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Coog97 said:

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swimmerbabe11 said:

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what's the place under the highway? that place is pretty great too.

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Bubba's Texas Burger… underneath 59/Westpark

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that place is severely overrated.

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Still pretty solid and a cool hangout place when the weather is nice, but used to be better imo.

Larry S Ross said:

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I'm no longer downtown and haven't been in years but Stanton's City Bites was where went a lot. Hadn't seen it mentioned. Right off Houston St past Washington.

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Page 2. My current fav burger in H. Cool joint too.

FB review of the Trill

https://www.facebook.com/reel/649746189910075?mibextid=E4tZtc&fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Totems is a good burger.

Hubcap is a good burger.

Lankfords is a good burger.

As I recall BB's is a good burger.

and the Press Box in Galveston is a good burger.

Tookies squealer is an all time great burger.

If you go into a random taqueria in houston that has burgers on the menu then chances are that burger is good.

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I used to spend si much time in press box bull****ting with will the bartender. What a good time that place was.

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Yeah that place on Morgan's point had a good burger.

I remember that now. And I also remember another thing.

There was a concrete boat ramp near the parking lot which was essentially a turnaround for trucks and people that got lost. The parking lot was dirt and gravel. So people would come along and launch boats there from time to time. The road dead ends at the beer joint. And people sit there all day watching tankers and barges go up the ship channel. Mostly plant workers on nights and other people that had reason to be in the vicinity. The place had real character to it.

There was an off-grid guy that lived out on Atkinson island which is across and down from to morgan's point. This guy had himself an aluminum canoe and would go back and forth between this uninhabited spoil bank island and on Morgan's point. The guy had himself a little camp out there. And you'd see his canoe tied up there near the boat ramp. Occasionally you'd see the guy in a canoe making a run across the ship channel.

I guess he had a choice between being homeless or living on an uninhabited spoil bank with a bunch of rattlesnakes. But sometimes thats the choices you have to make in life.

So godspeed to that guy where ever he is.

Has anybody heard that story i'm talking about or seen the guy i'm talking about? Somebody on here will know the full story of this.

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I've hunted those islands dozens of times in the last decade and never seen the guy.

I haven't read all 7 pages but Joy Love Burger is my favorite in Houston (besides my backyard).

Also, a sneaky-good place to get a nice burger is Barnaby's. A thick patty that they'll cook to a perfect medium. IMO, Barnaby's is one of the best run Houston chains.

NoahAg said:

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I haven't read all 7 pages but Joy Love Burger is my favorite in Houston (besides my backyard).

Also, a sneaky-good place to get a nice burger is Barnaby's. A thick patty that they'll cook to a perfect medium. IMO, Barnaby's is one of the best run Houston chains.

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Forgot about JLB but they do make a good burger. Reminds me of a really, really good whataburger.

JCA1 said:

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NoahAg said:

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I haven't read all 7 pages but Joy Love Burger is my favorite in Houston (besides my backyard).

Also, a sneaky-good place to get a nice burger is Barnaby's. A thick patty that they'll cook to a perfect medium. IMO, Barnaby's is one of the best run Houston chains.

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Forgot about JLB but they do make a good burger. Reminds me of a really, really good whataburger.

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This is kind of how I would describe Someburger, in the Heights. Kind of reminds me of old school Whataburger.

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NoahAg said:

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I haven't read all 7 pages but Joy Love Burger is my favorite in Houston (besides my backyard).

Also, a sneaky-good place to get a nice burger is Barnaby's. A thick patty that they'll cook to a perfect medium. IMO, Barnaby's is one of the best run Houston chains.

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Forgot about JLB but they do make a good burger. Reminds me of a really, really good whataburger.

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Does anyone know what went down for there to be Joy Love Burger and JLB Eatery? I want to say I heard something about a divorce and one partner created JLB Eatery. Seeing how JLB Eatery's were popping up left and right a few years ago I'm guessing they got more cash out of the split.

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Psycho Bunny said:

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Tookies burgers is the only place I'll wait in a long line. Trill burgers looks like smash burgess but at Union Kitchen prices.

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Good news for you, Tookies is a ghost town these days at lunch because it is a PITA to get to with the construction

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Growing up the original owner was my next door neighbor. One of the main reasons he evidently elected to sell not that long ago was due to the constant construction adversely impacting the business

cajunaggie08 said:

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JCA1 said:

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NoahAg said:

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I haven't read all 7 pages but Joy Love Burger is my favorite in Houston (besides my backyard).

Also, a sneaky-good place to get a nice burger is Barnaby's. A thick patty that they'll cook to a perfect medium. IMO, Barnaby's is one of the best run Houston chains.

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Forgot about JLB but they do make a good burger. Reminds me of a really, really good whataburger.

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Does anyone know what went down for there to be Joy Love Burger and JLB Eatery? I want to say I heard something about a divorce and one partner created JLB Eatery. Seeing how JLB Eatery's were popping up left and right a few years ago I'm guessing they got more cash out of the split.

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I thought it was just something about some other store somewhere with Joy Love in the name so they changed due to trademark stuff.

Sea Speed said:

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Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Yeah that place on Morgan's point had a good burger.

I remember that now. And I also remember another thing.

There was a concrete boat ramp near the parking lot which was essentially a turnaround for trucks and people that got lost. The parking lot was dirt and gravel. So people would come along and launch boats there from time to time. The road dead ends at the beer joint. And people sit there all day watching tankers and barges go up the ship channel. Mostly plant workers on nights and other people that had reason to be in the vicinity. The place had real character to it.

There was an off-grid guy that lived out on Atkinson island which is across and down from to morgan's point. This guy had himself an aluminum canoe and would go back and forth between this uninhabited spoil bank island and on Morgan's point. The guy had himself a little camp out there. And you'd see his canoe tied up there near the boat ramp. Occasionally you'd see the guy in a canoe making a run across the ship channel.

I guess he had a choice between being homeless or living on an uninhabited spoil bank with a bunch of rattlesnakes. But sometimes thats the choices you have to make in life.

So godspeed to that guy where ever he is.

Has anybody heard that story i'm talking about or seen the guy i'm talking about? Somebody on here will know the full story of this.

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I've hunted those islands dozens of times in the last decade and never seen the guy.

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Early 00s was the last time I saw the guy.

"The Point", aka The Goat Ranch closed down sometime after 9-11. They might have put in some security measures that did it in. The site has been leveled but the washed out boat ramp where the guy would tie up his canoe is still there.

Historical arial images of Atkinson island from the late 90s might show his camp or evidence of his aluminum canoe at Morgan's point.

Dude would go across the ship channel in his canoe like it was nothing. Not a care in the world.

Maybe he was hiding from his ex-wife. Maybe he was homeless or had some other issue. But he for sure had some sort of camp out there for several years.

In any event, the story of the crazy Atkinson island off-grid guy is probably lost to time.

Dude probably ran out of Off and the mosquitoes carried him away.

Ducks4brkfast said:

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cajunaggie08 said:

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JCA1 said:

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NoahAg said:

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I haven't read all 7 pages but Joy Love Burger is my favorite in Houston (besides my backyard).

Also, a sneaky-good place to get a nice burger is Barnaby's. A thick patty that they'll cook to a perfect medium. IMO, Barnaby's is one of the best run Houston chains.

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Forgot about JLB but they do make a good burger. Reminds me of a really, really good whataburger.

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Does anyone know what went down for there to be Joy Love Burger and JLB Eatery? I want to say I heard something about a divorce and one partner created JLB Eatery. Seeing how JLB Eatery's were popping up left and right a few years ago I'm guessing they got more cash out of the split.

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I thought it was just something about some other store somewhere with Joy Love in the name so they changed due to trademark stuff.

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Nope. There are 3 Joy Love Burger locations including the original on Mason and now 11 JLB Eatery locations. I remember when the Eldridge/529 location opened it was a Joy Love Burger then suddenly it was a JLB Eatery.

yeah i asked someone about it the other day. the founder of Joy Love sold the Joy Love franchise and the name. He then opened JLB with lightly different recipes. Butt I didn't care enough to come back and correct the record.

I ate one at the rodeo but it was nothing to write home about

cr0wbar said:

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Just to clarify- 7pg in and no one has had a Trill Burger, correct?

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I posted the Houston guy who ate it online and gave a review. He liked it.

cr0wbar said:

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Just to clarify- 7pg in and no one has had a Trill Burger, correct?

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I had one at Southern Smoke last year and thought it was pretty good. I'd definitely give it another try.

Wrong

Bun B. sounds like a burger that's all bun & no meat.

YES

We bouta get a TLH-style office fire at Trill Burger?

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/06/02/timeline-trill-burgers-faces-legal-battle-over-financial-misappropriation-and-recipe-theft/

The allegations seems silly but if a judge hasn't dismissed a lawsuit about a stolen smash burger recipe, then maybe something more is going on.

Al Bula said:

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We bouta get a TLH-style office fire at Trill Burger?

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/06/02/timeline-trill-burgers-faces-legal-battle-over-financial-misappropriation-and-recipe-theft/

The allegations seems silly but if a judge hasn't dismissed a lawsuit about a stolen smash burger recipe, then maybe something more is going on.

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Who needs a RECIPE for a hamburger? Salt, pepper, fire.

cr0wbar said:

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Just to clarify- 7pg in and no one has had a Trill Burger, correct?

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I drove there once around 11 to get there for opening and there was a line around the block.

Freebirds it is.

Guitarsoup said:

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cr0wbar said:

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Just to clarify- 7pg in and no one has had a Trill Burger, correct?

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I drove there once around 11 to get there for opening and there was a line around the block.

Freebirds it is.

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Had one at rodeo this year, when I was there early for a shift and there was no line. It was good, but not anything to go out of your way for.

Agreed...also had one at rodeo when there wasn't much of a line. Didn't blow me away at all. Definitely wouldn't wait in a long line for it. And especially not spend $20 again on it

I don't have it in me anymore to wait in line for food, unless it's barbecue and even then, I'm kind of annoyed. Too many good food options in town.

There is no burger on earth worth waiting in line for outside of a meal line in a detention center where you don't have a choice.

We don't talk enough about how rock solid dependable the food at Barnaby's is.

I had one.

Burger is good (but absolutely nothing incredible). Fries were actually pretty good.

Its worth going just to sit inside that restaurant and see a vertical slice of Houston. Its probably the best place to see a full cross-section of Houston in the city.