Whiz Burgers

Best neon in the mission? Whiz Burger on 18th and South van Ness.

Strategic Butter Reserve

Bricks of Wisconsin butter stockpiled at Solly's, outside Milwaukee.

The butter deployed on a Solly's butter burger:



The veggie version (which, when it was ordered, the waitress made sure we knew had no meat):

Check Please: Poochie's

I reviewed Poochie's for the new Check Please segment on NBC 5 in Chicago. The review is one minute long. I don't say anything interesting, and I use the phrase "down home", which isn't the way I normally talk. They cut out the part where, as an indication of my competence in judging hamburger quality, I say that I've tasted the full range of burgers available in Chicago, from the deluxe foie gras topped burger at Sweets and Savories to the ones offered at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap.

I wanted to review Alinea, but they just laughed at me when I suggested it.

Poochie's was Zed's original find.

Poochie's

Poochie's in Skokie, IL. About a two hour roundtrip from Hyde Park. But worth it.