On National Cheeseburger Day, let the debate begin …
- Who has the best cheeseburgers and why?
- What are the appropriate toppings for a cheeseburger?
- 70% of people say they prefer American cheese on their cheeseburgers, over cheddar (59%), Swiss (40%), and mozzarella (39%).
- A recent YouGov poll ranks the cheeseburger the nation's sixth most popular meal.
Here are some of the places offering special deals today:
- Wendy's: Get a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger for just a penny with any purchase made through the app.
- Burger King: Royal Perks customers get a free cheeseburger with any purchase of $1 or more. (Deals continue through Sept. 21).
- McDonald's: 50-cent double cheeseburgers when you order exclusively through the McDonald’s app.
- Whataburger: Free fries or onion rings of any size on Sept. 18 when they purchase a #5 (aka a Bacon & Cheese Whataburger). The offer is valid in the app or website.
- Carl's Jr: My Rewards members can get 50% off Western Bacon Cheeseburger with any Large Fountain Drink purchase on Sept. 18. The single-use offer can be redeemed in restaurant or in the chain’s app/website.
- Red Robin: Big Yummmm Burger Deal for $9.99 gets you’re a gourmet cheeseburgers with a bottomless sides along with bottomless soda, iced tea or lemonade. It’s only available for dine in.
- Denny’s: Get 20% off any burger and is good for dine in and online orders.
- Sonic: Get a free Double Sonic Smasher burger with the purchase of another on Sept. 18 while ordering in the Sonic app.
Check out all 38 of the deals here.
Some Cheesy Facts:
- Pasadena, California, considers itself the birthplace of the cheeseburger. A 16-year-old named Lionel Sternberger, who worked at his father's sandwich shop, The Rite Spot, got the idea to place a slice of American cheese on a hamburger patty.
- With all due respect to Sternberger and Pasadena, a restaurant called Kaelin's in Louisville, Kentucky, is credited with being the first to call the sandwich a "cheeseburger" in 1934.
- In 1935, the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver trademarked the term "cheeseburger."
- 70% of people say they prefer American cheese on their cheeseburgers, over cheddar (59%), Swiss (40%), and mozzarella (39%).