please just go there...or should i take you

just head on over to the cozy soup and burger.

Let me know about Le Parker Meridien

Try the burger at City Hall restaurant, 131 Duane Street.  

Easy.  The Black Label burger at Minetta Tavern.  They serve two burgers, but they are worlds apart.

The Wall St Burger Shoppe, (they have burgers that cost as much as $1k, and a lot of arrogant wall st. azzholes)

Shake Shack, it's more than hype it's a great burger.  Get two and a black and white shake.

West 3rd Common

Peter Luger's in Williamsburg Brooklyn (it's 1 stop from Manhattan on the J/M/Z train), it takes less than 20 minutes from midtown.  Plus, eating at Lugers should be on your bucket list anyway.  Make sure to get bacon as an appetizer and onion rings with your burger.

Dumont Burger - also Williamsburg (1 stop from Manhattan on the L train), it takes 8 minutes to get there from Union Square) go there prepared to eat, because leaving without trying the onion rings and mac/cheese is a crime.  They have a fun beer list as well.  They do a quality black and white shake here too.

5 NAPKIN Burger

A sleeper is a place called Crif Dog in the East Village.  This is the best hot dog joint on the planet, but they do an awesome burger as well.  I wouldn't go there unless you also like hot dogs (get a "good morning", a "spicy redneck", and/or a corndog along with some awesome tater-tots with your burger).  They also sell "stoner packs", so if you smoke too much pot before going you tell them how much you want to spend and they put an order together for you.  If you go, walk into the phone booth and through the secret door in the back of it.  The quasi-secret back room is a much nicer place to eat.

All of those places make their burgers with love, you can't go wrong with any of them.

Flip at Bloomingdales is awesome, but nothing tastes like CSJ!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/flip-new-york-2

When you come to DC I will take you to Ray's Hellburger, the best I have ever had. Much superior to Le Parker Meridian.

I'm not sure the DB Burger really even belongs in the burger category, but I can say this.  It is insanely decadent!

It's called "McDonalds".

Sorry. I'll crawl back under my rock now.

Well, you certainly have tried some good ones.  And this thread of yours has great legs, almost as good as yours, almost.

Personally, Kobe beef has never done it for me.  Give me good old dry aged Midwestern corn-fed any day.  

But beyond just great taste, what else matters here?  Are you including any points for ambiance, etc.?  

I'll tell you what on that score.  The food at Brooklyn Bowl (yes doll, Brooklyn is still NYC) is pretty terrific comfort food.  It is not the high end $41 burger you got soaked for a The Old Homestead (which is a great steak house nonetheless), but it stacks up well with so many here that it warrants mention.  Added to the fact you got every great Brooklyn Brewery beer on tap, bowling (yes, probably about 20 lanes), and the best small venue for music anywhere and that burger tastes even better.