Crown Burgers is a small hamburger

Hamburger

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 fast food

Fast food

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 restaurant

Restaurant

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 chain based in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

, Utah

Utah

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 started in 1978 by brothers Nick and Manuel Katsanevas.

The chain's signature burger is the "Crown Burger," a cheeseburger

Cheeseburger

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 which, in addition to the char-broiled patty, is piled high with hot pastrami

Pastrami

Pastrami , is a popular delicatessen meat usually made from beef and, traditionally in Romania, also from pork and mutton. In Israel, "Pastrama" is the term used for sliced chicken and turkey. Like corned beef, pastrami was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration...

. Crown Burgers' pastrami burger has been widely imitated and has become a staple of restaurant cuisine in Salt Lake City. In 2004, Carl's Jr.

Carl's Jr.

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 released a very similar burger called the "Pastrami Burger." Crown Burgers offers other fast food fare as well, such as beef burritos, hot pastrami sandwiches, steak sandwiches, gyros, fishburgers, fries, onion rings, and other burgers. Crown Burgers also carries its own version of the regional condiment

Condiment

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 fry sauce

Fry sauce

Fry sauce is a regional condiment served with French fries. It is usually a simple combination of one part ketchup and two parts mayonnaise. When spices and other flavorings are added, it is similar to—but thicker and smoother than—traditional Russian dressing and Thousand Island dressing...

, a combination of ketchup, mayonnaise and spices.

Their primary location is decorated like a European hunting lodge, complete with a large fireplace, inviting fireside chats. Other locations have a medieval theme complete with tapestries and heavy iron chandeliers. Though customers still place orders at a counter and pick up paper-wrapped food when their numbers are called, Crown is more of an upscale eatery. From the counter, customers can see pastrami

Pastrami

Pastrami , is a popular delicatessen meat usually made from beef and, traditionally in Romania, also from pork and mutton. In Israel, "Pastrama" is the term used for sliced chicken and turkey. Like corned beef, pastrami was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration...

 being freshly sliced.

Crown Burgers has seven Salt Lake City locations.

In 2010 it was featured on an episode of the Travel Channel

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's Man v. Food

Man v. Food

Man v. Food is an American food reality television series. It premiered on December 3, 2008, on the Travel Channel. The program is hosted by actor and food enthusiast Adam Richman. In each episode, Richman explores the "big food" offerings of a different American city before facing off against a...

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