burger club

[liucrew]

so I've decided to start a burger-of-the-week club with a group of friends. We hope to scour L.A.'s various neighborhoods for the best burger in town. The group will probably be around 10-12 people and we understand waits will sometimes be an issue. I've read many of the burger posts on this site and put together a list of over 200 spots! It's a challenge I readily accept. With that, we were looking to make our maiden voyage somewhere in west la/culver city approx. area. Standard suggestions (i.e. father's office, apple pan, the counter) are well known and will probably be avoided for our first trip. Where in this area would you go for your first burger-of-the-week? thanks!

[Burger Boy]

So, have you started your burger quest? How is it going and where have you been?

[Burger Boy]

I hope you keep us posted as you go to each place.

[wutzizname]

I'd definitely cross SF Saloon off the list. I found it to be an enormously disappointing burger. And though I know the place still has some fans, it's certainly no way to kick off a burger club.

I'd probably say the same about Philly West, which isn't nearly as bad as SF Saloon, but again, there are so many better burgers on to try...including Hole in the Wall, 26 Beach, & Westside Tavern which were all good recs.

[Servorg]

Just tried the restaurant that replaced Jack Sprat's up on Pico just east of Overland called Six http://thesixrestaurant.com/ for their burger and a rigatoni special they were offering off menu. Really not at all bad. The burger comes on a brioche bun and has an onion ring, maytag bleu cheese, bacon, thousand island and tomato and comes with an enormous basket of medium thin, very crunchy air baked fries. I would give it a more than passing grade for the quality of the meat and all the added elements. The rigatoni dish was sort of an unconstructed lasagna. It had sausage, ground beef and both mozzarella and ricotta and tasty tomato sauce giving it a ragu quality. One coke and one flying dog and we were out the door for $41, plus tip. Service was fine.

I would go back.

[bruinike]

26 Beach, Tavern, Hinano, Westside Tavern, Rush Street. I hope you post all your findings and reviews!

[mdpilam]

Philly West (dive bar, w great burger and great value) on Westwood.

[wilafur]

good place with friendly folks and cold beer. however, the burger i had there was basically an elongated hockey puck.

proponents of the place say that you need to specify that the burger be cooked no more than medium/med rare, however, high quality beef (80/20) will never turn into a hockey puck unless there was a nuclear disaster. lols..

[wilafur]

how about starting out at hole in the wall burger joint?

[liucrew]

that's a very solid idea. good name for the group going as well. also thought of san francisco saloon and 26 beach (though in Marina del Rey) as options.

[Phurstluv]

I like SF Saloon's burgers.

[a_and_w]

I like Hole in the Wall, but my first burger of the week would be 26 Beach.