San Diego Reader guide to local burgers

That Sacred Union of Beef, Bun, and Other Junk — Chad Deal

The Sort of Meat You'd Expect to Find at an Upper-Tier Butcher Shop — Ambrose Martin

Gateway garnishes — Mary Beth Abate

Football, hamburgers, and Oreos — Ernie Grimm

Making a Good Burger Isn’t Rocket Science — Ian Anderson

Happy Hamburgers — Ed Bedford

Beach Boys, Burgers, and the Good Life — Patrick Henderson

About to get Meaty — Barbarella Fokos

Danger Dog’s Burger Brother — Matthew Suárez

San Diego’s Most Overrated Burgers — Ian Pike