Steven A. Shaw's Favorite Burger in New York City at Beacon

Posted by Robyn Lee, November 26, 2008 at 11:00 AM

Photograph by Zach Brooks

In an interview at Midtown Lunch, eGullet.com co-founder and author of Asian Dining Rules Stephen A. Shaw revealed that his favorite burger in New York City is from the six-seat Burger Bar at Beacon. Shaw's description:

For $12.95 you get the Beacon Burger, which in my opinion is the best burger in New York City—and I think I’ve sampled most every contender for that title. It’s an 8 oz. grilled burger made from Niman Ranch Certified Natural Black Angus beef, served on country toast and garnished with (all on the side) grilled red onion, lettuce, tomato, house-made pickles and ketchup, and very good garlic fries. I have been going pretty much weekly for the past year.

The Burger Bar is only open from noon until 2:30 p.m.—Shaw recommends getting there at noon or after 1:45 for the shortest wait. He also adds that Beacon is kid-friendly.

Burger Bar at Beacon

25 West 56th Street, New York NY 10019 (b/n 5th Avenue and Avenue of the Americas; map)
212-332-0500
beaconnyc.com

4 Comments

Tags: Beacon, Midtown, Midtown Lunch, NYC, Steven A. Shaw

4 Comments:

I've had the Beacon Burger and it's well intended but not that great. Chief detractors: country toast (after it gets grilled it's fairly dry and mealy), house made ketchup (when does this ever work?), and it comes to your seat exactly as shown in the picture, already sliced in half and drooling its juiciness out of the meat (where it belongs) and into your fries (where it don't).

EazyB at 1:14PM on 11/26/08

The menu says that the Beacon Burger is $19. Did they change the price from when Shaw's statement was made?

siggfan at 1:44PM on 11/26/08

It's12.95 at lunch and only when you eat at the "Burger Bar", a six person communal table that fronts the kitchen.

EazyB at 2:03PM on 11/26/08

Wow, that looks great! Cooked to perfection!

jkdrummer at 11:47AM on 11/27/08

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