Burgers by State
Name of burger - Location - Rating - Date of last sampling
(This list only includes local or possibly regional restaurants.)
Update May 24, 2025
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(Name - Location - Rating - Date last sampled)
ALABAMA
MILO'S DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - Birmingham 1 9/13
ALASKA
ARCTIC ROADRUNNER CHEESE - Anchorage 7 5/12
BURGER STOP CHEESEBURGER - Anchorage 8 5/12
ARIZONA
LENNY'S COUNTRY BURGER - Phoenix 8 4/11
LINDY'S ON 4TH SHROOMIN' COW - Phoenix 7 3/16
SNOW CAP DRIVE-IN - Seligman AZ 6 1/20
ARKANSAS
HAMBURGER STATION HUMCHEESEBURGER - Paragould 4 6/96
HUGO'S SMOKY CHEDDAR BURGER - Fayetteville 9 10/12
ORIGINAL FRIED PIE SHOP BRISKET BURGER - Conway AR 7 11/23
PATRICK'S CHEESEBURGER - Springdale 7 3/12
SMITTY'S GARAGE CHEESEBURGER - Rogers AR 8 11/23
CALIFORNIA
APOLLO RESTAURANT CLASSIC - Victorville 9 2/17
APPLE PAN HICKORY BURGER - Los Angeles 8 3/13
APPLE PAN STEAKBURGER - Los Angeles 8 3/13
BOB'S BIG BOY CLASSIC - Burbank CA 7 11/21
BROTHERS RESTAURANT BROTHERS BURGER - Santa Ynez CA 8 2/19
CASSELL'S CHEESEBURGER - Los Angeles CA 8 2/19
CHUBBIES HAMBURGERS CHEESEBURGER 8 2/18
DUPAR'S TINY'S PATTY MELT - Los Angeles CA 7 2/19
EUREKA! AMERICAN - Santa Barbara CA 7 2/24
EUREKA! COWBOY BURGER - Santa Barbara CA 7 2/24
FINNEY'S CRAFTHOUSE "FINNEY BURGER" - San Luis Obispo 9 2/24
FIRESTONE GRILL ABC BURGER - San Luis Obispo 7 2/20
FOSTERS FREEZE CLASSIC - Morro Bay, CA 7 1/19
GOTT'S ROADSIDE CHEESEBURGER - San Francisco 9 4/17
ISLANDS RESTAURANT LONGBOARDER - Santa Barbara CA 8 2/22
JALAMA BEACH STORE CHEESEBURGER - Jalama Beach CA 7 1/20
JANE JANE'S BURGER - Santa Barbara 9 1/17
MARTY'S CHEESEBURGER - Los Angeles 8 8/11
MESA BURGER - Santa Barbara CA 8 2/22
ON THE ALLEY CHEESEBURGER 5 2/18
PIE 'N BURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Pasadena 6 2/17
SB BIERGARTEN "SMATTY" - Santa Barbara CA 9 2/24
SLATER'S 50/50 CHEESEBURGER - Pasadena CA 3 2/20
SUPER DUPER BURGERS MINI CHEESEBURGER - San Francisco CA 10 6/18
TAIL O' THE PUP SASSY CHEESE - West Hollywood CA 2 2/23
THE BREWHOUSE PATTY MELT - Santa Barbara 5 1/16
THE HABIT CHARBURGER - Santa Barbara 7 2/24
THE HITCHING POST II CHEESEBURGER - Buellton CA 6 2/20
(NEW) THE PLOT PATTY MELT Vegan - Costa Mesa CA 2 3/25
THE SET "THE SET BURGER" - Santa Barbara Hilton CA 7 2/22
THE SPOT CHEESEBURGER - Carpinteria CA 8 2/22
THIRD WINDOW "THE ORIGINAL SMASHED BURGER" - Santa Barbara CA 9 2/25
TOMMY'S ORIGINAL CHILI CHEESEBURGER - Los Angeles CA 5 2/19
UMAMI BURGERS "THE UMAMI" - Los Angeles 7 2/22
WEE SHACK SHACK BURGER - Morro Bay CA 8 1/18
COLORADO
BENT FORK CLASSIC - Aurora 9 3/07
BIG AL'S 60/40 BURGER - Fort Collins 9 7/15
(NEW) BIG SKY BURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Lakewood CO 2 6/24
BINGO BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Colorado Springs 6 12/15
(NEW) BJ'S DRIVE-IN SUPER CHEESEBURGER - Lamar CO 7 11/24
(NEW) BJ'S RESTAURANT CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER - Lakewood CO 5 5/24
BOB'S ATOMIC BURGER - Golden 8 9/20
BRAKEMAN'S BURGER - Colorado Springs CO 8 9/21
BUBBA'S 33 CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER - Colorado Springs CO 8 3/19
BUCKHORN EXCHANGE CHEESEBURGER - Denver 7 3/11
BUCKSNORT SALOON BUCK BURGER - Pine 6 7/09
BUD'S BAR CHEESEBURGER - Sedalia 7 11/14
BULLY RANCH CHEESEBURGER - Vail 8 5/15
BURGER BOX TWIN TWIN - Colorado Springs CO 8 10/20
CASTLE BAR AND GRILL MC CASTLE - Littleton CO 4 12/21
CASTLE CAFE ROCK BURGER - Castle Rock 8 3/15
(NEW) CBURGER CHEESEBURGER - Englewood CO 7 7/24
CHERRY CRICKET "CRICKET BURGER" - Denver 10 9/23
CITY GRILLE STEAKBURGER - Denver 9 7/03
CONEY ISLAND CHEESEBURGER - Bailey CO 5 5/08
CRAVE REAL BURGERS CHEESY JANE - 4 locations 6 7/16
CRAVE REAL BURGERS FATTY MELT - 4 locations 1 7/11
CROWN BURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Denver CO 7 1/20
CY'S DRIVE-IN CHEESEBURGER - Colorado Springs 7 2/13
DAVIES' CHUCK WAGON DINER - Lakewood 5 2/18
DRIFTER'S CHEESEBURGER - Colorado Springs 8 6/19
EMPIRE BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Breckenridge 5 6/15
FARM HOUSE AT BRECKENRIDGE BREWRY CHUCK WAGON BURGER - Littleton 5 6/16
FATBELLY BURGERS "THE STANDARD" - Carbondale CO 8 3/19
FAT SULLY'S LIGHTS OUT BURGER - Centennial CO 8 4/23
FLYING PIG BURGER CO. "THE GO TO" - Littleton CO 5 2/18
FRESH BURGER STOP FRESH BURGER - Estes Park CO 9 8/24
FRONT RANGE INN RANGE BURGER - Lakewood CO 7 5/23
GRANDPA'S BURGER HAVEN DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - Denver 9 4/13
GREEN LINE GRILL DELUXE - Colorado Springs 9 11/17
GREEN LINE GRILL ORIGINAL ONION FRIED BURGER - Colorado Springs CO 9 4/18
HIGHLAND TAVERN "TAVERN BURGER" - Denver 6 5/15
HILLSTONE CHEESEBURGER - Denver 9 1/17
HOPDODDY BURGER BAR CLASSIC - Denver 10 10/20
ILLEGAL BURGERS SLINGER - Evergreen 4 10/15
JENNY'S CHEESEBURGER - Empire 7 9/06
JIM'S BURGER HAVEN SMALL DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - Westminster 5 4/21
JOHNNY MAC'S CAFE CHEESEBURGER - Littleton 5 1/09
KING'S CHEF PATTY MELT - Colorado Springs 5 11/08
KNOCKABOUT BURGER - Denver CO 6 7/22
LAKE HOUSE BURGER - Littleton CO 8 9/2
LOOKIN' GOOD PATTY MELT - Denver CO 8 1/22
LUCY'S BURGER BAR - Denver CO 7 10/22
META BURGER GODFATHER - Aurora CO 2 8/22
MONAGHAN'S CHEESEBURGER - Denver 4 7/17
(NEW) MONAGHAN'S BAR AND GRILL PATTY MELT - Sheridan CO 7 3/25
MUSTARD'S LAST STAND CHARBURGER - Denver CO 8 3/22
MY BROTHER'S BAR CHEESEBURGER Denver CO 8 10/23
NOBLE BURGER SINGLE NOBLE BURGER - Colorado Springs CO 7 7/22
OLD CAPITOL GRILL CHEESEBURGER - Golden 4 6/07
(NEW) OLD TOWN TAVERN "THE TAVERN MELT" - Littleton CO 8 11/24
PARK BURGER - Denver 4 9/10
PENELOPE'S CHEESEBURGER - Estes Park CO 8 8/18
PETE'S KITCHEN CHEESEBURGER - Denver 3 5/05
PUMPHOUSE CHUMLEY'S CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER - Longmont 6 9/17
(NEW) RED ROOSTER CAFE ROOSTER BURGER - Denver CO 3 5/25
ROASTY'S CHEESEBURGER - Greeley 7 4/09
(NEW) ROOT BURGER CHEESEBURGER - UCSB CA 8 2/25
ROYAL "THE HEIR" - Denver 8 8/16
RUSTY BUCKET CHEESEBURGER - Lakewood 7 7/14
SAGEBRUSH BBQ CHEESEBURGER - Grand lake 5 5/12
SCHNEPF'S CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER - Golden CO at Fossil Trace 8 9/20
SHORT STOP CHEESEBURGER - Colorado Springs 3 4/03
SINK CHEESEBURGER - Boulder 7 1/07
SKIRTED HEIFER CLASSIC - Colorado Springs 8 4/17
SNARFBURGER DOUBLE 10 9/19
STEUBEN'S CHEESEBURGER - Arvada 8 3/18
STOCKYARD SALOON "JESSE JAMES" - Denver CO 7 7/21
STUFT CHEESEBURGER - Greeley, Fort Collins 7 9/15
SUNRISE SUNSET MILE HIGH WITH CHEESES- Lakewood 6 1/19
TABLE MOUNTAIN GRILL BBQ BACON CHEDDAR - Golden 7 8/12
THE 49TH DENALI JR. - Denver CO 6 11/18
THE COW CHEESEBURGER - Morrison CO 6 2/19
THE DEN AT FOX HOLLOW - Lakewood CO 8 6/22
(NEW) THE MALT SHOPPE CHEESEBURGER - Pagosa Springs CO 3 6/24
THE MIGHTY BURGER "THE MIGHTY" - Arvada CO 8 4/22
THE TAVERN TAVERN BURGER - Littleton CO 6 7/20
VICCO'S CHARCOALBURGER DRIVE-IN CHEESEBURGER - Glenwood Springs 6 6/09
VIEWHOUSE BALLPARK - Littleton CO 6 8/19
WONDERVU CAFE BUFFALO BURGER - Wondervu 6 3/11
WONDERVU CAFE CHEESEBURGER - Wondervu CO 6 11/19
CONNECTICUT
LOUIS' LUNCH CHEESEBURGER - New Haven 7 9/15
MATCH BURGER LOBSTER "THE MATCH BURGER" - Westport 10 5/19
SHADY GLEN CHEESEBURGER - Manchester 6 5/18
TED'S STEAMED CHEESEBURGER - Meriden 6 5/18
DELAWARE
CHARCOAL PIT "PIT DELUXE" - Wilmington 6 4/15
FLORIDA
DISNEY WORLD CHEESEBURGER - Orlando 6 6/08
GEORGIA
B & D BURGERS "THE BROUGHTON ST" - Savannah 8 7/12
VARSITY CHEESEBURGER - Atlanta 1 6/04
HAWAII
MAHALOHA BURGER - Honolulu 8 7/16
STEWZ MAUI BURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Maui 8 7/16
IDAHO
HUDSON'S HAMBURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Coeur d'Alene 7 10/12
ILLINOIS
(NEW) ACRES INN ACRES DOUBLE CHEESE - Pontiac IL 7 9/24
EPIC BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Chicago 9 9/18
GREEN GABLES CHEESEBURGER - Hudson 7 10/09
KHAKI JACK'S TAZ BURGER - Peoria IL 7 5/21
MEATHEADS "THE MEATHEAD" - Bloomington, Normal 8 6/16
PORTILLO'S CHEESEBURGER - Chicago 7 10/17
RAILHOUSE "RAIL HOUSE BURGER" - Pekin 10 10/15
THE PASS PUB & GRILL CHEESEBURGER - Bloomington IL 5 5/22
INDIANA
POWERS HAMBURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Fort Wayne IN 7 5/21
TRIPLE XXX FAMILY RESTAURANT - West Lafayette 4 10/13
IOWA
(CLOSED) DUTCHFIX GOUDA BURGER - Pella IA 9 10/21
HAMBURG INN NO. 2 CHEESEBURGER - Iowa City 4 10/10
MAID-RITE CHEESE-RITE - Davenport 2 1/07
KANSAS
ANA'S BURGER SHACK BIG D - Manhattan KS 6 10/21
BIG LARRY'S CHEESEBURGER - Valley Center 7 6/10
BOBO DRIVE-IN - Topeka 5 9/16
(CHANGE +3) COZY INN BURGERS - Salina KS 7 11/24
JIFFY BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Smith Center 8 10/17
NU WAY DELUXE - Wichita 7 6/10
SPANGLES GOURMET SUPREME - Wichita 6 6/08
KENTUCKY
COOK OUT CHEESEBURGER COOK OUT STYLE - Richmond 8 10/17
D. NALLEY'S CHEESEBURGER - Louisville 7 10/13
LOUISIANA
PORT OF CALL MUSHROOM BURGER - New Orleans 7 12/10
MAINE
ELEVATION BURGER - Portland 8 9/14
MARYLAND
WAG'S RESTAURANT WAG BURGER - Frederick MD 7 10/21
MASSACHUSETTS
JM CURLEY CHEESEBURGER - Boston 8 9/14
MR. BARTLEY'S BURGER COTTAGE "TOM BRADY" - Cambridge 8 10/11
UBURGER CHEESEBURGER - Boston 5 10/11
MICHIGAN
BLUE WATER GRILL CHILI CRUSTED BURGER - Grand Rapids 9 10/15
KRAZY JIM'S BLIMPY BURGER - Ann Arbor 9 9/10
MILLER'S BAR CHEESEBURGER - Dearborn 7 10/09
MINNESOTA
5-8 CLUB JUICY LUCY - Minneapolis 5 10/14
MATT'S BAR JUCY LUCY - Minneapolis 8 10/14
MICKEY'S DINER CHEESEBURGER - St. Paul 7 10/14
MISSISSIPPI
IRON HORSE GRILL IRON HORSE BURGER - Jackson 8 8/15
MISSOURI
TOWN-TOPIC HAMBURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Kansas City MO 8 10/21
WHITE KNIGHT CHEESEBURGER - St Louis MO 7 10/21
WINSTEAD'S STEAKBURGER - Kansas City 6 6/08
MONTANA
MATT'S DRIVE-IN CHEESEBURGER - Butte 5 9/12
MISSOULA CLUB CHEESEBURGER - Missoula 8 9/12
NEBRASKA
(NEW) MAC'S DRIVE-IN - McCook NB 3 7/24
UNION BAR CHEESEBURGER - Gering 6 7/15
NEVADA
BOBBY'S BURGER PALACE CRUNCHBURGER - Las Vegas 4 5/15
HEART ATTACK GRILL SINGLE BYPASS - Las Vegas 4 1/15
NEW HAMPSHIRE
GILLEY'S PM LUNCH CHEESEBURGER - Portsmouth 9 10/11
NEW JERSEY
BILL'S LUNCHEONETTE CALIFORNIA BURGER - Ironia 6 6/05
AFTER CHAR-BROIL CHEESEBURGER - Flanders 6 1/05
WHITE MANNA CHEESEBURGER - Hackensack 8 5/18
NEW MEXICO
BLAKE'S LOTABURGER - Albuquerque 1 3/10
(CLOSED) MINNIE'S DAIRY DELITE CHEESEBURGER - Springer 4 7/10
NEW YORK
BILL'S BAR AND BURGER "BILL'S BURGER" - New York City 5 12/15
BURGER JOINT CHEESEBURGER - New York City 7 10/07
COMFORT DINER CHEESEBURGER - New York City 7 7/99
J. G. MELLON CHEESEBURGER - New York City 9 7/12
NORTH CAROLINA
MELVIN'S CHEESEBURGER - Elizabethtown 8 8/10
RALEIGH TIMES BURGER - Raleigh 7 5/13
UNIVERSAL JOINT CHEESEBURGER - Asheville 7 5/13
NORTH DAKOTA
KROLL'S DINER FRISCO BURGER MELT - Bismarck 8 7/15
OHIO
CRABILL'S DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - Urbana 7 9/11
FRISCH'S BIG BOY - Several locations 7 3/06
HAMBURGER WAGON - Miamisburg 1 9/11
KEWPEE CHEESEBURGER - Lima 7 9/11
SUZ-E-Q'S MOZZIE - Cardington OH 7 10/21
THE SPOT CHEESEBURGER - Sidney 7 9/11
THURMAN'S CAFE BIG TC - Columbus 10 9/11
WILSON'S DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - Findlay 4 11/14
OKLAHOMA
BUNNY'S ONION BURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Oklahoma City 8 12/11
HAMBURGER KING CHEESEBURGER - Shawnee 7 10/10
HARDEN'S MEN'S BURGER - Tulsa 5 10/11
JOHNNIE'S HAMBURGERS ONION BURGER - El Reno 9 10/17
MEER'S STORE CHEESEBURGER - Meers 7 10/10
MR. BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Hooker OK 3 10/18
ROBERT'S GRILL CHEESEBURGER - El Reno 8 10/10
SID'S DINER CHEESEBURGER - El Reno 8 10/10
OREGON
BURGERVILLE TILLAMOOK CHEESEBURGER - Portland 4 6/10
LITTLE BIG BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Portland 9 10/12
MCMENAMINS CHEESEBURGER - Portland 8 8/17
STANICH'S CHEESEBURGER - Portland 9 8/17
PENNSYLVANIA
BURGATORY STANDARD DELUXE - Pittsburgh 9 5/15
PRIMANTI BROS PITTS-BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Pittsburgh 2 10/09
ROUGE BURGER - Philadelphia 5 9/09
RHODE ISLAND
STANLEY'S CHEESEBURGER - Providence 7 10/13
SOUTH CAROLINA
SESAME BURGERS "DOWN SOUTH" - Charleston 9 7/12
SOUTH DAKOTA
ROUTE 16 DINER CHEESEBURGER - Hill City SD 6 7/05
SUGAR SHACK SWISS MUSHROOM SUGAR BURGER - Deadwood SD 8 9/22
TENNESSEE
DYER'S BURGERS SINGLE - Memphis 8 10/17
TEXAS
AL'S DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - Arlington TX 8 4/07
BONNELL'S FINE TEXAS CUISINE BONNELL'S BURGER - Fort Worth TX 9 10/18
CHRIS MADRID'S CHEDDAR CHEEZY - San Antonio 6 4/16
KELLER'S #5 - Dallas 9 4/07
KINCAID'S CHEESEBURGER - Fort Worth 9 4/07
TOP NOTCH HAMBURGERS CHEESEBURGER - Austin TX 4 10/18
UTAH
CROWN BURGERS CROWN BURGER - Salt Lake City 4 7/16
ICEBERG DRIVE-IN BIG BURGER - Draper 5 7/16
LARSEN'S FROSTOP PRINCE WITH CHEESE 7 2/18
SHERALD'S DRIVE-IN - Price 6 7/16
VERMONT
CHELSEA ROYAL DINER CHEESEBURGER - West Brattleboro 4 10/13
VIRGINIA
BGR THE BURGER JOINT "THE BURGER" - Alexandria 6 4/15
WASHINGTON
DICK'S DELUXE - Seattle 6 6/18
GREAT STATE BURGER SINGLE - Seattle WA 6 6/18
RED MILL BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Seattle 6 8/11
WEST VIRGINIA
FROSTOP CHEESEBURGER - Huntington 5 9/18
KING TUT DRIVE-IN CHEESEBURGER - Beckley WV 7 9/18
WISCONSIN
KOPP'S CUSTARD CHEESEBURGER - Milwaukee 5 9/08
SOLLY'S GRILLE SUPER CHEESEBURGER - Milwaukee 9 9/08
WYOMING
BORN IN A BARN DOUBLE QP - Laramie WY 8 9/20
WASHINGTON DC
GOOD STUFF EATERY FARMHOUSE CHEESE - Washington DC 9 5/19
INTERNATIONAL
BURGER BAR HAMBURGER - Jerusalem, Israel 5 5/11
BURGER ROYAL "ROYAL AVEC FROMAGE" - Montreal Canada 8 5/18
HARVEY'S CHEESEBURGER - Toronto, Canada 1 7/08
HERO CERTIFIED SIGNATURE BURGER - Toronto, Canada 4 9/10
QUICK BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Paris, France 5 7/07
SOUTH ST. BURGER CHEESEBURGER - Toronto, Canada 7 7/08
STARLITE DINER ORIGINAL CHEESEBURGER - Moscow, Russia 7 6/01
