Las mejores hamburguesas de Nueva York

Fairfax

“The Burger (From Bar Sardine)” boasts an origin story almost as long as veteran restaurateur Gabe Stulman’s resume. First conceived as the Fedora Burger, a one-night-only special served at erstwhile West Village mainstay Fedora not long after Stulman took over, the burger gained a cult following when it joined the menu at Stulman’s nearby pub Bar Sardine (also now closed). Then it disappeared and reappeared (with a nomenclatural nod to its previous home) at Fairfax across the street, where it remains — exclusively — to this day. The juicy chuck and brisket patty, dripping with smoked cheddar cheese, is served on a toasty grilled potato roll that's pressed flat for an ideal bun-to-meat ratio. Smoky-sweet barbecue mayo, a slice of raw red onion, and a pile of frizzled shoestring potatoes (yes, right on the burger) complete this masterpiece. A side of crispy Old Bay tater tots is required.

Harlem Shake

The Harlem Classic w/ Beef is a double-patty, lacy-edged smashburger made from a proprietary blend of locally sourced Pat LaFrieda beef with a blanket of American cheese between the patties, served on a buttered and toasted Martin’s Potato Roll with onions, homemade pickles, and special sauce. The Hot Mess w/ Beef is the same burger, but instead of the aforementioned toppings you get a zingy house-made relish of pickled cherry peppers and bacon. The choice between the two is one only you can make, but either way, you won’t be disappointed (or hungry, maybe ever again).

Petey’s Burger

An old-school, no-frills fast food joint in Long Island City, Petey’s is New York’s answer to In-N-Out. And their cheeseburger — a medium-thick four-ounce patty of pure Black Angus Beef topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and American cheese and served on a fluffy fresh-baked bun — is just about the most classic version of a cheeseburger you’ll find. Double double who?

Pastis

Cuando este local de Meatpacking reabrió en 2019, tras un paréntesis de cinco años, también trajo de vuelta — para gran alivio de muchos — su querida Cheeseburger à l'Américaine. Una versión afrancesada y de bistró de un clásico americano, las hamburguesas dobles de cuatro onzas están bañadas en queso americano fundido y servidas con pepinillos en vinagre, cebolla roja y salsa especial en un bollo de brioche. Las patatas fritas vienen de acompañamiento, por supuesto.

Emily

Ordering a burger at a pizza restaurant may seem like a dubious choice, especially when that burger rings in at $33. But this burger, the Emmy Burger at EMILY in Clinton Hill, is no ordinary burger. A succulent, steak-like 7oz Pat LaFrieda dry-aged beef patty comes draped in Grafton cheddar, caramelized onions, and a red pepper-kissed aioli called Emmy sauce, served on a salty pretzel bun. If you want to try one of the best of the best in NYC’s burger scene, order it.

Home Frite

La hamburguesa con queso de este local de Bed-Stuy (y el favorito de Smorgasburg) es de lo más tradicional y sin dudas el ideal para esos días en los que sólo necesitas una buena hamburguesa sin lujos. Hablamos de carne picada fresca, queso americano fundido, cebolla caramelizada, pepinillos y una cremosa salsa secreta en un bollo de brioche tostado. Este lugar mantiene su menú simple — hamburguesas, perritos calientes, sándwiches de pollo, patatas fritas, y eso es más o menos todo — y todo está bien hecho.

F. Ottomanelli Burgers

Prefer your patties straight from the source? This Woodside, Queens, butcher shop, first opened by Italian immigrants in 1960, has since morphed into a burger joint-slash-butcher shop, and it serves some of the city’s juiciest double-patty brisket-and-chuck burgers — sourced straight from its own meat counter in the basement. Try the classic double cheeseburger on a seeded bun (too rare these days, IMHO) or upgrade it with their house-made candied bacon jam.

Blue Collar Bushwick

Este relajado restaurante de Bushwick utiliza una mezcla local de carne de pechuga para sus crujientes hamburguesas, y harías bien en pedir dos en un bollo. A partir de ahí, es queso americano fundido, cebolla, pepinillos, lechuga verde y salsa especial llena de sabor en un bollo de patata dorado y blando. Añade un batido y patatas fritas si vienes de fiesta.

Gus’s

When it first opened in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, in 2022, Gus’s was Gus’s Chop House, a steak restaurant with a secret off-menu burger you could only order at the bar. Now the restaurant has rebranded, and their dripping monstrosity of a burger is not only a permanent fixture on the menu, but also available for delivery. A seriously luscious patty of blended pork, chuck, and dry-aged beef, it’s topped with a blend of raw and caramelized onions, salty aged cheddar, and housemade aioli.

Minetta Tavern

La Minetta Tavern, uno de los restaurantes más famosos del West Village, es conocida por sus grandes filetes y la presencia de famosos. Pero los entendidos optan por la Black Label Burger, una mezcla de costilla de buey madurada en seco y rociada con mantequilla clarificada a la parrilla, coronada con un nido de cebollas caramelizadas y servida en un bollo con forma de nube y semillas de sésamo que Balthazar Bakery elabora a medida sólo para esta hamburguesa. Créeme, el queso estará presente.

Shake Shack

Sure, there are Shake Shacks all over the world, but don’t you forget that the very first one was actually a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park. (And that original location remains an excellent post-game destination if Eleven Madison Park’s vegan tasting menu doesn’t quite fill you up — just sayin’.) The great thing about living in NYC, though, is that you can order a ShackBurger — Angus beef, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and creamy-tangy ShackSauce on a toasted potato bun — from just about anywhere in the city, and it’ll arrive on your doorstep lickety split.

Win Son Bakery

Esta panadería taiwanesa-estadounidense, en pleno corazón del sur de Williamsburg, ofrece algo más que pasteles excepcionales. Aquí también encontrarás una de las mejores hamburguesas de la ciudad: la hamburguesa smash doble con queso y patatas fritas. Esta delicia de doble carne, que sólo se sirve en las cenas, reposa sobre una capa de raclette derretida, una guarnición de cebolletas y una salsa especial a base de mayonesa que, a diferencia de la mayoría de las versiones de salsas al estilo de las Mil Islas, es realmente única. Se elabora con una cuajada de alubias fermentada que se inspira en la versión taiwanesa, llamada doufu ru, mezclada con jengibre, más cebolletas y ketchup. Todo ello se sirve en un bollo de pan de leche que parece una nube y que la extraordinaria chef pastelera Danielle Spencer hornea allí mismo.

Comfortland

This nostalgic little counter service spot in Astoria, originally known for its donuts, certainly lives up to its name. There’s a classic burger called the Grandstand (with a beef patty, American cheese, lettuce, and special sauce on a fluffy potato bun) but the real MVP is their burger-adjacent Old Boy: a mess of sweet-n-spicy chopped Korean ribeye, cheddar, beer battered onion rings, gochujang aioli, and pickled red onions, served on a toasty brioche bun.

Peter Luger Steak House

Williamsburg’s most epic steak experience also serves one of the city’s most epic burgers, the Luger Burger, served daily until 3:45 on the dot. What you get is just half a pound of juicy USDA prime on a golden bun — if you want cheese, tomatoes, onions, and fries, you’ll have to add them.

Au Cheval

The New York outpost of this beloved Chicago mainstay does not disappoint when it comes to burgers. Maximalism is the name of the game; order the “single” burger if you want two patties, and the “double” if you want three. Each thicker-than-it-needs-to-be patty of prime beef is seared to a nice crust on the outside and juicy on the inside, with a melted quilt of sharp American cheese and plenty of cream dijonnaise, crunchy pickles, and onion. You don’t have to add a few slabs of thick-cut bacon, but…you know…you could.

7th Street Burger

This local chain is known for its double cheeseburger, two crispy-on-the-outside patties with American cheese, grilled onions, pickles, and a house sauce on a Martin’s potato bun. To really gild the lily, you can also order spicy loaded beef fries. Yes, that is a chopped up burger topping the fries, along with melted American cheese, grilled onions, and spicy sauce.