Streamliner
The vegetarian burger named like a 1950s train. A veggie patty with the classic diner toppings, and a good option for anyone at the table who does not eat meat. It keeps the retro theme going without leaving vegetarians with only fries.
The story
The name comes from the trains. In the 1930s American railroads rebuilt their flagship services around streamlined stainless-steel locomotives — the Burlington Zephyr, the Union Pacific M-10000 — and streamlining became the visual language of the whole decade, from radios to diners. The chrome and vinyl that Johnny Rockets copies is descended from it. Giving the name to the vegetarian burger is the one piece of the theme that has nothing to do with the 1950s.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Streamliner yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares a plant-based patty
McDonald's McPlant (Copycat) - Shares a plant-based patty
Burger King Impossible Whopper (Copycat) - Shares a plant-based patty
Mother Nature Burger - Shares a plant-based patty
Tofu Burgers
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Streamliner.- Fatburger · a plant-based patty
Impossible Burger - Hungry Jack's · a plant-based patty
Rebel Whopper - Red Mill Burgers · a plant-based patty
Garden Burger Deluxe - Burger King · a plant-based patty
Impossible Whopper
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About Johnny Rockets
Ronn Teitelbaum opened the first Johnny Rockets in 1986 as a tiny 20-stool counter on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. He modelled it, down to the counter seats and the burgers wrapped in paper, on The Apple Pan, a West Los Angeles burger counter that has been open since 1947. The idea was a sincere, not gimmicky, recreation of the malt shops of his childhood.
Around 90 US restaurants and a large presence in more than 30 countries.
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