Cheeseburger
The single with a slice of cheddar, and then the same free list of toppings. Cheddar rather than American gives it a sharper taste than a fast-food cheeseburger. Olives are on the extras list too, a link to the olive burger, which most likely began at the Kewpee in Lansing in the 1920s and is still a local favourite there.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Cheeseburger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and cheese
TOP 2McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Copycat) - Shares beef and cheeseMcLewis Burger
- Shares beef and cheeseThe McBurgertown Burger
- Shares beef and cheese
Juicy Lucy Cheddar Burgers
Variations
The Cheeseburger, taken somewhere it was never meant to go.Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Cheeseburger.- McDonald's · beef and cheeseSignatureQuarter Pounder with Cheese
- Spangles · beef and cheese
SignatureThe Beast Steakburger - Wendy's · beef and cheese
Jr. Cheeseburger - Carl's Jr. · beef and cheese
Big Cheeseburger
More from Kewpee Hamburgers
About Kewpee Hamburgers
Samuel V. Blair opened a hamburger stand in Flint, Michigan, in 1923 and called it the Kewpee Hotel, after the Kewpie dolls that were a national craze at the time. Only White Castle is an older hamburger chain. Kewpee grew by licensing its name: there were about 200 by 1929 and more than 400 just before the Second World War, mostly in smaller Midwestern cities. Among the children who ate at one, in Kalamazoo, was Dave Thomas, who later said the place, with its square burgers and thick malts, was what made him want to go into the business. He founded Wendy’s in 1969.
Five restaurants: three in Lima, Ohio, plus one each in Racine, Wisconsin, and Lansing, Michigan.
Not affiliated with Kewpee Hamburgers. Trademarks belong to their owners. The photo shows my home version, not the restaurant’s product.