"We put a lot of effort into little businesses like this. They're important to us," says Pat LaFrieda about The Little Owl. Getting the blend of chuck, brisket, and flatiron steak just right took five or six trials, but all that work has made one hell of a grilled burger. We went into the kitchen with chef Joey Campanaro to learn how it gets made. More

The latest video from This Must Be the Place—"a series of short films that explore the idea of home"—features Prime Burger, a burger joint/diner in Midtown Manhattan that opened in 1938 and has barely changed since the 1960s. Depending on who you talk to, it's either past its prime (according to Nick Solares) or one of New York's great burgers (according to Ed Levine). After watching this beautifully shot video by Lost & Found Films, featuring interviews with employees who've work there from just three years to 59 years, we can all hopefully agree it's a New York icon worth keeping around whether or not you like burgers. More

As a proud and staunch booster of the American hamburger—that is, a burger that focuses on the pure, unadulterated flavor of freshly ground beef—I have trouble reconciling my mixed feelings over the decidedly un-American burgers at Ruby's. So foreign is its construct to me that at the beginning it was even difficult for me to tell whether I liked it or not, though in the end, I'm gonna have to come down on the side of, yep, it's pretty darn good. More

Despite $50+ prices for dry aged steaks at night (plus more for à la carte side dishes), steakhouses can offer some of the best lunch deals in town. We've previously commented on a few of Keens Steakhouse's lunch steak options, as well as the awesomely decadent Prime Rib Hash, and I'm happy to report that if you're into brick-thick steakhouse-style grilled burgers, theirs is a steal worth braving the dark, oak-covered, and suit-filled pub room for. More

Asian fusion burgers are generally a bad idea—the notion gets in the way of the execution, and what you end up with is something that's more of concept than a real burger (the same could be said for Social Eatz as a whole). But Sosa surprised us with the intelligently conceived, and more importantly, well-executed burgers on the menu here. More

The concept behind Joy Burger Bar in East Harlem (with a soon-to-be second location in the West Village) is a discredit to the burgers served inside. Though their signage proudly proclaims that "the sauces make the difference," it's really their atmosphere and attention to burger detail that puts them a step above your average burger joint. More

There's a dearth of decent burger options in Morningside Heights. It's never made much sense to me. You'd think with Columbia, Barnard, and the Manhattan School of Music nearby that the neighborhood would be rife with good cheap burgers. Recently opened Mel's steps in to try and fill that gap. More

I've blogged about pizza and burgers for years. So of course I've seen a fair share of pizzaburgers on various diner and burger joint menus. I've never eaten one—if I have, it was so long ago I don't remember. Maybe it was the purist in me that held me back from mixing two perfectly excellent dishes that can (and some say should) otherwise stand on their own. That all changed last night, when I found myself at Soup Burg on Manhattan's Upper East Side. More

The East Village gets its first Pat La Frieda burgers at Black Market. More

[Images: Shakedown in the App Store] That's not what the description for the Shakedown app says, but that's sort of what it does. The $1.99 app is linked to Foursquare and will send you "notifications whenever your friends are... More