Behind the Scenes Burger Tour with Pat LaFreida, Part 1: The Pan-Cooked Burger at Lot 2

You love Pat LaFreida; we love Pat LaFreida (and if you don't know Pat, his new show on the Food Network, Meat Men, will make a fine introduction). He supplies stellar meat to some of the best restaurants in New York City and all around the country, and a good percentage of our favorite New York burgers start with his custom blends. So when Pat offered to take us on a burger crawl of the city to learn how some of our favorite burgers get made, the only questions were, "How many?" and, "When do we get started?"

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11 Comments | Posted by Max Falkowitz, May 14, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: behind the scenes, brooklyn, greenwood heights, lot 2, nyc, pat lafreida, pat lafreida burger tour, south slope

AHT Giveaway: Tickets to Rub BBQ's Burger Bash, May 20

Our friends at Rub BBQ in New York City are holding their second annual Burger Bash on May 20, when they'll be serving four off-the-menu burgers from award winning barbecue-ists from 12 to 2 p.m. We have two pairs of tickets to give away!

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91 Comments | Posted by The Serious Eats Team, May 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: events, giveaways, NYC, Rub BBQ

Best 'Cheap Eat' Burger Picks in NYC from Top Chefs

Bloomberg asked top chefs and restaurateurs to share their favorite cheap eats in New York City. (Most of the choices are cheap eats, but some take liberty with the term or forgot they were talking about cheap eats; can't say Le Bernardin or Minetta Tavern qualify.) Here are the burger picks.

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, May 4, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Tagged: lists, NYC

Meet the Smoke Shack, Shake Shack's New Burger

The Smoke Shack is a classic Shack Burger, minus the lettuce and tomato, and with the addition of cherry pepper relish and Niman Ranch applewood-smoked bacon. The bacon is good, but the relish is the real story here: It adds a sweet, slightly hot tang to the burger that a pickle might, only this relish is much more delicious than mere pickles. Not to downplay this bacon; it's good, smokey and cooked to the perfect crispiness, even surviving its trip on the subway back to Serious Eats HQ without turning the least bit limp.

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8 Comments | Posted by Ben Fishner, April 27, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Tagged: Flatiron, NYC, Shake Shack

Newark, NJ: A Genuinely Good Airport Burger at Garden State Diner

After years of searching for a decent burger in an airport, a diner in Newark finally delivered the goods.

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12 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, April 11, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Tagged: AHT reviews, airports, Garden State Diner, New Jersey, Newark, NYC, recommended, reviews

Ed Levine's 5 Favorite Patty Melts

A patty melt is a worthy—dare I say elegant—form of burger. Here's why I love patty melts.

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40 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, April 2, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Tagged: Burger Heaven, California, Chicago, Illinois, Joe's Cable Car, Los Angeles, NYC, patty melts, San Francisco, Short Order, Telepan, Top Notch

Queens: F. Ottomanelli Makes a Burger You'll Want to Love, But Can't

I wanted so much to love my burger at the new Woodside branch of F. Ottomanelli & Sons. Why? For starters, the promise of freshly ground chuck and short rib from butchers that have become something of a New York institution. I went into my review hungry with positive bias. The fall was long and hard.

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5 Comments | Posted by Max Falkowitz, March 28, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Tagged: AHT reviews, F. Ottomanelli and Sons, NYC, Queens, reviews, Woodside

Best 20 New Burgers in NYC from 'Time Out New York'

Time Out New York recently released their list of the 20 best new burgers in NYC.

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13 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 12, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: best-of lists, lists, NYC, Time Out New York

The Shake Smash Guy: How To Have The Ultimate Burger Experience In Downtown Brooklyn

Rather than settle for a sub-optimal burger-topping-fry combo, Serious Eats editors Carey Jones, Erin Zimmer, and I went straight into the heart of the Burger Zone (the official name for the area of downtown Brooklyn that now houses a Shake Shack, a Smashburger, and a Five Guys all within a five-minute walkable radius). Once we reached the epicenter of the three restaurants, we split up and headed out to pick up a topped burger and side of fries from each restaurant. The idea was that we'd use the different components to assemble The Ultimate Burger and Fries Combo, a high end fast-food meal so epic that it requires the use of capital letters.

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28 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, March 2, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: Brooklyn, chains, Downtown Brooklyn, Five Guys, Fun Food Friday, NYC, Shake Shack, Smashburger

Meet the Pastrami-Topped Burger at Bowery Diner, NYC

Utah's pastrami-topped burgers have been discussed at length on A Hamburger Today, particularly those at the mini-chain Crown Burger. There, the pastrami is thinly sliced and piled high, looking like a tangle of lunchmeat atop a thin patty. But at Mathieu Palombino's Bowery Diner, the pastrami-topped Bowery Burger sports a thick slice of the stuff.

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10 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, February 15, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: Bowery Diner, NYC, Pastrami Burgers