Best burgers I've had lately are my own! No joke. And I'm not even a great cook. Just lean ground beef, mixed in with chopped red onions (finely diced pieces and bigger pieces the size of a nickel), bread crumbs, salt, pepper, Club House steak spice, olive oil, a bit of hot sauce, a mix of Bullseye BBQ sauce and Chinese Hoisine(sp?) sauce. Mix that crap all together and make big patties out of them so when they are cooked the meat still sticks out from the bun from all sides. Nothing is worse than burgers smaller than the bun! lol. When BBQing the burger, also grill some thinly sliced onions and mushrooms in a mini-grilling pan beside the burgers. Near the end, toast some fresh kaiser buns in the rack above with a big melted slice of real cheese (not that pre-sliced cheap crap that comes in those plastic sleeves). Build the burger(s) and add ketchup or mustard. I usually make two burgers so I do one of each.
But for burger places, I actually like the burgers Hoops Sports Bars have. They also give a good helping of fries too. Too bad they are gone, but a long time ago, The Fire Pit and Full Bite burgers were a block from each other and were the best burgers I had. There is still a Fire Pit in Mississauga (near Heartland Centre) and it's still good. Awesome fries too.
5 Guys is ok. Overpriced. Average burgers, but depending on the toppings you get might lead to a wet sloppy burger. It does help that their fries are great and you get an insane amount of them. Free pop refills is a bonus too.
