Have you heard of Hudson Square? It’s a neighborhood in Manhattan. I hadn’t, and I’ve been living in New York for almost a decade. It’s just west of SoHo, and within it lies Union Bar & KItchen, a restaurant that is secretly serving a couple of the best burgers I’ve had in quite a while….
I love a neighborhood that comes together as a GBZ (Good Burger Zone). I like a GBZ neighborhood even more if the burgers that comprise it are incredibly varied. In Greenpoint, you have an excellent Australian-style burger at Five Leaves, a fantastic brunch burger at the Bounty, authentic sliders at White Burger, and a wonderful…
After having heard so many great things for so long about Bronx Burger House my girlfriend and I decided to trek all the way up to Riverdale, which is in the northwest portion of the Bronx literally just a few hundred feet away from Yonkers, and see what all the hoopla was about.
The Experience: I started Burger Weekly in the summer of 2011. I was working at the 92nd Street Y, and one of my coworkers was a girl we called Lunchpail, though for the life of me I can’t remember why. Anyway, years later it turns out that Lunchpail’s boyfriend opened up Virginia’s, a newish spot…
The Experience: A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Red Hook and ate the burger at Grindhaus. It was great. Great enough that it earned a spot on my best of list for 2015. Grindhaus gets their meat from Fleishers Craft Butchery, so it should come as no surprised that when I was…