BURGERS

Le Citron Bistro prepares a buffalo burger topped with a chipotle cream sauce and served with French fries or a side salad. The Red Eye Grill's burgers come as a combo plate with fries and a soft drink. G B's Patio Bar and Grill uses freshly ground chuck for its burgers. Visit Shimmy Shack's "Burger City" for the Hot Shimmy: a half-pound burger of mixed hot sausage and ground beef. A favorite daily special at Stitches Bar and Grill is the bacon, mushroom and Swiss burger. The Beach House's Beach burger features a half-pound patty with beef that's ground in house and cooked to order. The famed No. 4 from Bud's Broiler is a charcoal-broiled hamburger topped with grated cheddar cheese, chili or hickory-smoked sauce. The Clover Grill allows you to build your own burger — cooked under a hub cap, of course — with options to add bacon, mushrooms, eggs and chili. Fat Harry's Cajun burger is a blend of ground beef and hot sausage charbroiled and served with fries. Hard Rock Café in the French Quarter is known for more than just T-shirts: the varied burgers are famous as well.

The Mighty River Burger at Frank's Marina Grill pours it on with sautéed mushrooms and onions, bacon, cheddar and Swiss cheese. During the lunch hour, Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe's Panola Burger comes with a choice of American, cheddar, Swiss or mozzarella. The mushroom cheeseburger is just one of the many popular burger options at Port of Call. Shoot for the stars with Slim Goodies Hollywood Burger: an all-beef patty topped with tomato, melted provolone cheese, avocado and mixed greens. Order in at Krystal on Bourbon Street for the combo No. 2, which combines four burgers with fries and a soft drink. Or, for delivery, try the quarter-pound bacon cheeseburger special. Jigger's grills its burgers until the wee hours. Burgers made to order are one of the many attractions at Oscar's on Metairie Road.

The Big Tex burger at Dot's Diner is appropriately excessive: two patties with full fixings plus chili, cheddar cheese and Mexican sport peppers. Cooter Brown's has an 8-ounce ground sirloin burger with blue cheese and bacon. Regular and veggie burgers are available at the St. Charles Tavern. The Columbia St. Taproom and Grill crafts their own homemade burgers. Mr. G's Senior burger at Guillory's Grocery is a burger topped with chili, cheese and grilled onions served on French bread. The all-American cheeseburgers at Hurricane's Sports Bar & Grill come fully dressed. Ground Pat'I offers an applewood-smoked bacon cheeseburger and a Swiss-mushroom burger. For a traditional burger that's served fast but still homemade, Lee's Hamburgers offers The Works, a big cheeseburger dressed with all the fixin's and served with onion rings or fries.