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The Top Burger Adventures of 2013

Brad Garoon 0 December 26, 2013 Burger Adventure Lists

Best Burgers in New York City

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Article by Brad Garoon

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New York
New York City
Manhattan
East Harlem
Joy Burger Bar

Harlem
BLVD Bistro
The Cecil
Cedric Bistro
Chez Lucienne
The Grange
Harlem Public
Harlem Shake
Harlem Tavern
Jimbo's Hamburger Place
Minton's
Red Rooster

Morningside Heights
Island Burgers

Upper West Side
5 Napkin Burger
A.G. Kitchen
Amsterdam Burger Co
Barley & Grain
Big Nick's Burger Joint (CLOSED)
Big Nick's Burger & Pizza Joint Too
e's Bar
Firehouse
Gebhard's Beer Culture
The Heights
Island Burgers
Jacob's Pickles
Jalapeño (CLOSED)
Joe's
Kefi
The Leopard
Nice Matin
PJ Clarke's
Richie's Burger Joint
Shake Shack
The Smith
Talia's Steakhouse
Telepan (CLOSED)
Xi'an Famous Foods

Upper East Side
5 Napkin
The Bar Room
Bondurants
Burger Bistro
BurgerFi
Candle Cafe (Veg)
Doc Watson's
The East Pole
Eats
Eli's Night Shift
Flip
Genesis
Go Burger (CLOSED)
JG Melon
Ottomanelli New York Grill
Seamstress
Serendipity 3
Shake Shack
The Stumble Inn

Midtown West
21 Club
5 Napkin Burger
Ai Fiori
Alfie's Bar and Kitchen
American Retro
Bareburger
B.B. King
Beer Authority
Bill's Bar and Burger
Black Iron Burger
Brooklyn Diner
Burger Joint
Carnegie John's Cart
Chelsea Grill of Hell's Kitchen
The Counter
db Bistro Moderne
Dutch Fred's
E & E Grill House
Forty Four
Fresco 57
Genuine Roadside
Goodburger (CLOSED)
Hudson Common
Island Burgers & Shakes
Keens Steakhouse
Kingside
The Lamb's Club
Landmarc
Lucky's Famous Burgers
Mother Burger
North River Fish Bar
Porter House New York
Shake Shack
Steak 'n Shake Signature
Trademark Taste & Grind
Tri Tip Grill
The Wayfarer
White Oak

Midtown East
Atwood
Bar Suzette
BarKogi
Burger Heaven
Dag's Patio Cafe
Draught 55
Graso Grill
Hard Times Sundaes
Hudson Malone
Park Avenue Tavern
The Polo Bar
Salvation Burger
Shake Shack
Smith & Wollensky
Social Eatz (CLOSED)

Chelsea
The Ainsworth
Barcade New York
Black Iron Burger
brgr
Burger Inc.
Cookshop
The Fillmore Room
Flight 151
Friedman's Lunch
Kola House
Lupulo
Montmartre
New York Burger Co.
Old Homestead
Pennsylvania 6
Peter McManus
Pop Burger (CLOSED)
Pounds & Ounces (CLOSED)
Smithfield
Sons & Daughters
Txikito

Murray Hill
Ainsworth Midtown
Black Shack
The Chester (CLOSED)
Murray Bar
Rare
Shake Shack

NoMad
Blue Smoke
The Breslin
Resto
Tavern 29

Koreatown
Uncle Sam's Burgers
Van Diemen's

Kips Bay
Handcraft Kitchen & Cocktails
Taproom No. 307
Van Diemen's

Flatiron
ABC Kitchen
Bounce Sporting Club
Bo's Kitchen & Bar Room
The Gander
OId Town
Schnipper's Quality Kitchen
Shake Shack

Gramercy
Ainsworth Park
Big Daddy's
Jack's Sliders & Sushi
Joe Junior
Maialino
Molly's Shebeen
The Stand Comedy Club & Restaurant
Tasca Chino

Union Square
Dogmatic (CLOSED)
Heartland Brewery (CLOSED)
SideBAR
Union Square Cafe

West Village
2nd City
A.O.C.
Bar Sardine
Beatrice Inn
Bespoke Kitchen
BFB (CLOSED)
Blue Ribbon Bakery
Commerce (CLOSED)
Corner Bistro
Daddy-O
De Santos
Ditch Plains
Happiest Hour
Invite Only
Kingswood (CLOSED)
The Little Owl
Murray's Cheese Bar
P.S. Burgers
Spice Market
The Spotted Pig
STK
Swine
Tavern on Jane
The Wallflower
Westville
Whitehall

Greenwich Village
Amity Hall
Bareburger
BLT Burger (CLOSED)
Burger Joint
J.G. Melon
The Lion
Minetta Tavern
Miss Lily's
Perla
Umami Burger

East Village
5 Napkin Burger
Alder (CLOSED)
All'onda
Blue 9 Burger
Boilermaker
Boulton & Watt
Brazen Fox
Company Bar & Grill (CLOSED)
DBGB
Dead Drop (CLOSED)
The Grayson
Jeepney
Lions Beer Store
Mark
Ngam
Paul's da Burger Joint
Peels (CLOSED)
Professor Thom's
The Redhead
The Smith
Stand (CLOSED)
Veselka
Whitmans

Alphabet City
Back Forty (CLOSED)
Black Iron Burger Shoppe
Black Market
Brindle Room
Edi and the Wolf
GG's
Idle Hands (CLOSED)
Korzo Haus (CLOSED)
Royale
Sidewalk Cafe
Soothsayer
Virginia's

NoHo
Five Points (CLOSED)
Saxon + Parole

SoHo
Black Tap
Burger & Barrel
Costata
The Dutch
il Mulino Prime
Little Prince
Lure Fishbar
MAMO
Mercer Kitchen
Trademark Burger

NoLita
Cherche Midi
Delicatessen
Gatsby's
Raoul's
Ruby's Cafe

Hudson Square
Union Bar & Kitchen
The Fat Radish

TriBeCa
Almond
American Cut
Bisutoro (CLOSED)
Black Burger
The Butterfly (CLOSED)
Church Street Tavern (CLOSED)
Distilled
Daruma-Ya
The Odeon

Lower East Side
Beauty & Essex
The Burgary
The Late Late
Miller's Near & Far
Nonna's LES Pizzeria
Paulaner
Remedy Diner
Rosette (CLOSED)
Schiller's Liquor Bar
Schnippers

Little Italy
Genuine Superette

Chinatown
Breakroom Burgers & Tacos
The Fat Radish

Financial District
Bavaria Bier Haus
Burger Burger
Capital Grille
Clarke's Standard (CLOSED)
Pita-Express
Trading Post
Vintry
Watermark
Zaitzeff

Brooklyn
Greenpoint
The Bounty
Cozinha Latina (CLOSED)
Five Leaves
Habitat
Park Luncheonette
Whiskey Burger
White Burger

Williamsburg
12 Chairs Cafe
Belle Shoals
Black Tree
Blue Collar
The Burger Guru
Cherry Izakaya
The Commodore
DuMont (CLOSED)
DuMont Burger
East Wick
Egg
Emmy Squared
Extra Fancy
Freehold
Gordon Bennett
Lighthouse
Peter Luger
Ramen Burger
Roebling Tea Room
Teddy's
Umami Burger

East Williamsburg
Lantern Hall
Roberta's
Tutu's

Bushwick
Forrest Point
Fritzl's Lunch Box
Northeast Kingdom (CLOSED)

Clinton Hill
Bar Bolinas
Emily
SoCo
Speedy Romeo

Prospect Heights
67 Burger
James
Rose's

Brooklyn Heights
Colonie

Fort Greene
The General Greene
Lulu & Po

Carroll Gardens
Wilma Jean

Boerum Hill
Burger on Smith (CLOSED)
Mile End
two8two Burger

Park Slope
Bonnie's Grill
Dram Shop
Pork Slope
Thistle Hill Tavern

South Slope
The Double Windsor
Korzo

Red Hook
Grindhaus

Sunset Park
Melody Lanes

Bay Ridge
The Kettle Black

Ditmas Park
Ox Cart Tavern

Sheepshead Bay
Brennan & Carr

Mill Basin
The Luncheonette (CLOSED)


Queens
Astoria
Queens Comfort
The Strand Smokehouse
Sweet Afton

Long Island City
The Baroness
Burger Garage
Petey's Burger

Woodside
Donovan's Pub

LaGuardia
Custom Burgers

Forrest Hills
Twist and Smash'd

Rockaway
Rippers


The Bronx
Brewski's Bar & Grill
Bronx Alehouse
Bronx Burger House
Piper's Kilt
PJ Brady's

Staten Island
Duffy's
Joyce's Tavern
O'Neill's
Nurnberger Bierhaus
Standard Burger

Food Trucks
Cinnamon Snail (Veg)
Frites 'n' Meats
Go Burger Truck
Hard Times Sundaes
Munchie Mobile
Rhong-Tiam Supreme Burger Truck
Uncle Gussy's


Long Island
All-American Drive-In
Angelina's Fireshack (CLOSED)
Biscuits & Barbeque
Brook 23
Burger Bandit
Burger Bite
The Burger Spot
Burger Village
Cheeburger Cheeburger
The Chef's Corner
Dee Dee's Luncheonette
Dirty Burger
EAT Gastropub
The Good Life
Gourmet Burger Bistro
International Delight Cafe
Jameson's Bar & Grill
Jon Thomas Inn
Juliebelle's (CLOSED)
Landmark Diner
Left Coast Kitchen and Cocktails
Mac & Melts
Morning Rose Cafe
Munday's
Murphy's Bar & Grill
Navy Beach
New York Burger Bar
P.S. Burgers
Parlay
Plattduetsche Park
Snaps American Bistro
Swing the Teapot
TR's Great American Restaurant
Trinity
Your Mother's House

Hudson Valley
Bear Creek Restaurant
Garden House 12472
Phoenicia Diner
Wayback Burger

Alaska
Anchorage
Tommy's Burger Stop

California
Los Angeles
25 Degrees
The Apple Pan
Belcampo Meat Company
Burger Lounge
Carney's
The Counter
Father's Office
Hamburger Habit
Hole in the Wall
In-N-Out Burger
Marty's Hamburger Stand
The Oinkster
Original Tommy's
Short Order
Snug Harbor
Stout
U-Mini

Bay Area
The Cavalier
Don Pisto's
Hall of Flame
Miller's East Coast Deli
Oak and Rye
Palmer's Tavern
Pearl's
Tower Burger
Triptych
Trueburger

Colorado
Denver
Historians Ale House
Humboldt

Connecticut
Greenwich
Fleishers
Humboldt

Florida
Miami Metro
27
The Bistro
BLT Steak
CG Burgers
HiWay Burger
Kush
Latin Burger & Taco
Le Tub
El Mago de las Fritas
The Office
ROK:BRGR
Tarpon Bend

Tampa Bay Area
Angry Pepper Smokeshack & Grill
El Cap
Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish

Georgia
Atlanta
FLiP Burger Boutique
The General Muir
Little's Food Store
The Vortex

Illinois
Chicago
Au Cheval (2)
The Bad Apple
Beograd Cafe
Bernie's Lunch & Supper
BopNGrill
Bull & Bear
Burger Bar Chicago
Cortland's Garage
Diez Y Ocho
DMK Burger Bar
The Duck Inn
Elly's Pancake House
Farmhouse
Feast Restaurant + Bar
The Fifty/50
Flub a Dub Chub's
The Gage
GreenRiver
Hackney's
Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse
Hopsmith Tavern
Howell's and Hood
Johnny's Grill
Keefer's
Kuma's Corner
Longman & Eagle
Luella's Southern Kitchen
Little Bad Wolf
Little Goat Diner
Mindy's HotChocolate
Northside Bar & Grill
Oak + Char
O'Callaghan's Pub
Porkchop
River Roast
RL
Rockit Bar & Grill
Salero
Salt & Pepper Diner
Swift & Sons
Umami Burger
White Oak Tavern

Kentucky
Louisville
The Sports & Social Club

Louisiana
New Orleans
Bud's Broiler
Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar
The Company Burger
Cowbell
Jaeger Burger
McClure's Barbecue
Ms. Juicy Lucy's
Port of Call
Ted's Frostop
Trūburger
Yo Mama's Bar & Grill

Maryland
Baltimore
The Abbey Burger Bistro
Bluegrass Tavern
Bobby's Burger Palace
Papermoon Diner
Wayward

Massachusetts
Greater Boston
Alden & Harlow
b.good
Back Bay Social Club
Craigie on Main
JM Curley
Sarma
Tasty Burger

Marthe's Vineyard
Atria

Michigan
North Michigan
Bay Harbor
Knot Just a Bar
South American Grille (CLOSED)

Bellaire
Toonies

Boyne
Après Ski Pub
The B.B.Q.
Boyne City Tap Room
Boyne River Inn
Everett's
Forty Acres Tavern
Friggy's SoBo Pub
Jake's Place (CLOSED)
Mountainside Grille
Northern Table
Parkside Grill & Treats
Pierson's Grill & Spirits (CLOSED)
Robert's Restaurant
Stein Eriksen's
Thick 'n Juicy
The Whi-Ski Inn

Charlevoix
Bridge Street Tap Room
Charlevoix Dairy Grille
East Park Tavern
Kelsey's Lakeside Grill
The Landing
Smoke on the Water
The Villager Pub

Elk Rapids
Pearl's New Orleans Kitchen
Roadhouse 757
Town Club

Elmira
Railside Bar & Grill

Gaylord
Alpine Tavern & Eatery
Timothy's Pub

Grayling
Spike's Kig O Nails

Harbor Springs
Bar Harbor
Etta's
Johan's Burger Express

Indian River
The Inn Between

Kalkaska
Breakfast & Burger Express
Trout Town

Petoskey
Bill & Carol's
The Bob-In Again
City Park Grill
Duffy's Garage & Grille
Freshwater Grill
JR's Hometown Grill
Southwoods Pub & Grill
Tap 30 Pourhouse
Vintage Chophouse

Traverse City
Blue Tractor

Whitewater
McGee's No. 72


Central Michigan
Gabby's Pub & Grill

Metro Detroit
Ale Mary's Beer Hall
Bagger Dave's
Basement Burger Bar
Bates Hamburgers
Brass Pointe
Burger 21
Cass Cafe
Franklin Grill
Firebird Tavern
Freakin' Unbelievable Burgers
Gold Cash Gold
Green Dot Stables
Greene's Hamburgers
the Grill
Hunter House
Jaws Jumbo Burgers
Mercury Burger Bar
Miller's Bar
The Moose Preserve
Nemo's
One Eyed Betty's
Redcoat Tavern
Sidetrack Bar & Grill
Vinsetta Garage
Willson's Pub 'n Grill

Nevada
Las Vegas
Jack's Place

New Jersey
North Jersey
Boardwalk
Brooklyn Custom Grind Burgers
Candlewyck Diner
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Onieals
White Manna

Central Jersey
Acropolis Diner
The Bistro at Red Bank
Burger Bros
MJ's Pizza, Bar & Grill
The Pour House

Ohio
Columbus
The Pearl
The Rossi
Skillet
Third & Hollywood
Thurman Cafe

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
The Basement
Bunny's Onion Burger

Tulsa
Brownie's Hamburgers
Fat Guy's Burger Bar

Oregon
Portland
Grüner
Yakuza Lounge

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
PYT
Village Whiskey

Pittsburgh
Benjamin's Western Avenue Burger Bar
Meat & Potatoes

Rhode Island
Newport
Mission

South Carolina
Charleston
Halls Chophouse
Husk

Tennessee
Nashville
Gabby's Burgers and Fries

Texas
Austin
Contigo
Counter Cafe
Cover 3
El Sapo
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
Jack Allen's Kitchen
Luke's Inside Out
Mighty Fine
Phil's Icehouse
Salt & Time
Second Bar
TRACE

Dallas
Primebar
Twisted Root

Houston
The Grove
Hubcap Grill
Pappas Burger
Reigns Food Truck

Washington
Seattle
Li'l Woody's

Washington, D.C.
Downtown
Bobby's Burger Palace

Australia
Melbourne
Coco Lounge
Cultural Commons
Dexterƒ
Grand Trailer Park Taverna
Hello Sam
Mammy's Boy
Mums Burger Kitchen
One Plus Piece Cafe
Three One 2 One

Sydney
Milk Bar by Cafe Ish

The Bahamas
Nassau
Island Cafe

Canada
Edmonton
Sugarbowl Cafe
Downtown Diner
 Local
 Next Act Pub
 Jack's Burger Shack

Montreal
Burger Bar Crescent
Dic Ann's Food Truck

Toronto
The Burger's Priest

China
Shanghai
Bubba's Texas BBQ
New York Style Steak & Burger
Piro

Croatia
Hvar
Bonj Les Bains

Germany
Berlin
Bun Bao
Burgermeister
Lily Burger
Ruben & Carla

Greece
Athens
Hot Hot Burger Bar

Israel
Jerusalem
Hamoshava 54

Haifa
Duke

India
Mumbai
Leopold Cafe
The Maharaja Mac

Japan
Kyoto
Smile Burger

Lithuania
Vilnius
Studio 9

Mexico
Neuva Vallarta
The Burger Custom Made

Spain
Madrid
Home Burger Bar

Thailand
Bangkok
Firehouse Pub

Ukraine
Odessa
Hretska Square Food Stand

United Kingdom
Bristol
Atomic Burger
Grillstock Smokehouse
Guerrilla Burger
Stray Dogs

Edinburgh
The Devil's Advocate

London
Bacchus
Honest Burgers
Lucky Chip
MEATmarket
MEATmission
Patty & Bun

Smashburger Tour
Arizona
Bay Burger
Beehive
Bluegrass
Brooklyn
Buckeye
Calgary
Capital
Carolina Chili
Colorado
Dixie
Edmonton
Fort Bliss
Georgia
Husker
Iowa
Kansas City
L.A.
Louisiana
Miami
Michigan Olive
Motor City
New Englander
New Jersey
New Yorker
NJ Breakfast Burger
NOLA
NorCal
O.C.
Oklahoma
Philly
San Diego
Sin City
St. Louis
Sunshine Bacon & Cheese
Tennessee
Texas
Twin Cities
Windy City

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