Love Shack

Celebrity chef Tim Love outdid himself when he constructed his bawdy "double Dirty Love burger": Two medium-thick patties, made from ground tenderloin and brisket, are deluged with tomato slices, shredded lettuce, bacon, two squares of melted American cheese, pickles, a fried quail egg and a spicy, tangy mayonnaise relish appropriately dubbed "love sauce." (Full review)

But if your guests are at all in doubt that they're in Texas, you'll want to take them to the Stockyards in Fort Worth. There the burgers come with a Top Chef pedigree at Tim Love's Love Shack. (Full review)

If requesting a concoction called the "double Dirty Love burger" sounds like a ribald proposition, it is. Consuming this unwieldy brute, the signature dish at the newly opened Love Shack in Fort Worth's Stockyards, can be an indecorous undertaking. (Full review)