Burgers

Burger Joint's 'Normal' Burger

At the new Burger Joint in Greenwich Village, a burger, fries, and a Coke will set you back $11.16, including tax. The abrupt opening yesterday of the first branch location of Burger Joint occasioned a flood of notoriety, suggesting you get more publicity by behaving impulsively than by following ... More >>

80/20 Baconburger at Dickson's Farmstand Meats: Scrumptious!

Bulbous, pink, and mottled, Dickson's baconburger I'd popped into Chelsea Market last Saturday to score a lump of guanciale at Buon Italia, when the meat case at Dickson's Farmstand Meats caught my eye - always good to give it a look and see what sorts of products, many of them oddball, are curren ... More >>

Does NYC Need Elk Burgers?

Yes, there's a burger in there somewhere. The elk is a mighty animal. Also known as wapiti, it's really a very large species of deer, native to North America and East Asia. Males of the species have magnificent horns, which are shed every year, and these horns are often used in traditional medicin ... More >>

Fatburger, Joey Tribbiani, and the Village Voice

News that Fatburger - a California chain offering the usual gloppy, salad-topped burgers associated with that state - was planning another assault on New York City reminded me that this wasn't really the first time the fast-food-chain had made an attempt to establish itself in the metropolis. Aroun ... More >>

New York Burger Appreciation Society: Choose a Day, and Get a Gourmet Burger Delivered

For those who are really into gourmet burgers, a new delivery service is making it their goal so that you can get your weekly fancy burger fix. It's called the New York Burger Appreciation Society and it's a subscription-based, curated burger delivery service. Subscribers choose a day of the week ... More >>

The Best Burger Chain In The Country Is Announced

They polled a bunch of (barely) human hogs and heifers and decided that the best burger chain in the country... isn't McDonald's.

Happy National Cheeseburger Day

Happy National Cheeseburger Day. As usual, we have for you a round-up on some restaurants celebrating the classic American sandwich: [See Also: Robert Sietsema names Our 10 Best Burgers in New York] LuLu & Me will offer their new Saturday Burger Special on National Cheeseburger Day too: The LuLu C ... More >>

Why We Love Hamburgers: New York's Earliest Burgers

Local chain Joy Burger turns out a modern-day burger, possibly one of 7,000 places in the city that currently do. As the name suggests, the hamburger originated in Hamburg, Germany, perhaps late in the Middle Ages, when mincing techniques usually used to make pork sausage were applied to beef, whi ... More >>

Did You Miss the 2012 Edition of Our 10 Best Burgers in New York City?

Biting into a big, gloppy burger might be one of the most satisfying acts you can do as a food lover. You chomp into the substance (beef? turkey? salmon? veggie?), crunching through cheese (cheddar? goat? blue? aged?) into a juicy blend of tomato, lettuce, onions, ketchup, mustard, etc., etc., etc. ... More >>

P.S.--They Burned the Crap Out of My Burger, Then Served It To Me Anyway!

Bun cinder at P.S. Burgers I was excited when I spotted the new burger joint on Carmine Street, P.S. Burgers. A little rudimentary googling proved the place an offshoot of a Mineola indie burger spot that Yelpers seem to adore. Said one, "Fresh ingredients, well prepared, friendly staff, and GRE ... More >>

Like Bacon? Like Sushi? Now You Can Have Both at the Same Time

Yup, that's strips of smoked breakfast bacon stuck right in the middle of those maki rolls. It seems bacon has penetrated every lost galaxy of the dining firmament. Heck, you can get a peanut butter and bacon sandwich nearly everywhere, bacon is de rigueur on your burger, you can buy a men's tie i ... More >>

Kansas City's Oddball Burgers, and Why They're So Good

The burger at Winstead's (rather grandly called a "steakburger"), celebrated by Calvin Trillin in American Fried As burgers have become a mainstay of New York City bistros, bars, and snack shops, area chefs have come to define them in a restricted way: the patty must be thick and juicy and made wi ... More >>

Battle of the Black Label Burger

Pat LaFrieda, the meat purveyor of choice for top gourmet burger places like The Spotted Pig and Minetta Tavern, has challenged Wendy's over its use of the name "Black Label Burger" to describe one of its premium patties.

Passover Horseradish, Tostilocos

Burger Wars: Wendy's replaced Burger King as the second largest burger chain in the country; Five Guys is the fastest growing national chain with a 32.8% increase in sales last year. [Atlantic Business, Drovers Cattle Network] The Pickle Guys on the Lower East Side are making horseradish for Passov ... More >>

Shake Shack, Yelped

This week, the Times' Pete Wells reviewed Danny Meyer's Shake Shack chain and gave it one star, writing that its food is inconsistent and its burgers unremarkable. Most Yelpers would beg to differ. They have come out in numbers (2,548 reviews have been posted for the Shake Shack in Madison Square Pa ... More >>

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GO Burger Expands Offerings

​What happens when you get a restaurant that tries to cater to every taste, trend, and diner who may or may not swing through? You get Upper East Side burger joint GO Burger. The Second Avenue spot and it's roaming truck offshoot used to deal in meat patties. However, they've just announced a menu ... More >>

Torta Burger at Tortaria

Tortaria's torta burger arrives looking like a brown rock with moss growing on top. As we mentioned last Friday, Tortaria opened today on University Place. The place is devoted to making the Mexican sandwiches called tortas, to be washed down with an extensive tequila list, neat and as mixed drink ... More >>

New Petey's Burger to Open in Long Island City

Petey's is the closest we have to California's In-N-Out Burger. You may or may not be excited to learn that another Petey's Burger is scheduled to open in Long Island City, at the corner of 47th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in the far southwestern corner of the neighborhood, not far from the first ... More >>

Make Bread & Tulips's Lamb Burger

Lamb for lunch.​Bread & Tulips opened this summer and recently launched lunch service, including the $25 "Perfect Lunch," which includes a glass of wine, salad and choice of pizza. It's a good deal, but owner Riccardo Dardha can't help but push his burger when asked. It comes with grilled onio ... More >>

The 'Serious Burger' at Cheeburger Cheeburger: Taste Test and an SNL Video

​The abridged version of the chain, at Newark's Terminal A National burger chains are flying into town and running up their numbers so fast, we can't keep up with them. One of the latest to arrive - along with Smashburger, Fatburger (which tried twice in the last two decades, failed, and is ... More >>

A Guy Fieri Restaurant Is Indeed Coming to NYC... Docking, Then Sailing Away

Smooth sailing.​For all his lack of finesse and subtlety, either when it comes to dressing, coiffing himself, or simply addressing his many fans, it appears that Guy Fieri very smoothly pulled one over all of us at this weekend's NYC Wine & Food Festival.

Want In-N-Out in NYC? Here's the Next Best Thing ...

​ Craving the two beef patties, melted cheese and crisp lettuce of In-N-Out's famous Double-Double? Too bad, because the regional chain hasn't made it past Texas. In the meantime, you can get this faithful facsimile, which, while not exactly the same, should partly satiate any In-N-Out craving ... More >>

Five Guys Branches Out to the Basement of a Flushing Mall

Rebecca Marx​ Queens will soon have five Five Guys to its name: The latest location is set to open sometime soon in the basement of Flushing's Skyview Center on College Point Boulevard. For those keeping track, New York now has 21 locations of the burger chain, which began innocently enough in ... More >>

Umami Burger Will Enfold New York in a Meaty Embrace

crazybluepanda/Flickr​Even though New York may not be any closer to getting an In-n-Out Burger than we were on April Fool's Day 2010, it looks like we'll soon receive another meaty Southern Californian love letter in the form of Umami Burger.

The Early Word: Bento Burger

Lauren ShockeySeafood burger, with bento sides​When a restaurant describes themselves as "an East Village dystopian-futuristic Asian roadhouse," there's only one course of action: Go. So that's how we found ourselves at Bento Burger, a new Asian-ish themed burger restaurant in the East Villag ... More >>

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Hamburger America's George Motz: Did You Know White Castle Was Once a Burger Pioneer?

photo courtesy of George MotzGeorge Motz and friends.​Yesterday, we talked to Hamburger America author and all-around burger expert George Motz about -- what else? -- hamburgers. Today, he reveals what he likes to eat when there is no burger in sight and blows our mind with White Castle's hand ... More >>

Hamburger America's George Motz Talks Burger Hype, Burger DNA

photo courtesy of George MotzGeorge Motz amid his beloved beef.​George Motz was just a documentarian when he came out with his seminal burger film, Hamburger America. But considering he had to eat thousands of burgers in establishments around the country for years as he researched the film, th ... More >>

Make Bell Book & Candle's Patty Melt Burger, Like Chef-Owner John Mooney

Bell Book & Candle's Patty Melt Burger​With Memorial Day so near, we were hoping to break out the grill sooner than later. But with such a relentlessly rain-filled forecast, we might have to settle for flipping the season's first burger in a pan instead. Whatever the weather, why not lay your ... More >>

Bonfire Chicken & Burgers Comes to Sixth Avenue, Grills Aflame

Lauren ShockeyUnfortunately, no roasted marshmallows here​Looks like the Sixth Avenue branch of Joy Burger Bar is in for some competition, now that Bonfire Chicken & Burgers (404 Sixth Avenue, 212-228-2300) has taken over the old Qdoba location, located on the Avenue between Eighth and Ninth S ... More >>

Lucky's Famous Burgers is now Open on Houston Street

Lauren ShockeyOffering the Trifecta of Burgers, Dogs, and Shakes​After months of its windows being papered up, Lucky's Famous Burgers (147 Houston Street, 212-254-4900) has opened, bringing this mini-chain's total number of outlets to four. The city isn't short on burger chains, surely, but w ... More >>

Battle of the Ostrich Burgers: Bare Burger vs. Energy Kitchen

Lauren ShockeyBare Buger bares its soul. Nah, just its patty.​The poor little ostrich burger doesn't stand much of a chance of succeeding in New York City, a metropolis whose blocks are rife with beef burgers. But in this week's Battle of the Dishes, one ostrich burger will triumph. That's ... More >>

No. 17: Burger With Onion Rings at 5 Napkin Burger

​A nicely toasted bun is highly correlative of a good burger. The name is a bit of a stretch -- 5 Napkin Burger -- and I went in suspicious of how good -- and how gloppy -- it could be.

Munch, Midi, and Maxi at Joy Burger Bar

​"Maxi" on the left and "Munch" on the right Replacing a Baluchi's at the corner of Washington Place and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, Joy Burger Bar is yet another homegrown, upper-end, fast-food burger chain. It is a second branch of a place at Lex and 100th Street on the Upper East S ... More >>

Joy Burger Bar Opening Tomorrow on Sixth Avenue

Lauren ShockeyThe joy of burger.​ After hiding behind plywood for months, Joy Burger Bar's new branch at 361 Sixth Avenue will finally open to the public tomorrow, according to both a sign posted in its window last night and its Twitter feed.

People Still Arguing Over NYC's 'Best' Burger

A Hamburger TodayBill's Bar & Burger's burger.​Underwhelmed by the Daily News' decision to dub Corner Bistro the best burger in the city? Then check out A Hamburger Today's picks for their own "must eat" meat patties. Zaitzeff, Bill's Bar & Burger, Molly's Shebeen, Savoy, and Minetta Tavern al ... More >>

Elevation Burger Escalates Onto West 14th Street

​The Elevation Burger is big and lush, but might remind you of Five Guys. So cheap to make, so easy to sell, hamburgers form a culinary motif of our economically downtrodden age. Stand-alone shops, bistros, and chains dispensing them have increased tenfold over the last five years in the city ... More >>

The Counter Will Hit Times Square on Monday

TheCounterBurger/FlickrIs there a there there?​New York may still be nowhere near getting an In-N-Out, but, thanks to the Counter, we are getting a helping of California-bred patties. Per A Hamburger Today, the L.A.-based build-your-own-burger chain is opening its first New York location this ... More >>

10 Fast Food Items That Don't Totally Suck

​Originating in the world's first hamburger chain, the slider (or "slyder" as they've tried to brand it) at White Castle has a strange and strangely addictive flavor resulting from the steaming of cheap ground beef and onions. Yes, fast food is a great caloric wasteland (we almost wrote "wais ... More >>

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