FRED BURGER WITH CHEESE #2

Three ladies from work took me out to lunch and I got to choose the eatery.

I picked my favorite burger/ice cold beer dive, Fred's Texas Cafe, where my buddy, William Bryan Massey III, is the joint's head of kitchen operations and head cook.

I got the No. 1 burger in town, the Fred Burger w/cheese, which won the FW WEEKLY's 2007 Reader's Choice award for best burger.

Before devouring the mouth-watering and luscious-tasting all-American meal, I took out my travel camera, a Nikon D50 carrying a Nikkor 18-135mm AF zoom lens, and snapped this shot.

Now that you're mouths are watering I suggest you eat something immediately to satisfy your up-in-arms palette.

FRED'S TEXAS CAFE

This is Fred Texas Cafe's neon sign. It's located above the bar and visible as soon as you enter the best burger/ice cold beer dive in the city of Fort Worth.

It's Fred Burger w/cheese was voted tops by readers of Cowtown's only independent weekly rag, the FW WEEKLY, in its 2007 Best Of Awards.

It's atmosphere is unique, as you go inside to find yourself walking back into a simpler time, an almost diner-like feel, with booths and stools at the bar.

The high class go there to feel like low class and the low class go there to feel right at home. The mixture of the customers can't be found anywhere else. The wait staff is always hustling and you can actually see the cooks fixing your food. It's an active place, people munching down on their juicy homecooked meals, people laughing, having a good time, drinking beer from huge schooners that are ice cold.

Just a fun place to be.

FRED BURGER WITH CHEESE #1

William Bryan Massey III, head cook at Fred's Texas Cafe and poet/writer who self-publishes his own hand-made books, is, according to the FW WEEKLY's food critic, Chow, Baby, the best hamburger cook in the country.

During her visit to check out WBM III's skill on the grill Bryan told me she looked like she enjoyed his white trash cookin'.

"She (the critic) wanted another one of my Fred Burgers for dessert," he said. "And she ate it at her table."