{"id":317025,"date":"2022-11-18T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=317025"},"modified":"2022-11-18T08:13:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:13:18","slug":"dukes-old-fashioned-onion-burgers-in-la-mesa-theres-a-new-love-of-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/dukes-old-fashioned-onion-burgers-in-la-mesa-theres-a-new-love-of-burgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke\u2019s Old Fashioned Onion Burgers in La Mesa: There\u2019s a new love of burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Schulz, a San Diego native and owner of Duke\u2019s Old Fashioned Onion Burgers in La Mesa, spent the bulk of his career in the food industry, both in Oklahoma and Southern California. After returning from Oklahoma, the Patrick Henry High School graduate brought with him the onion burger. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t invent onion burgers, I just brought them to San Diego. I always enjoyed going to the town of El Reno, Oklahoma, where I\u2019d eat the famous original onion burger at Sid\u2019s Diner. I also loved eating at Tucker\u2019s Onion Burgers in Oklahoma City,\u201d Schulz said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What is the onion burger? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a relic from the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s. Plagued with severe drought, dust storms, and food shortages, people would make onion burgers to make them look bigger. Basically, it\u2019s onions cooked on a grill with a burger on top. The onions add a level of depth to the flavor,\u201d Schulz remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He started doing some pop-up restaurants to see if there was a market for a burger joint and found that people were suddenly having a new love of burgers. \u201cI wanted to have a burger restaurant, casual, yet not fast food.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe use Angus beef, which makes all the difference. It\u2019s never frozen. We make everything fresh, in-house except for our buns and ice cream. We make our dressings, chili, sauces, and over a hundred pounds of pickles every week. And the pickles really make our burgers. They add a great zing to every bite,\u201d Schulz said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Burgers come in single, double, or triple patties and are cooked to order, allowing guests to customize toppings including cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and house-made pickles. For the gluten-sensitive crowd Duke\u2019s offers lettuce wraps instead of a bun.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s fries are made from fresh-cut potatoes that are double-fried. It makes the fries crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. On the menu are a variety of specialty fries such as steak and blue cheese or bacon cheese fries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For a limited time only they\u2019re offering \u201cThe Bartlesville\u201d which has a base of French fries, topped by a burger, and smothered in brown gravy. Coming soon is the \u201cOkie Burger\u201d, which is the same as The Bartlesville except with a creamy gravy. Another great special is the Hot Honey Butter Chicken Sandwich, a hand-breaded chicken breast topped with hot honey butter and pickles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got voted 2nd best burger, which still irritates me,\u201d Schulz said. \u201cWe had been open for 2 months and didn\u2019t even know they were judging us. We want to be #1.\u201d This calls for a rematch.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Old Fashioned Onion Burgers is located at 5020 Baltimore Drive. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Call ahead to (619) 439-6177 or go online to: dukesoldfashionedonionburgers.com\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank Schulz, a San Diego native and owner of Duke\u2019s Old Fashioned Onion Burgers in La Mesa, spent the bulk of his career in the food industry, both in Oklahoma and Southern California. After returning from Oklahoma, the Patrick Henry High School graduate brought with him the onion burger. \u201cI didn\u2019t invent onion burgers, I […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":968,"featured_media":317027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Frank Schulz, a San Diego native and owner of Duke\u2019s Old Fashioned Onion Burgers in La Mesa, spent the bulk of his career in the food industry, both in Oklahoma and Southern California. After returning from Oklahoma, the Patrick Henry High School graduate brought with him the onion burger.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11548],"tags":[13194,14599,12421,12502],"class_list":["post-317025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-la-mesa-courier","tag-burgers","tag-dukes-old-fashioned-onion-burgers","tag-la-mesa","tag-restaurant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}