An interview with Dean Sholl, traditionalist and founder of Empire Steak, on his mission to bring back the steak sandwich.

Scroll through the notes on my phone and you’ll find a formidable list of over 50 burger joints, Melbourne and beyond, with a good ninety percent of these ticked off with a burger emoji. My obsession with burgers, and the burger culture of Melbourne, ignited shortly after I returned from the US, ready to see what we could offer up to rival the In-n-Outs and Shake Shacks of the world.

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The classic American burger is dead, simple as that.