What makes a burger great? Is it the meat? The sauce? The bun? The ability to order it off a secret menu? These are all points of heated debate among food nerds.

Arlington people: If all goes according to plan, beginning next month you’ll no longer have to cross the river to get your half-smoke fix.

The famed D.C. institution and half-smoke joint will open a location in Rosslyn in early 2014.