Friday 19 April 2013

Hickory's Smokehouse, Chester

£9.95 for Hickory's Shake Shack-inspired burger with fries and slaw. Seeing the name of NYC’s most famous burger joint got me giddy! Did it last…?

On a recent trip ‘oop north to visit university friends in Chester, I thought I’d see what the city had to offer in the way of burgers, writes Addison Capper. My borderline burger obsession was but a twinkle in my eye during my scruffy-haired, all-weather-short-wearing student heyday, so on returning to my alma mater I had a nostalgic desire to return to some old hangouts and put my subsequently-acquired expertise to work…