BURGER SCOOT

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  • An Awesome, but not "Awesome" Burger

    I do not think I would have ever considered a place like The Distillery as having a burger of note, but in a September 5, 2007, article in The Sacramento Bee, Allen Pierlioni picked his top five area burgers with five runners-up, and The Distillery was a runner-up. I am…

  • Ordering a Burger at a Pizzeria

    Pizza Rock is one of the relatively new businesses that have opened on Sacramento’s perpetually struggling K Street Mall. While some of the new businesses seem to be unable to shake the death pall that looms over most businesses that open then close on or around K Street, I am…

  • Not Cool, Miller Lite!

  • Sacramento Scooter Scene Loses an Important Advocate

    The Scoot Shop has closed. Once the hub of Sacramento’s scooter subculture, the black-and-green shop on E Street near 16th was more than a place to purchase scooters, accessories, and have your ride serviced; it was a place to hang out and talk with fellow enthusiasts. Theron and Rebekah Spurgeon,…

  • Cookies, Hot Rods, & Disappointing Burgers

    The story goes that President Bill Clinton, while on a recent trip to Sacramento, visited Cookie’s Drive In at 5640 H Street and did not have the money to pay for his meal. I could not verify this, but if it actually happened, the 42nd President of these United States…

  • Paris is Scooter City!

    My wife and I took a long-overdue vacation last month. We visited London, Bath, Oxford, and Greenwich. Then we took the bullet train under the Channel and spent the last few days in Paris. There were quite a few scooters in England, but nothing like there were in Paris, where…

  • The 75 Minute Burger

    How long would you wait for a hamburger—especially if you heard that this burger was extraordinary? Would you wait 20 or 30 minutes, or even an hour? How about 75 minutes? That is how long I waited for my burger at The Shack, a California-style pub located on Folsom Blvd…

  • Shingles, Beer Mirrors, and a Very Good Burger

    Back in my college days, I had a friend and fellow journalism student who enjoyed checking out pizza places around the Sacramento area with me. We found some interesting ones, both high-end and run-down, but it never failed that after one or two bites of my first slice, he would…

  • A Visit to the Oldest Burger Joint in Sacramento

    When I first started working in Downtown Sacramento, I frequented Jim-Denny’s Hamburgers at least once a month. In recent years, however, I only visit the place a few times a year. The quality has gone down over the years. Still, it is a good place to get a burger, fries,…

  • A Disappointing Return to My First Real Burger Experience

    Nationwide Freezer Meats was the place where I discovered a hamburger could be something more than a Big Mac or Whopper. I remember the first time I bit into a French Ground Steak Burger, it was as if I was tasting a hamburger for the first time, and all the…