BEST BURGER

[JerseyBites]

JerseyBites.com is my blog, but I do have a social network at jerseybiters.ning.com. It has not taken off like I would like it too. My hope for the group is to have contributors offering tips on where to go and where to avoid.

Jersey Bites is being redesigned right now and the social network is going to be more integrated, so I'm hoping it will get more use. It a fabulous platform, every user can have their own blogs and profiles with photo albums. I have many RSS feeds from other food writers in NJ too.

[Jersey Warren]

I started going to this place as a teenager, and go back every time I'm in Bergen County. They cook their hamburgers on a charbroiler set into a brick hearth that must be ten feet wide. As they cook, the flames leap a foot into the air. They have a condiment bar with slices of raw onions, pickles, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire Sauce, etc.

They are everything I expect a hamburger to be. I refuse to eat a burger that is cooked on a grill rather than charbroiled.

In all my travels, I have never found another place as good, though some of the pub-type restaurants in Manhattan come close.


Fireplace Restaurant
718 N State Rte 17
Paramus,*NJ*07652-3107**
(201) 444-2362

This is sort of a postscipt. I recently joined the Fireplace's Facebook group. I'm gratified to learn the Fireplace has so many fans, as I go there for lunch every time I'm in Bergen County and I'd hate to see it go out of business! The only problem for me is that once having had their hamburgers as a teenager I was spoiled and now I compare every hamburger to theirs. Needless to say, McD's, Wendy's etc. just don't hack it, though Burger King comes a little closer. Here's their group:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...7952832&ref=mf

[JerseyDevil]

This is sort of a postscipt. I recently joined the Fireplace's Facebook group. I'm gratified to learn the Fireplace has so many fans, as I go there for lunch every time I'm in Bergen County and I'd hate to see it go out of business! The only problem for me is that once having had their hamburgers as a teenager I was spoiled and now I compare every hamburger to theirs. Needless to say, McD's, Wendy's etc. just don't hack it, though Burger King comes a little closer. Here's their group:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...7952832&ref=mf

Is there a possibility of them going out of business? I have them as a friend on MySpace and I just joined them on FaceBook.

BTW - you can join the AboutNewJersey.com on FaceBook also.

[Jersey Warren]

Hi JD,

I don't think so. They are a very popular place. But I have seen many good businesses fail over the years. The fact that they have quite a few Facebook fans is a good sign to me, however, that they will be around at least as long as I am!

[njmusic]

Try Bobby's Burger Palace
Just google bobby flay burgers there are 2 up around central north jersey
I don't get up there much but they have REALLY good burgers

I personally am more into steak
Good steak Ruth Chris in AC also Bobby Flay Steaks in the borgota also AC
Texas Roadhouse is good
That other chain place ummm The Longhorn Yuk I don't know what the meat is but its no steak (Just my opinion )
and yes i have been watching to much of the food network

[NJBarb]

I dont think I ever had a burger as good as the ones in any Five Guys. Nothing fancy but fresh & juicy and the fries are also the best - fresh cut and piping hot.

[JerseyDevil]

I dont think I ever had a burger as good as the ones in any Five Guys. Nothing fancy but fresh & juicy and the fries are also the best - fresh cut and piping hot.

You know there is a Five Guys that opened up at the new theater (which opened two years ago) down the street from me in Toms River. Someone else said their hamburgers are really good. I want a nice juicy hamburger - and I do NOT want a kaiser roll either. I want a NORMAL hamburger bun - preferably with sesame seeds. I want a old style diner-style burger. Why do places think it is good to have a burger where there is 4 - 5 times more bread than there is hamburger meat???