Comments on: Fred’s Texas Cafe

By: My Favorite Burger in Paris

My Favorite Burger in Paris — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:55:13 +0000

[...] where you can find Angus beef burgers at Whataburger, for god’s sake. Or Fort Worth, home of Fred’s, the biggest burgers I’ve ever seen and served by the cutest waiters – ever. What [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:23 +0000

I can’t believe you found Fred’s! I stumbled on Fred’s last Saturday after going to the Botanical Gardens. It was the best hamburger I’ve ever had in my life, and I’ve had lots of really good ones. We met some real characters in there, like Doug the redneck architect, who has been coming for decades, back when it was even more of a dump than a dive. He told us stories about when new customers would come — the owner, Fred, would wait till one of them made a comment that usually went like, “I heard this had great food. It looks like a dump, though. Am I in the right place”? Then Fred would go back behind the bar and lower this dead rat he had attached to a rope from over their table and listen to them scream. Sometimes he’d tell them he had a gift for them and when they reached into the bag, some low voltage batteries would give them a shock. Doug told us these stories as he chased his beer with shots of Patron. I ordered a draft beer and it was huge.
It was such a fun Saturday!

By: dibear

dibear — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:09 +0000

Looks like a real artery clogger to me, but I bet it was delicious.
Life is so unfair!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:55:42 +0000

Oh dear… that looks too yummy. Are you back yet?! Missing you…

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:08:03 +0000

Wow. That burger looks absolutely amazing. Makes me long for one right now, and sadly I only have piddly, skinny leftover turkey burgers in the fridge. I miss Texas.

I love your blog, by the way. Stumbled on it through a random Internet search a few weeks ago!