Photo: SwensonsHamburg
The plainest thing at Swensons and a cheap way into the menu: a fresh-ground, made-to-order beef patty served “with everything”, which at Swensons means mustard, dill pickles and onions. No ketchup, no lettuce, no cheese. It is the old Ohio drive-in burger in its simplest form, and it sits on the under-$4 value menu.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Hamburg yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
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McDonald's Hamburger (Copycat) - Shares beef
TOP 2McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Copycat) - Shares beefMcLewis Burger
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McDonald's Cheeseburger (Copycat)
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About Swensons
Wesley “Pop” Swenson started selling hamburgers out of a station wagon at Akron’s Buchtel High School in 1933, and opened a proper drive-in on South Hawkins Avenue the following year. He sold it in 1949 to Robert Phillips, who began a slow expansion that has only recently reached Columbus, Cincinnati and Indiana.
Drive-ins across northeast and central Ohio, from Akron and Cleveland to Columbus and Cincinnati, plus the Indianapolis area.
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