Top 5 Hamburgers

Is Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles still around? It was a popular spot many years ago when I lived in LA. Ditto Buffalo Club.

Here's a heads-up for you guys, for when you make burgers and steaks at home. Peter Luger's steak sauce is available online. This stuff makes all other steak sauces second fiddle, even pretty good ones like Virginia Gentleman. Everyone who's tried it so far agrees, there's nothing close. Another nice thing about it is that it has good synergy with John Henry's Pecan Rub, which is also a lot of fun.

A great hamburger needs beetroot!
This is an Aussie thing.
Beetroot and grated mature cheddar is a great combination.

A couple of others I remember from growing up in L.A.
Fat Jack's
The Great Grill
They may still be around in name; but are shells of their former selves.
BTW, The Original Tommy's was so popular in the Seventies that it spawned a bunch of ripoffs (Tommie's; Tomy's etc.), some of which were pretty good; but none of them got the chili right. Some did have that one topping that I deem, after grilled onions and sharp cheddar, to be indespensible to a good burger: Avocado!