{"id":8,"date":"2009-01-26T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T14:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:38:50","slug":"18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/","title":{"rendered":"18 of the Best Hamburgers in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you&#8217;re a bit of a food snob, there&#8217;s just no substitute for a nice juicy burger. Whether it&#8217;s the greasy bliss of crisp bacon and melted American cheese or a fancy-pants melt in your mouth Kobe burger, these 18 restaurants have the power to make even a vegetarian think twice.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smashburger.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/files\/smashburger.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"caption\">The almighty Smashburger in Denver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broward \/ Palm Beach<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nSonny&#8217;s Famous Steak Hogies<\/em><br \/>\nSonny&#8217;s is what you might call an institution &#8212; by the time its birthday rolls around on May 29, it will have been sitting in the same quaint spot just north of Taft Street for 50 years. It&#8217;s a family joint, with papa Sonny having passed down his legacy to his sonny, John Nigro, who&#8217;s&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.browardpalmbeach.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-hamburger-520762\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dallas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Twisted Root Burger Co.<\/em><br \/>\nThis Deep Ellum gem is known for one of the best hamburgers in town, along with its famous homemade root beer and milkshakes that can be ordered with Bailey&#8217;s or amaretto. But for those hoping to avoid a future of getting drunk on milkshakes and packing on calories from hamburgers, the turkey&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-burger-1098994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Denver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Bud&#8217;s Cafe &#038; Bar<\/em><br \/>\nThe winner and still the chomp. Bud&#8217;s Bar in Sedalia has seen a lot of changes over the years, including a new owner, but this classic roadhouse remains dedicated to the noble art of burger-makin&#8217;. In fact, for decades it&#8217;s made nothing but burgers: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, double hamburgers,&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westword.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-burger-749845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Smashburger (Best Strip-Mall Burger)<\/em><br \/>\nMeat candy. That&#8217;s the only way to describe the thin, crispy, lacy rind of caramelized beef juice that fries up around the edges of a perfectly smashed smashburger at Smashburger &#8212; the new, homegrown chain that actually came up with a different way to do burgers, smashing them down on a&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westword.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-strip-mall-burger-749851\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>105 Grocery &#038; Deli<\/em><br \/>\nThe 105 Grocery &#038; Deli is located in the rural hamlet of Washington, not far from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park. Inside, there are a lot of cold drink cases and about six tables scattered around the interior. The burgers are made on a griddle behind the cash register. They come wrapped&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-burger-926061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Hill Bar &#038; Grill<\/em><br \/>\nJ&#8217;s Special at The Hill Bar &#038; Grill in Waller is a cheeseburger served on Texas toast. Swapping out a bun for two double-thick slices of toasted white bread sounds like a pretty minor change. But the effect that-aggressively griddled Texas toast has on this cheeseburger is quite&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-cheeseburger-926062\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"J's Special.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/files\/j_s special.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"caption\">J&#8217;s Special at The Hill Bar &#038; Grill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kansas City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Blanc Burgers + Bottles<\/em><br \/>\nBurgers are a big deal in meat-and-potato-lovin&#8217; KC. Barbecue and steaks may be this town&#8217;s signature dishes, but a perfectly cooked all-beef patty evokes almost as much reverence. None of the beauties at the new restaurants in the Power &#038; Light District has the incandescence of the &#8220;Classic&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitch.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-burger-731298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Uncle Bill&#8217;s Mini Cheeseburgers (Best Sliders)<\/em><br \/>\nThere are hamburger purists who won&#8217;t accept the use of the word slider to describe just any miniburger. Essentially, their argument is correct. A miniature burger is just like a regular hamburger but shrunk down to not-quite-Lilliputian dimensions. A slider has to resemble the classic White&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitch.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-sliders-731299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Comme \u00c7a<\/em><br \/>\nThere are a lot of things to admire about Comme \u00c7a. The selection of ripe cheese is among the best in the city, and the braised beef shoulder is exemplary. I love the mussels steamed in cream and Pernod, the hand-chopped steak tartare and what at the moment may be the only serious coq au&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-burger-348042\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Minneapolis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Casper &#038; Runyon&#8217;s Nook<\/em><br \/>\nIf you can&#8217;t get in, it must be good, right? Okay, so the masses don&#8217;t always recognize quality (is American Idol still on?), but in the case of Casper &#038; Runyon&#8217;s Nook, the crowds are correct. Sometimes it seems that the most coveted seat in town is one in this small, narrow joint near the&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citypages.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-burger-443695\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nashville<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>PM Cafe<\/em><br \/>\nWe usually have to make an educated guess about the supreme sammy, but this year we conducted an exhaustive&#8211;if not scientific&#8211;survey of burger-and-bun stacks. PM&#8217;s eight-ounce flame-kissed patty&#8211;infused with minced onions saut\u00e9ed in butter and licked with a glaze of&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashvillescene.com\/bestof\/2008\/award\/best-hamburger-87561\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you&#8217;re a bit of a food snob, there&#8217;s just no substitute for a nice juicy burger. Whether it&#8217;s the greasy bliss of crisp bacon and melted American cheese or a fancy-pants melt in your mouth Kobe burger, these 18 restaurants have the power to make even a vegetarian think twice. The almighty Smashburger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daily Fork - 18 of the Best Hamburgers in America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daily Fork - 18 of the Best Hamburgers in America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Even if you&#8217;re a bit of a food snob, there&#8217;s just no substitute for a nice juicy burger. Whether it&#8217;s the greasy bliss of crisp bacon and melted American cheese or a fancy-pants melt in your mouth Kobe burger, these 18 restaurants have the power to make even a vegetarian think twice. The almighty Smashburger [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Fork - Food News, Restaurant Reviews, Dining Tips and Delicious Distractions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-26T14:26:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-22T19:38:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/files\/smashburger.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Fork - Food News, Restaurant Reviews, Dining Tips and Delicious Distractions\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/files\/smashburger.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Fork - 18 of the Best Hamburgers in America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-26T14:26:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-22T19:38:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/344a3d021c122c2f5e35e6451886fc42\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/18_of_the_best_hamburgers_in_a\/\",\"name\":\"18 of the Best Hamburgers in America\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/344a3d021c122c2f5e35e6451886fc42\",\"name\":\"admin37109\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e3cee52837ed0ac10348afc09abb3f726121fe9d7082c4c6d3210d0d96a3c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin37109\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}