It’s National Cheeseburger Day!
By BROOKLYN LOWERY (Patch Staff)
It only comes once a year, so hopefully you skipped breakfast and plan to celebrate.
Sept. 18 is National Cheeseburger Day; get out there and enjoy. (Not that you need an excuse for a great burger on a Friday).
According to Wikipedia, some genius decided to begin adding cheese to burgers in the 1920s or 30s, though there is debate as to who did it first.
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A popular theory, according to Wikipedia, is that 16-year-old Lionel Sternberger was working in his dads restaurant, The Rite Spot, in 1926 in Pasadena, Calif., when he decided to experiment by dropping a slab of American cheese on a hot hamburger. It wasnt until 1935, however, that a trademark for the name cheeseburger was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Col.
We say, Thank you, Cheeseburger Pioneers, whoever you are.
A few national chains are offering deals for National Cheeseburger Day, including:
- McDonalds locations in western Massachusetts and Connecticut are offering $.69 cheeseburgers today.
- Burger King locations offer a deal on Fridays (not just National Cheeseburger Day) that offers you two sandwiches for $5 if you download the BK app.
But what about closer to home? Wheres the best place to grab a cheeseburger in Wilmington?
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