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Food Critics: What Are The Best Burgers In Kansas City?

By Matthew Long-Middleton
Published May 31, 2013 at 2:48 PM CDT
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It's springtime. The time when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of grilling, barbecuing, and eating delicious, fat, juicy hamburgers.

From the big honkin' beef burger with the works to the basic meat + bread and even to the veggie burger, there are lots of options for Kansas Citians.

But how do you decide which ones are the best?

Luckily, we've got food critics Charles Ferruzza​, Mary Bloch, Gloria Gale, and Emily Farris as well as the Central Standard listeners to help narrow it down for us.

Here are some of the burger places  mentioned during the show:

Listeners also suggested these restaurants via Facebook and e-mail:

And here are some of the new restaurants talked about at the beginning of the show:

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Matthew Long-Middleton
Matthew Long-Middleton has been a talk-show producer, community producer, Media Training Manager and now the Community Engagement Manager at KCUR. You can reach him at Matthew@kcur.org, or on Twitter @MLMIndustries.
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