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Burger bracket: the Fort Worth region
1. Kincaid’s
The mother of all Fort Worth burger joints, Kincaid’s stack of accolades is almost as thick as one of its double-meat burgers. But as the beloved institution has grown (to five locations), the backlash has begun. Is Kincaid’s, gasp, "overrated?"
4901 Camp Bowie Boulevard*; 817-732-2881,
2. Fred’s Texas Cafe
The diablo burger is to die for. Just ask Guy Fieri, platinum-haired host of the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, who dropped by outlaw chef Terry Lawson’s funky shack recently. We just hope Freddy hasn’t gone Hollywood.
915 Currie St.; 817-332-0083, www.fredstexascafe.com
3. Charley’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers
It’s in the middle of nowhere on Granbury Road, but hungry buggers have been flocking to Charley’s for years for the two-fisted burgers that are full of flavor and unapologetically greasy. Get extra napkins, especially if you have the intestinal fortitude to try the Project X burger.
4616 Granbury Road; 817-924-8611
4. Love Shack
Celebrity chef Tim Love’s burger stand/beer garden in the Stockyards serves up a delicious mix of prime-tenderloin and primebrisket burgers. The signature Dirty Love Burger, topped with a fried quail egg, inspires mixed reactions.
110 Exchange Ave; 817-740-8812, www.shakeyourloveshack.com
5. Tommy’s Hamburgers
Tommy’s has been grilling up thick, bodacious burgers for more than 25 years. But sometimes they get overlooked. This could be your Fort Worth sleeper burger.
3431 W. Seventh St.*; 817-885-7500, www.tommyshamburgergrill.com
6. Dutch’s
With its gourmet pedigree (chefs Grady Spears and Lou Lambert started the place) and gourmet prices, Dutch’s is still proving its burger bona fides. We’ll see if the TCU fave can become big man on Cowtown’s burger campus.
3009 S. University Drive; 817-927-5522,
7. Trailboss Burgers
Tim Love gets all the love in the Stockyards, but don’t overlook The Boss, which serves up burgers so thick and juicy that the Fort Worth Herd has been known to stare angrily at patio diners on its march down Exchange.
120 E. Exchange Ave in Stockyards Station; 817-625-1070
8. M&O Station Grill
The mom-and-pop style diner, attached to the Leonards Department Store Museum, specializes in stuffed 1/2 -pound burgers that are bursting with flavor. Despite being fairly new to the FW burger landscape, M&O’s has got a taste for tradition.
200 Carroll St., No. 110; 817-882-8020
On the bubble
Griffs: Good and greasy, but a little scary.
Roy Pope Grocery: Tastes like Kincaid’s. So go here if you want to eat and shop.
Central Market: Nobody grills burgers like CM, but only on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Navajo Burgers: Technically it’s Lake Worth, and it used to be a Tommy’s, but the burgers are still darn good.
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