Photo: IslandsBig Wave
The simplest burger on the menu and the one to judge Islands by: a patty with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles and mustard. No cheese, no sauce beyond the mustard, just a clean, old-fashioned burger. It is the kind of order that lets the fries share the spotlight.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Big Wave yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat) - Shares beef
McDonald's McFeast (Copycat) - Shares beef
McDLT - Shares beef
Big Mac Taco
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Big Wave.- Whataburger · beef
SignatureWhataburger - Dairy Queen · beef
Hungr-Buster - Blake's Lotaburger · beef
Lota Burger - Johnny Rockets · beef
SignatureThe Original
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About Islands
Tony DeGrazier got the idea for Islands while stationed with the US Navy on Oahu in the 1960s. He opened the first restaurant in West Los Angeles in May 1982, with a tropical theme meant to evoke the Hawaiian idea of ohana, family, and burgers named after surf spots and waves.
Dozens of restaurants in Southern California and the Southwest. The company does not franchise.
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