http://chicagohamburger.com/

Where: 3749 E. Indian School Road - Phoenix, Arizona
What: Some of the best burgers in Arizona.

This place has been one of our favorites for years now. We were originally turned onto it by Mike, who had originally seen it in a vision after hours of torturous vomiting induced by ingesting the sacred ayahuasca vine on one of his weekly excursions to the Amazon.

It is greasy. It is messy. It will give you heartburn, and just sort of generally mess your whole system up potentially. But ignore all that, because most importantly it is super, duper good. The place has charm up the flue, and a staff that is really friendly, and obviously bonded like family. It's all run by this guy Bob who is one of the coolest, and nicest people I've ever met.

Anyway, onto the food:

This particular outing I went with my usual - the 1/3 pound cheddar burger, with a side of fries. It's big and fantastic, and ranks in the top 3 of my favorite burgers anywhere. It's got cheddar in the title, but instead of using real cheese they use that fake, cheez-wizish stadium stuff that just makes it that much greasier. Some people would view fake cheese like that as a negative, and for most everything else I would too, but in a burger - the kind that seems to celebrate ignoring better judgement and lets good health be damned - it's exactly what the doctor ordered.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out, for those of you who haven't seen it already, our restaurant map. It is currently featured at the very bottom of this blog, so if you scroll down you'll find it. Basically, our plan is to put any restaurant that gets reviewed on this blog, good or bad, on the map. So don't hesitate to post a review for any restaurant. Pictures are appreciated but not necessary.