Burger wars, re-visited

[MustangFan]

You must have been there on a good day. I never thought Humperdinks made a good burger.

[MrMustang1965]

Just a little note: Joe Willy's Market & Grill is now offering 15% off food and drinks for any SMU fans. Joe Willy's is located at 7033 Greenville Ave. just five minutes north of SMU. This casual family restaurant serves a variety of burgers, steaks, chicken and pasta dishes.

There's no mention of HOW you get the 15% discount if you're an SMU fan. Do you show a ticket stub? Wear SMU t-shirt, cap, etc.? Just tell 'em you're an SMU fan?

[SMULLET]

If nothing has changed since last year, $5 pitchers with SMU ID. Awesome!

[MrMustang1965]

Maxim's Magazine ranks the #1 sandwich in the country: the "Fat Darell"

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - It started early one morning in 1997 after a night of partying, when Darrell Butler was a Rutgers University sophomore with little money and a craving for chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks and french fries.

Now the "Fat Darrell" has been crowned the best sandwich in the country by Maxim magazine. Maxim's September issue, which lists the top 10 sandwiches, hits news stands Tuesday.

Fat Darrell — named for its caloric content, not Butler, a 160-pound physical trainer and aspiring actor — was conceived as a way to save money by combining the creator's various cravings on one bun.

"Separately, they would have cost me, like, $12.75, and I was on a college budget," Butler, 26, of Eatontown, told The Associated Press. He combined all three foods into a single order.

"So, I'm standing there eating it, and all of a sudden the guy standing behind me says, 'That thing that guy's eating looks pretty good, can you make me one of those?' And, it was like a movie scene, the next 10 people order the same thing. So, I'm like, 'Whoa!' like I think I might be onto something. And the guy is like, 'Hey, man, this is cool.'"

That guy who assembled the sandwich was Abdul Eid, working in an R.U. Hungry food truck, parked in a campus lot in New Brunswick, catering to beer-soaked undergraduates with the late-night munchies.

Eid now runs R.U. Hungry Grill & Pizza, a store he was able to open in part due to the success of the $4.75 Fat Darrell, the flagship of R.U.'s "Fat" line.

"I have the 'Fat Mojo,' which is exactly the same thing as the 'Fat Darrell,' but with honey mustard instead of marinara sauce," said Eid, 34, a native of Beirut, Lebanon.

Maxim's runner-up was "The Nuke," an artery blocker at the Staggering Ox in Helena, Montana, that combines ham, roast beef, turkey and three cheeses.

Laura Gilbert, a Maxim senior editor, said the Fat Darrell's inception was a factor in its top ranking.

"It just has that element of drunken ingenuity that our readers like," she said. The magazine caters to young professional men.

[Lotus]

Man, the Burger Boys have to make a trip to Montana just to analyze a place called "The Staggering Ox." I can only imagine the atmosphere in a place like that. (Of course, the beef must be fresh, since they probably walk outside and shoot it when an order is placed.)

Time for a roadie, fellas!

[MrMustang1965]

Man, the Burger Boys have to make a trip to Montana just to analyze a place called "The Staggering Ox." I can only imagine the atmosphere in a place like that. (Of course, the beef must be fresh, since they probably walk outside and shoot it when an order is placed.)

Time for a roadie, fellas!

When Sam Houston State played Montana in 2001 in The Big Sky State in the second round of the playoffs (lead by SMU transfer QB Josh McCown! ), many of the Sam Houston faithful reported that The Staggering Ox was AWESOME! Great atmosphere, friendly fans and incredible food and libations! By the way, Montana - a constant Div.1-AA champion contender - travels to Huntsville to play the Sam Houston Bearkats on September 18. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest Network.

[Lotus]

Make sure the folks at The Ox travel with the team to provide pregame BBQ to the fans.

[PonySnob]

Salad burger at Goff's - and make those fries crisp!

[Silk]

I don't remember Goff's even serving salad. Of course, I also haven't been there in a few years.

Or was that a joke?

[Dutch]

Yes, Goff's does have a burger they call the "salad burger". it's just their burger w/ lettuce and tomato on it. Get it?

[Dark Horse]

Got it. So Old Man Goff is as clever as he is charming!

[PonySnob]

2 or 3 years ago when Harvey was out of town, the sign outside of Goff's said:

Harvey's out of town, enjoy a burger without the abuse.

[Corso]

How funny! Somehow I missed that.

[MrMustang1965]

Late-breaking news: Goff's has been sold to a real estate developer. Harvey apparently DOES have a price! Capitalism at its best! Word is that the building will be demolished sometime in late October. No word yet on where Lenin will find a home!

[RGV Pony]

Has Red Robin made its way to the metroplex yet?

They're not top ten, but better than most.