Red Mill Burgers Interbay   

Within months after starting up their Phinney Ridge operation in 1994, brother and sister burgermeisters John and Babe Shephard had to expand the space. Customers flocked to the flame-broiled fresh meat patties, toasted sesame-seed buns and the unique "special sauce" (a wonderfully smoky mayo). Burger lovers can start with the basic model: a quarter-pound patty with lettuce and sauce, or choose from among ten upgrades. These include the verde burger -- fire roasted Anaheim peppers with Monterey jack cheese and red onion slices, and the bleu cheese and bacon burger. You can also order chicken marinated in lemon-honey sauce, then flame-broiled in three varieties of burgers and a sandwich. The menu also includes BLTs and cheese sandwiches. There's even a vegetarian option: the garden burger deluxe. The thick shakes and cornmeal-battered onion rings, flecked with thyme, cumin and cayenne rank high on the comfort food list as well.