A Burger Rebuttal to Zagat’s List of the Best Burgers in 25 Cities

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Zagat decided to honor the humble hamburger by putting together a list of the best burgers in 25 cities. Great idea, terrible execution. To remedy this burger atrocity we have put together a burger rebuttal to their list and included a few additional cities that love burgers just as much as any other place.

The first clue that Zagat’s list was flawed was that the best burger in San Diego was listed as In-n-Out Burger. While they make a fine burger, no burger enthusiast would ever consider it the best. Other notable issues were omission of joints like Louis’ Lunch, quite possibly the home of the hamburger, or White Manna in the middle of New Jersey diner paradise.

Other issues were geographical. For example, Crave Real Burgers is 60 miles from Denver, it appears to Zagat as if Canada simply does not exist and many burger destinations listed didn’t mention the city the restaurant was actually in.

Presented in all of its juicy glory, here are the best burgers in each city Zagat covered and a few more for good measure.

  Zagat Crasstalk
Atlanta Vortex Bar & Grill Farm Burger
Austin Hopdoddy’s Burger Bar P. Terry’s
Baltimore Linwoods The Wharf Rat
Boston Mr. Bartley’s The Haven
Charlotte Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar Brooks Sandwich House
Chicago Edzo’s Burger Shop Kuma’s Corner
Dallas/Ft. Worth Maple & Motor Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger House
Denver Crave Real Burgers Cherry Cricket
Ft. Lauderdale The Le Tub Saloon Jack’s Old Fashion Hamburger House
Gainseville Relish
Hackensack White Manna
Honolulu Kua ‘Aini Sandwich Home Bar & Grill
Houston Goode Co. Burgers Miller’s Cafe
Kansas City Burger Stand at the Casbah Town Topic
Key West Pepe’s Cafe
Las Vegas Slidin’ Thru Bachi Burger
Los Angeles Golden State Father’s Office
Miami Flip Burger Bar Bourbon Steak
Milwaukee Solbelman’s Pub & Grill
Minneapolis Convention Grill
New Haven Louis’ Lunch
New Orleans Port of Call
New York City Burger Joint Bareburger
Orlando Pine Twenty 2 BurgerFi
Orange County, CA Penguin Cafe
Ottawa Dick’s
Philadelphia Sketch Royal Tavern
Phoenix La Grande Orange
Portland, OR Killer Burger Burgerville
Raleigh Char-Grill
Sacramento Squeeze Inn Krush Burger
Salt Lake City Hire’s Big H Guzzi’s Hamburgers
San Antonio Chris Madrid’s Nachos & Burgers
San Diego In-n-Out Burger Hodad’s
San Francisco 900 Grayson Street
Seattle Broiler Bay Kidd Valley
Silicon Valley St. John’s Bar & Grill
St. Louis Anthony’s Bar
Tampa Square 1 Burgers & Bar
Toronto The Burger’s Priest
Tucson Zinburger
Texas Hill Country Alamo Springs Café
Washington, D.C. Ray’s to the Third Black & Orange

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