This unassuming 'van'—actually a bare-bones cafe—serves the best burgers in ‘bama. Open only for weekday lunch, Vicki’s welcomes locals taking a break from the office with hot patties griddled on a flat top until they’re crust outside and juicy within. Available in 8, 6 or 4oz sizes and topped simply with mayo, ketchup, mustard, pickles, lettuce, tomato and onions, all burgers come with a melty cap of good ol’ American cheese.
The hamburger is the succulent, perfectly-plotted lunch or dinner on the road. With a ground beef patty perfectly cooked to your specifications, cheese sweating and melting on top of it, layers of coolly protected lettuce and tomato, and maybe a few thin circles of onion—plus whatever special sauce or condiment the burger joint offers—and you are in a protein-filled heaven. The bun, whether dotted with sesame seeds or a sweet brioche, provides the clutchable way to eat this without a fork or plate, and that’s everything when you’re hungry on your road trip and stopping for a speedy bite… or even still driving. We’ve got you covered for the best burgers in some of our country’s biggest metropolitan areas: Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin. But when your path takes you through the loneliest road in America, or a beautiful seaside roadway in California, or any of our best road trips in this nation, you’ll want advice on where to stop for the best burger. So here is our list of the best burgers in every state: 50 of them! Summer goal: visit them all.