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What makes the best burger, you ask?
WRITTEN BY: MICHELLE SLIEff
It’s not just what’s between the buns, it’s the whole experience. We scoured San Diego high and low to find that all-encompassing experience of enjoying the city’s best burger. The best burger upholds quality, service, environment, accessibility, and most importantly—taste. That’s a lot to stack, and we certainly managed it all with these amazing burgers. One ultimately prevailed above them all, but each was a winner in their own right. No matter what part of San Diego you reside in, a trip to any of these locations is well worth it just to try the...
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Slater’s 50/50
2750 Dewey road San Diego, CA 92106 619.398.2600 www.slaters5050.com t Slater’s, they play with the food for you so you don’t have to. You’ll see what I mean when you take a look at the menu and check out the fun creative recipes they’ve come up with for their burgers. At Slater’s, the most important part of the burger is the meat. Their signature patty is half beef, half bacon, and boy do they love their bacon! For those of you who are particular about what goes into your burger, you can design your own burger. Or, you can try some of Slater’s award-winning burger specialties. We tried the Peanut Butter & Jealousy Burger and the ‘Merica Burger.
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The PB&J Burger is exactly what you’re thinking; between a honey wheat bun lays a Sterling Silver ground beef patty with bacon (of course) nestled between creamy peanut butter and strawberry jelly. Not extreme enough for you? No worries, you can order it a la’ mode. I doubled down and got it a la’ mode, and it was delish. The ‘Merica burger was a fun treat, too. In a nutshell, it’s bacon. It could be disguised as breakfast but it’s not. It featured a 100 percent bacon patty, topped with bacon, a sunny side up egg, and two pieces of bacon (naturally), and held on with bacon
cheddar cheese. Wait…there’s more… bacon island dressing as well as a bacon pretzel bun. I’d say the ingredients speak for themselves, because when I saw the burger I was speechless. After the fact, I can’t stop talking about it, and I was surprised at how well the flavors worked together. Bacon is a great pairing for bacon, that, and a beer. At Slater’s they are not modest with their love for beer, featuring over 100 different beer selections on tap. If you have any questions, all of the servers and bartenders are Cicerone Certified Beer Servers, so they can surely help you out.