Time machines are expensive and impractical. Bellaire Broiler Burger is inexpensive and practically perfect—the place has remained virtually unchanged over the decades. Today it's considered one of the city’s most venerable burger joints for the consistency with which it executes the classic Texas roadside stand entry in the great burger lexicon—heavy on the cool, crisp vegetables that top a flame-broiled quarter-pound “pattie,” and with a thick blanket of melted American cheese.