Best Burgers in the U.S.

The burger, America’s quintessential comfort food, can now be enjoyed in an impossibly endless number of ways. There are round-the-clock burgers at 24-hour-roadside joints and ephemeral late-night burgers sold out in mere minutes; burgers grilled in hundred-year-old cast-iron broilers and burgers steamed in state-of-the-art ovens...

Great 8 ‘Off The Beaten Path’ Restaurants

Ted’s in Meriden, Connecticut is a road trip all burger fanatics must make. This family owned lunch counter has been serving a delicacy called the ‘steamed’ cheeseburger since 1959. No grilling or flame-broiling here...

Up to New Haven and Meriden

After eating, expert burger taster Kris and myself decided we were too close to Ted's in Meriden to not visit. Within 15 minutes we were sitting at the counter eating excellent steamed cheeseburgs...

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Steamed Cheeseburger

For a state that's been around for as long as it has, Connecticut hasn't done a very good job of producing signature native foods or dishes. Go to the grocery store and you'll find Vermont cheddar and New York cheddar, but no Connecticut cheddar....