mmmmmm

5/20/2009 10:10:39 PM

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[Edited on May 20, 2009 at 10:11 PM. Reason : OMFG!!!! LEET POASTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT]

5/20/2009 10:11:22 PM

They need one in the charlotte area

5/20/2009 10:12:13 PM

good burgers, but terrible shakes.

5/20/2009 10:12:28 PM

great way to die

5/20/2009 10:13:03 PM

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"great way to die"

5/20/2009 10:18:03 PM

on the checklist they have

grilled cheese
___ bacon



who thought of putting bacon on grilled cheese

5/20/2009 10:18:05 PM

i still maintain that char-grill has the hands down best burgers of all time.

between the lunch crowd during the day and drunk crowd at night, a char-grill located in midtown (atl) would pay for itself in a month. and yet, i don't act to make this happen.

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" who thought of putting bacon on grilled cheese"

a damned genius, that's who.

[Edited on May 20, 2009 at 10:19 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2009 10:18:14 PM

bacon on grilled cheese is weird?

oops. i have been eating this for centuries.

i like char grill. and i like their shakes, too.

and apple turnovers (seriously, YUM)

5/20/2009 10:50:39 PM

So damn good it's got that extra l.

5/20/2009 10:52:49 PM

Love me some Char Grill

5/20/2009 10:53:37 PM

teh extra "l" was from after eating all the crap was too lethargic to lift finger from key

5/20/2009 10:57:52 PM

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"good burgers, but terrible shakes."

Yep. Best burgers in Raleigh IMO, so glad they put one in Durham near where I'm moving to in a couple weeks. I will still be able to get my fix whenever necessary.

The shakes aren't really *terrible* but they're so thick they're not so much shakes as they are a cup of soft-serve ice cream. Cook Out for shakes (and bbq trays) but Char-Grill wins hands down for burgers.

Cloos' for hot dogs but that's neither here nor there.

5/20/2009 11:10:25 PM

oh lawd, the love affair i have with char grill...that shit be delicious.

and then, there's the passionate fling with Cloos' every now and again. sliders ftw.

5/20/2009 11:44:32 PM

^Cloos is FTW also

5/20/2009 11:45:15 PM

imo
chargrill>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cookout
i miss chargrill

5/20/2009 11:47:47 PM

^ Agreed! The BBQ sandwich and the burgers are AMAZINGGGGG. It's REAL BBQ. Cookout's is like watery and greasy...too fake for me (even though I get it occasionally). LOL Their shakes are good, but sometimes too thick. I do like Cookout's shakes typically better.


Chargrill > Cookout

5/21/2009 3:11:04 AM

i'm glad someone agrees. i thought for sure i'd be accused of blasphemy.

5/21/2009 8:57:13 AM

i too prefer chargrill over cook out

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"who thought of putting bacon on grilled cheese"

who DIDN'T think this was a good idea?? i've been doing that, as well as all kinds of cheeses instead of american, for as long as i can remember

a pepper jack grilled cheese with bacon FTW

5/21/2009 9:05:57 AM

i have never eaten at char grill

5/21/2009 9:06:31 AM

are you serious?

5/21/2009 9:27:18 AM

I wish they had an inside so homeless people wouldn't ask you for your fries.

5/21/2009 10:05:58 AM

i, too, thought bacon on grilled cheese was common, as i have been eating it for years. grilled cheese with provolone, bacon, and kraut on rye is where it's at.

[Edited on May 21, 2009 at 10:09 AM. Reason : k]

5/21/2009 10:08:55 AM

^that just sounds like a grilled sandwich

5/21/2009 10:10:16 AM

hmm, interesting. i guess a grilled cheese sandwich isn't.

5/21/2009 10:12:42 AM

it is, but you are describing a grill sandwich that happens to have cheese on it. not a grilled cheese sandwich.

5/21/2009 10:14:35 AM

so where do we draw the line here? when going from 2 ingredients to 3 ingredients the cheese becomes a topping instead of the main focus?

[Edited on May 21, 2009 at 10:15 AM. Reason : k]

5/21/2009 10:15:21 AM

I think the line is whether cheese is the majority of the incredients. like with a cheese and bacon sandwich there is typically more cheese than bacon. at least that is my suggestion.

5/21/2009 10:17:47 AM

word.

well then let me put it like this so nobody gets offended.

grilled cheese with bacon OR grilled cheese with kraut, ftw.

[Edited on May 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM. Reason : k]

5/21/2009 10:19:11 AM

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"bacon on grilled cheese is weird? oops. i have been eating this for centuries"

no shit ... me too and when i make a grill cheese i usually use about 3 different cheeses, bacon and i sauté some onions peppers and mushrooms first to add in before i start the actual grilled cheese sammich

5/21/2009 10:25:27 AM

be careful, you're crossing the line between "grilled cheese sandwich" and "grilled sandwich" if you put more than 1 topping on.

5/21/2009 10:26:22 AM

i would think that using 3 cheeses would trump that theory

5/21/2009 10:28:21 AM

touche.

5/21/2009 10:28:53 AM

one day we were walking back drunk from downtown and i went to chargrill and the two friends i were with went to snoopy's. when they came back they had burgers. i nearly slapped them.

char grill is for burgers and snoopy's for dogs.

5/21/2009 10:30:14 AM

actually .... sometimes i prefer a snoopy's double cheesburger to char grill
whole different burger
i live by and work by a char grill so i get my fill

CG actually has some decent BBQ sammiches

[Edited on May 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM. Reason : and i like hotdogs at char grill better]

5/21/2009 10:33:00 AM

yeah, with char grill right next door, there is no reason to get a burger from snoopy's

5/21/2009 10:33:03 AM

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"I wish they had an inside so homeless people wouldn't ask you for your fries."

I don't think I've ever had this happen to me. Then again I don't go at night that often, it might be more common then. Regardless the newer franchise ones have indoor seating.

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"grilled cheese with provolone, bacon, and kraut on rye is where it's at."

That sounds like a variation on a Reuben. I'm sure it's good though... I like to make my grilled cheese with sliced tomato and oregano, personally. But about 75% of the time I'll choose a tuna melt over grilled cheese.

As to the BBQ between Char-Grill and Cook Out, it's kind of an apples and oranges comparison--Char-Grill's is pulled, whereas Cook Out's is chopped IIRC. CG's has more meat and generally I prefer pulled to chopped, but I like Cook Out's sauce/seasoning better. Though it does have an annoying tendency to soak the bun if you don't eat it right away.

[Edited on May 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM. Reason : c]

5/21/2009 11:05:14 AM

tuna melts are freaking awesome.

5/21/2009 11:06:55 AM

hahaha i LOVE how this turned into a grilled cheese / sammich thread.

i will say again mmmmm charburgers!

but i also really came into say grilled cheese with avocado and tomato. YUM. artichoke hearts are also yummy on grilled cheese. and hell yea using different kinds of cheeses and/or multiple kinds at once!!

5/21/2009 11:11:14 AM

GC/A/T...someone goes to raleigh times

5/21/2009 11:25:06 AM

best burger in Raleigh.

5/21/2009 12:15:57 PM

gonna eat a burger for lunch today

5/21/2009 12:20:47 PM

i, personally, prefer burgers from cookout to burgers from char grill.

5/21/2009 12:24:54 PM

char grill's burgers can be a bit a dry for my taste

5/21/2009 12:26:53 PM

got a hamburger steak for lunch today!

5/21/2009 2:54:33 PM

Just had a 1/2 pound, fries, and a drink. MMMMMMM

5/21/2009 3:12:24 PM

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"GC/A/T...someone goes to raleigh times"

yes! but now i make it myself too! that and the veggie burger are like my favorite things from the times. followed by the bean cakes and the chicken salad. but i love the grilled cheese so much i almost always get that.

oh unless we are counting appetizers in which case the cheese fries and/or pork nachos will probably lead to the cardiac death of me oh man i love the times haha.

5/21/2009 3:15:30 PM