amniotic druidWhat was the best burger you've ever had?
Cowboy_DudeGordon Ramsey Burger in Vegas was maybe one of the best craft burgers I’ve had.
all-knight-partyNot sure I'll be able to get over In N Out Burger. For a chain their consistency is incredible. Good quality ingredients, but most specifically, they always get the toast on the bun perfect, soft in the center, crispy just around the edges, and thousand Island style dressing on a burger is the shit.
In N Out burger might be the sole push I need to leave the east coast tbh. I spent last summer in CO and probably ate my body weight in those burgers and animal style fries
linearchaosHell just go to Vegas. Flights are shorter and cheaper.
Zahille7There’s a sports bar in my hometown that makes the best burgers I’ve ever had in my life. They’re always perfectly cooked.
I made my own on an indoor grill complete with bacon, fried onions, and a homemade mushroom sauce.
NetCaptiveCasino El Camino in Austin TX has some amazing burgers. Total dive bar, but worth it for the food.
At a fast food place, Shake Shack is the best I’ve ever had. Burger Fi is also good, but can be inconsistent sometimes. Now, the best burgers I eat are the ones we grill at home, a local butcher makes blend mixed with Japaleños and they’re delicious.
hellweaver666I discovered a random Shake Shack in Dubai. I was really surprised by how good they were. Definitely didn’t tip the In n out experience but definitely very enjoyable!
Glad you enjoyed it, the only one near here is at a place that’s almost impossible to find parking for so we don’t go very often.
I picked up food poisoning eating beef tartar in a third world country. Came back home, couldn’t eat anything for 3 days.
On day number four, I broke my fast with a mozza burger from A&W.
I’m sure it was the lack of any taste for the previous 4 days, but that was the very best thing I’ve ever ate. Such vivid and pronounced flavours.
It was unforgettable.
Food after gastroenteritis is the best. Anything will taste like the best food you have ever tasted because your stomach demands to be filled.
Sometimes I can get the grill to offer me up one that would never compare to a restaurant
AshtearThis is where I’m at. With a cast iron pan and a decent stovetop it’s very easy to make a proper smashburger at home.
I also can’t handle the texture of ground beef at anything below well, and I don’t like egg yolks, so that already disqualifies a lot of the popular, fancy pub-style burgers around here.
jimHickory Burger at Apple Pan (West Los Angeles)
Bacon Mother Tucker at Tucker's in Norman, OK when I was there for the music festival a few months ago.
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Nick’s Burger from Nick’s Tavern in Lemont, IL. 1/2 lb of deliciousness, built for the industrial workers at the plants along the Des Plaines River.
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Hothead Burger from Lucky Monk in South Barrington, IL. T’was the perfect combo of spicy and fresh cow. Sadly, it is no longer on the menu.
Yeah, you get two best burgers. Complaints to /dev/null.
This restaurant in Argentina. Didn’t even go there for the burger. Wasn’t sure what to get on the menu. Place was on the “at least where a collar” type with low lighting and cocktails and all that. Type of place you’d usually eat with fork and knife.
Anyways, I saw they had a burger on the menu and the ingredients just sounded good. Nothing far out there or anything, but it gave me the craving. When it finally came out, the first bite was so. Fucking. Good. Meat in general has a very high floor in Argentina, but that burger was something else. My wife agrees that was the best burger we’ve ever tried as well.
We went back to Argentina about a year after we had had that burger. About a month in, I surprised my wife with a reservation at the restaurant. We had been talking about getting that burger again for weeks before coming to Argentina. We get to the place, order a drink, and pick up the menu. For about 2 minutes the table was silent. Then we started looking at each other quizzically. “Do you see the burger?”, I asked. She shakes her head. We signal to the waiter that we have a Q. He comes over and we ask him about the burger. “Ah, I’m sorry, the chef took it off the menu a couple of months ago. I guess not enough people were ordering it.”. Man, both our hearts sank.
TLDR; life is unfair. The best burgers can only be eaten once.
That story made me sad for you both.
Father’s Office in Santa Monica. You get it one way, no changes. If you want ketchup on it, F Off. Heck, if you want ketchup for your sweet potato fries (the seasoning on them is delightful), F Off again. But, and I say this after trying a million burgers (slight exaggeration), no contest.
That said, somebody commented with a burger in West LA that I’ll be shortlisting.
PerogiBoiLamburger at Burgers Bar in Jerusalem. That was tight shit.
s3rvantBacon Cheeseburger on Steroids at Bad Daddy's Burger Bar
About a decade ago at a job in Philly, we’d hunt down the spOt Burger cart (that’s how they capitalized it). Tiny little trailer/cart only big enough for one person to stand in, and this guy would park it somewhere new around center city/university city area every day. My memory is a little hazy so I might have some details wrong, but every day he’d grind a blend of ribeye and filet fresh to make the burgers in his cart, cooked around a medium, and served them on a brioche bun with pickled red cabbage and some other fixings. He got the fat content just perfect with the steak blend, and the toppings were unexpected but incredible together.
I haven’t been back in awhile but I heard he was opening a brick and mortar restaurant because his cart was so successful. Hope it’s true!
I make myself one every week, green chile cheeseburger.
Yeah, homemade is best. It takes a bit of practice though because there's so many things one can use. A good burger doesn't have too much stuff and not too little and it needs balanced flavours and textures.
Lair of the Minotaur at Kuma’s Corner in Chicago. Nothing else comes close.
spitzIt’s a tie for me.
A place where they served only the bun and meat, and you got to serve yourself your own salad and sauces. I made some absurdly tall burgers. The taste was phenomenal too. Very handy place when I was a student with very little money.
Playing a gig in a small town. Saw a burger called The Carnivore. Was assured it was worth the cost, so I bought one. This thing had mince patty, bacon, sausage, steak, chop (pork or lamb, can’t remember which), then cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato, egg… and I’m probably still forgetting something it had. It was monstrous. It took me almost an hour to eat it, and I enjoyed every minute.
If your #1 is in San Jose, CA, I’d be willing to bet it was “juicy burger”. Still to this day, I’ve never had a better burger.
Not San Jose, and not Juicy Burger. It was a small franchise that went broke.
Fuddruckers? Bonus points for the name.
Depending on your age, maybe Burger Chef and Jeff? Some nonsense I’ve heard my parents talk about, been out of business for a bit.
It used to be at the Pecos Bill Cafe in Disney World. Something about being out there and having the condiment bar…I just really enjoyed that burger in the middle of the long day.
They don’t do it anymore apparently. It’s just Mexican food now.
Terry’s Turf Club in Cincinnati. Haven’t been there in a long time, and they went through some major changes a few years ago because apparently Terry was a major creep, but God damn did he know how to make a burger.
Tasty Burger’s onion burger with their tasty sauce all over it jfc. Visiting Boston soon, def getting 3 of em.
I’m not sure if this technically qualifies as a ‘burger’, but I’d say…
Waffle House Texas Cheese Steak Melt, but with mushrooms instead of onions.
A beyond burger.
Calle Burger has this chickpea burger and I swear to god, it’s better then anything meat based I had.
V.J.s Drive Inn in Winnipeg MB Canada. Greasy heaven.
In Kansas City there’s a little shack called Town Topic. 8 people get in that place and it’s packed tight. Been around forever. I first noticed it when I moved here and late night Friday and Saturday when the bar crowd was looking for food a line would be wrapped around the building.
It is a type of smash burger that’s cooked on an old griddle, greasy in all the right ways a drunk man could want at 2am without being a problem during the more sober times. To me it’s the best burger I can get hold of.
ScotinDubBunsen burger in Dublin, Ireland
At Hubert Keller’s Burger Bar in Vegas. Wagyu burger black and blue.
Second best is the house burger at Tolon in Fort Wayne, IN.
Third best is one I cooked over charcoal at a campsite in North Dakota.
anteTolon is an absolute shining gem of food in Fort Wayne and I’m thoroughly amused seeing it mentioned here. I’ve never had the burger but the duck fat frites are always great.
Seattle has a chain called Dick’s. Their burgers are tasty and cheap. A couple of Deluxes after a night out really hits the spot.
tymonNot knowing it was plant-based, I got a monstrous jumbo something-or-other burger from Monty’s Good Burger in LA.
Honestly I almost freaked out at how good it was, and even went back to the place just to tell them it was the best burger I ever had.
It’s the one thing pulling me west
I’ve lived in LA for 10 years now and have been vegan for the past four years.
All of the best food I’ve had has been after going vegan. I’ve learned to cook well (I never liked handling bloody dead animal parts) and I’ve discovered much more variety in the vegan food scene than I think I’ve had in my life.
The only downside? Going back to my hellhole red state is rough and if I can’t cook I end up eating a lot of Impossible Whoppers, fries and salads.
Killer Burger’s Peanut Butter Pickle Bacon Burger
It’s not for everyone
I’ve had it several times and it’s always 10/10
Just wish they’d get their shit together with the fries, inconsistent and forgettable
A double-patty cheeseburger from Gasoline grill. Their fries were bad tho.
Home made burger from quality steak beef with smoked cheese and a secret ingredient - home made Korean carrots. That’s some next level shit!
HandsomePotatoCarl’s Jr. Breakfast burger, so good make it at home
Burgers from BurgerFuel. They are from NZ and have only very few outposts elsewhere. But they are the best I’ve ever eaten.
QuarterSwedeAll time fav: Homemade with a blend of seasonings cooked medium rare. Topped with mayo, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and onion. Nothing has beaten that.
Fast Restaurant: Smash burger
Overrated: In N Out. I just don’t get the love. They’re slightly better than McDonalds. Yes, I said it. Oh, and their fries are trash. Whataburger is much better.
Fancy: The Skirted Heifer
I feel like people saying they don’t like in-n-out are just being contrarian for no reason. The fries are fresh cut, the burgers are fresh cooked and if you’re going to insist that they’re comparable to McDonalds, the food is 1/3 the price (and the toppings are undeniably more fresh).
I’ve had whataburger and I spent 18$ on what I considered to be at best standard fast food. I can get a 4x4 at in-n-out, leave absolutely stuffed for like 8$.
I feel like the people saying that it’s the best burger are always Californians. But that’s an unfair stereotype.
They’re cheap, yes, I’ll give you that but that doesn’t make them good. And I’m not being contrarian. My entire family feels the same way. In N Out is overrated.
London, UK: Burger & Beyond, Bleecker Burger (RIP the Bleecker black), maybe Patty & Bun
North West, UK: Almost Famous, maybe Burgerism
There’s nothing else in the same category I’ve had in this country so far, but open to suggestions.
The best burger I ever had was in New York. I can’t remember then name of the place, or even where it was but it had an autographed picture of Regis Philbin on the wall with a comment on how much he loved the burger there.
On to the burger:
That first bite… oh, what heaven that first bite is. The bun, like a sesame freckled breast of an angel, resting gently on the ketchup and mustard below, flavors mingling in a seductive pas de deux. And then…a pickle! The most playful little pickle!
Then a slice of tomato, a leaf of lettuce and a…a patty of ground beef so exquisite, swirling in your mouth, breaking apart, and combining again in a fugue of sweets and savor so delightful. This is no mere sandwich of grilled meat and toasted bread- This is God, speaking to us in food.
Oh i know that place! It’s the corner bistro!
Oh, the Corner Bistro! It’s amazing, I spent a quarter of my life searching for the best burger in New York City, but silly me, it never occurred to me to check the highest-rated burger in the Zagat guide. Wow, thanks a lot, guy. Let me return the favor.
Great cup of coffee: Starbucks.
It’s so much more than just a burger!
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