Smoked Meat, I do not see how cumin coleslaw and a ciabatta bun would make it Montreal-like.

V.J.’s Drive-Inn gettin' loved

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Your favorite and mine, Plato Putas gets all wonky and raves about V.J.’s Drive-Inn in Winnipeg.

Jesus 'Burger' Christ, our Lord & Savior (or maybe Saviour)

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[caption id="attachment_1289" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="\'Good\' Burger? image by Dean Jode"][/caption]

Good Lookin' Burgers

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[caption id="attachment_1283" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Burger! photo by beachbumzac"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1284" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Photo by HeatherKaiser"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1285" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="bullit burger, fries | bullit photo by nchoz"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Happy Hour Sliders at the Cheesecake Factory photo by Harvey-Harv"][/caption]

La Paryse getting the love

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Quand Pascale rime avec Montréal and anne laure et franck en voyage both go ga-ga over the hamburgers at La Paryse.

Episode 55: Mr. Steer

Episode 55: Mr. Steer [10:40]
(Download: MP3 15MB / FLAC 114MB / Ogg Vorbis 9MB / Stream)
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[audio http://www.archive.org/download/20100512/MBR_55.mp3]

In today's episode Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Warren 'Soylent' Wilansky talk with Mahroof Tarafdar, the cook at the celebrated fixture on the Montreal Hamburger scene, Mr. Steer, and then they pay the bill and leave.

[caption id="attachment_1147" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Steerburgers on the Grill at Mr. Steer"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1153" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="View of The Grill at Mr. Steer"][/caption]

The Montreal Burger Report is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and Soylent go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them. It is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and sliders in Montreal. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at MontrealBurger.Wordpress.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. Our email address is MontrealBurger at Gmail.com.

[caption id="attachment_1151" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="A Menu Stand and the Condiments at Mr. Steer"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1141" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="The View From the Counter at Mr. Steer"][/caption]

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written, produced and engineered by Chris Zeke Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, The Fabulous Bloaters, Cheech and Chong and the one the only the incomparable Brad Slyde of DiscoBreak.com for the music, and YOU for listening.

Mister Steer
Address: 1198 Saint Catherine W
Phone: (514) 866-3233

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