This weekend I found myself once again at The Anchor Bar in Superior, Wisconsin. After a night of great music at Pizza Luce I was invited to lunch with the fine folks from the two bands that performed the night before: Cars & Trucks and The Evening Rig.
The Anchor Bar is famous in dive bar circles and has been featured on some popular foodie shows in the past couple years. You might think I’m jumping on the bandwagon but I was born in the city of Superior so I’ve got some street cred.
I opted for the plain old $2.50 burger, some greasy bar fries, and a side of bacon. The burgers are what make the Anchor famous, but I go there for the bacon. They prepare their meat candy with all the love and affection you’d expect from northern Wisconsin dive bar — they drop the stips in the deep fryer then toss them on the flat giddle to finish them off. Mmmmmmm…deep fried bacon.
I grabbed one of the perfectly cooked strips of thick bacon and gave it the official taste test. In a word — perfect. For me, there is not a better way to prepare bacon then they do at the Anchor. I then piled the bacon high on my burger and topped it off with dill pickles and a splash of mustard.
The meal was absolute heaven for a bacon lover. If you can wiggle your way up to the south shore of Lake Superior, make the Anchor Bar a lunchtime stop. Make sure to order the Pancake Breakfast Shot as an added bonus.
We first saw the burger on the LCD monitor while filling up at a Shell gas station. Those classic Carls Jr. ads that give mouth-watering a whole new meaning. The burger looked good and we knew we had to try one.
Then, the bacon ideas started flooding in email by email. Our amazing readers continously send in their great bacon finds to bacontoday@gmail.com and the Six Dollar Bacon Burger got buried in a long publication schedule.
Well, Carls Jr. decided to sweeten the deal and send us a couple free coupons to try the Guacamole 6 Dollar Bacon Cheeseburger so we had no more excuses. Mike was busy that night so I called up my good buddy Kevin to help me with the taste test.
Once we ordered our burgers and took our seats we immediately tore off pieces of bacon to give them the Bacon Today standard, unadulterated bacon taste test. Surprisingly, the bacon was quite tasty for fast food fare.
Then it was time to get to business.
We opened the boxes.
Removed the burgers.
And chowed down. Admittedly, I’m not a huge guacamole fan but these burgers were pretty darn good. There was a good deal of spiciness to the burgers which I really loved. Kevin thought it was a bit too spice for his taste.
The Smaste™ rating for these burgers is a decent 29.578. I think there’s room for improvement but definitely a good meal for a fast food bacon fix.
Six all-beef patties and plenty of bacon. That’s the way to start an amazing meal.
Scott was at it again this week, taking on another daunting food challenge. This time his target was the Fatburger Triple King Challenge — the largest burger offered at the Fatburger chain with triple the burger patties stuffed inside.
Since he had already polished off the Fatburger Triple King before, Scott decided he needed to take it a step further. Being a bacon fan, adding meat candy is a must. Not only did he add the bacon however, he also multiplied the Fatburger Triple King by 2 — making it a six-pattie burger that stood nearly half a foot tall!
You may remember Scott from his recent food challenge at The Counter burger joint. Well, his reputation as a standout competitive eater is growing and he’s up for just about anything. He took this double triple king burger and cleaned up every last bite. In fact, he even saved a piece of bacon to use as a scoop to make sure he got every last morsel of tastey goodness.
Take a look at the image gallery and see for yourself what a $20 hamburger meal is made of. Scott, once again we salute you.
This week Bacon Today wandered around Los Angeles in search of great places to eat bacon. We wound up at a little gem of a restaurant that every bacon lover should seek out if they’re in the L.A. area — Howard’s Famous Bacon & Avocado Burgers.
The restaurant is tiny, the decor is bland, and the location is less than ideal. None of that mattered since we were there for was the food. We ordered up a few burgers and settled ourselves into one of the 5 booths in the small place.
The burgers arrived looking spectacular. Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, & buns. A dab of mayo. Perfectly ripened avocado, a big juicy beef patty, and crispy bacon.
The bacon itself was thick, well-prepared, and extremely tasty. After tasting the bacon, the burger was reassembled and the first bite was taken. This meal earns a Smaste™ rating of 37.999. Highly recommended.
Howard’s is a must-stop spot for any bacon lover heading through the Los Angeles area. Its one of those places that you just have to say “yeah, I’ve eaten there”. Make sure you bring your cash though, as Howard’s doesn’t take credit cards.
Howard’s Famous Bacon & Avocado Burgers
11127 Venice Blvd Ste 7
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 838-9111
With tough economic times come tough decisions about where to spend your hard-earned money. This is just as true in Smalltown, USA as it is across Europe. Turns out that folks around the world are choosing McDonald’s as a cost-saving alternative to more expensive restaurants.
Sales for McDonald’s are up 8.5% globally, and revenues are up 11% in established European franchises. And, according to a recent article in The Independent (a UK business journal), “Burgers with bacon, in particular, are enjoying a renewed bout of popularity in Britain and France.”
So eat up Europe and America. We’ll all get through these tough times…with a little help from our love of bacon.
