The 21 best college burgers in America: Al's Burger Shack, UNC-Chapel Hill

Posted Feb 28, 2017
While most great college burger spots are marked with decades of underclassmen clamoring for a bite after too many very watery lagers or at least seven hours picking apart the female psyche in The Cultural Devastation of American Women, Al's is, well, fresh. But the Chapel Hill restaurant caters to the roadside classics with very simple burgers and dogs. (Thrillist)

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