{"id":4801,"date":"2010-12-26T02:11:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T10:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4801"},"modified":"2010-12-26T02:11:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T10:11:25","slug":"ten-worst-burgers-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=4801","title":{"rendered":"Ten Worst Burgers of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everyone has done a &#8220;best of&#8221; series, so, bitter curmudgeon that I am, here&#8217;s my ten worst burgers of 2010:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=3656\">Stanich&#8217;s<\/a>, Portland, OR. \u00a0The legend lives on. \u00a0Except for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4354\">Wendy&#8217;s &#8220;Baconator<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4659\">Stepping Stone Cafe<\/a>, Portland, OR &#8211; featured on &#8220;Man vs. Food&#8221; for their giant &#8220;mancakes&#8217;, this place seems to soar with their breakfasts, but falls flat in the burger arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=3401\">The Mad Greek<\/a>, Baker, CA. \u00a0Nobody&#8217;s mad for this burger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4326\">Little Big Burger<\/a>, Portland, OR &#8211; kind of the NW&#8217;s version of the rage about LA&#8217;s Umami Burger. \u00a0Everybody\u00a0is talking about Little Big Burger, but not me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=2754\"> Stars Hamburgers<\/a>, Arcata, CA. \u00a0 Really had to choke this one down.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4005\">Rogue Brew Pub<\/a>, North Plains, OR. \u00a0Garlic burger is stinkola.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=3724\">Violetta<\/a>, Portland, OR. \u00a0Started with a bang, continuing with a whimper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4235\">Garden of Eden<\/a>, Eden, ID. \u00a0A truck stop makes a truly awful burger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=2776\">Umami<\/a>, Los Angeles, my worst burger of all. \u00a0While they say &#8220;you can&#8217;t argue with success&#8221;, I can, and although Umami falls onto many &#8216;best lists&#8217; (including being named GQ&#8217;s &#8220;Burger of the Year&#8221;), for me, this was the &#8217;emperor&#8217;s new clothes&#8217; burger of 2010. \u00a0A joke.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4805\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-Word-Hamburgers.png\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4805 \" title=\"Worst Hamburgers of 2010\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/The-Word-Hamburgers.png\" alt=\"Worst Hamburgers of 2010\" width=\"410\" height=\"171\" \/><\/strong><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worst Hamburgers of 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has done a &#8220;best of&#8221; series, so, bitter curmudgeon that I am, here&#8217;s my ten worst burgers of 2010: 10. \u00a0Stanich&#8217;s, Portland, OR. \u00a0The legend lives on. \u00a0Except for me. 9. \u00a0Wendy&#8217;s &#8220;Baconator&#8220; 8. \u00a0Stepping Stone Cafe, Portland, OR &#8211; featured on &#8220;Man vs. Food&#8221; for their giant &#8220;mancakes&#8217;, this place seems to soar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=4801\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ten Worst Burgers of 2010<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,16,34,35],"tags":[398,1525,2113,2189,3039,3311,3316,3338,3590,3660,3777,3779,3780],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}