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		<description><![CDATA[There are few foods more iconic of America than the humble hamburger. While the hamburger reached its current commercial incarnation in the country, the basic ground meat patty and name came from other cultures. The raw minced meat known as steak tartar was first brought to the port city of Hamburg, Germany in the 1600s. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burger Chef</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Burger Chef chain may not be in operation anymore, but it was a long lasting chain that made an impact on the hamburger industry in America. Frank and Donald Thomas decided to open a burger joint in 1954 after creating the Flame Broiler, which was perfectly suited for cooking ground beef patties. The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burger King</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burger King remains one of the world&#8217;s biggest fast food chains, but it had humble beginnings back in 1953. Two men inspired by the McDonald&#8217;s prototype, Keith Kramer and Matthew Burns, bought the Insta-Broiler that cooked hamburger patties much faster than an open grill and opened the Insta-Burger King in Jacksonville, Florida. Two new owners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carl&#8217;s Jr.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl N. Karcher and his wife Margaret purchased their first hot dog cart in 1941, and were so successful that that purchased a number of other food stands around Los Angeles during their first few years as business owners. In 1945 the first Carl&#8217;s Drive-In Barbeque opened and sold hamburgers and other grilled foods. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checkers / Rally&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first Rally&#8217;s location opened in 1985 in Louisville, Kentucky, and Checkers opened in Mobile, Alabama in 1986. Despite being opened in different cities by different people, the two chains were remarkably similar. Both focused on a double drive-thru format that allowed faster processing of drive-thru orders and had little to no indoor seating. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culver&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While working at the supper club called the Farm Kitchen Resort, Craig Culver met his wife Lea. Her parents owned the supper club and agreed to help Craig open his own restaurant. Craig had worked for some years at a McDonald&#8217;s location, and was inspired to create a burger restaurant. In 1980 the whole family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fatburger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fatburger grew slowly in the Golden Age of Hamburgers, between the 50s and 70s, while other chains were reaching into the thousands. The first Fatburger location was developed by Lovie Yancey in Southern California, the home of many burger chains. Ms. Yancey&#8217;s restaurant became a small, localized chain with a few locations around the Los [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Guys Burgers and Fries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other chains focus on speed and quantity over quality, but Five Guys Burgers and Fries has become a very popular brand by keeping their standards high. Five Guys is a fast casual restaurant concept, not a fast food stand. Each location combines the short wait and convenience of a fast food restaurant with the better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuddruckers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1980, Philip Romano converted an old bank building into a restaurant. He called it Freddie Fuddruckers and based its menu around large and generously topped burgers. The original restaurant was located in San Antonio, Texas. Romano sold the restaurant chain in 1988 when he left to start a new restaurant chain, known as Romano&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardee&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hardee&#8217;s is one of the most popular hamburger chains in the Southern and Midwestern parts of the United States. The first location was opened in Greenville, North Carolina in September of 1960. Wilbur Hardee, the chain&#8217;s namesake, created a very manly menu with large, filling burgers that became popular among workers. Only a year after [...]]]></description>
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