Seattle is slathered with great local burger chains, what with Dick’s, Kidd Valley, and Red Mill, but our favorite is the mighty Burgermaster -- particularly the one just east of (but worlds away from) upscale University Village. This underrated institution has mastered the burger since it opened as a drive-in in 1953, and later, expanding into an eat-in restaurant. But why no link? The ‘Master is apparently too busy serving up consistently decent, no-frills fare to bother posting its own web site. That’s fine with us. more ›

We here at Seattlest admit to being a tad anal. Now that we have four winners of the past Search for the Best Cheeseburger, we can now move on and compare these winners against one another, with the ultimate goal of finding the one burger from which all others will be judged. (Apparently not only are we anal, but we're also huge fans of run-on sentences.) more ›

It's our never-ending quest. It's our Holy Grail, our white whale. Once again, Seattlest pits local commuity business against local community business in a cheap and (some would say) tawdry display of fabricated drama. more ›