If you're in the neighborhood, you owe it to yourself to add The Burger Garage to your lunch- or dinnertime roster. It's also worth a detour if you're a 7-, G-, E-, or M-train rider and your commute takes you through the Court Square/23rd-Ely. In a city where new burger joints often backfire despite the best intentions, the Burger Garage seems to be firing on all cylinders.
We've already reviewed the Gramercy location of Big Daddy's twice. Our first impression was not great, and the second was only a moderate improvement. With the new location on the Upper West Side opened earlier this summer, it seems they've lost their way yet again.
Earlier this afternoon, Adam did a "Guess where?" tweet from a burger joint in New York City featuring the photo above. A few people guessed, but no one got it right. What's the answer? Find out after the jump....
I have to admit that I came to 5 Napkin Burger prejudice against it, so much so that I willfully avoided eating it until this week. It's not just the size of the burger—a full 10-ounce patty, which is at least twice my ideal patty size—but also the amount and indeed the very nature of the toppings that are served with it. Not surprisingly, considering that the burger was born at Upper West Side bistro Nice Matin, the restaurant's namesake dish is all frogged up, the hamburger equivalent of French onion soup.
California-based build-your-own-burger chain The Counter is opening their first location in New York City next Monday, December 20, in Times Square at Broadway and 41st Street. 1451 Broadway, New York NY 10036 (map); 212-997-6801; thecounterburger.com; Opening hours: Sun. to Thurs....
Unlike burger spots that feel they have to offer 10,000 burger options, Black Market keeps things simple by offering only a cheeseburger on the menu. You want options? You can add bacon for a buck or tell them to hold the cheese, although that won't save you any money.
Clockwise from top left: The Burger Garage, Burger and Barrel, Whitmans, and The Brindle Room. [Photographs: Nick Solares and Robyn lee.] From Time Out New York comes this list of the ten best new burgers in the city ("new"...
[Photograph: Elevation Burger] In 2009 Virginia-based organic burger chain Elevation Burger announced plans to open in Lower Manhattan by the end of the year, then changed the plan to open near Union Square by May 2010. And then...that didn't...
If nothing else, Whitman's deserves credit for their dedication to Burger Craft. The small burger joint sources their beef from no less than three different vendors and their bread from at least two. Further, they employ three different cooking techniques while drawing inspiration from a variety of regional styles. This would all be for naught if their burgers were lackluster, but aside from one curious composition I found the opposite to be the case. There's some original thinking going on here, while still honoring the hamburgers storied and illustrious past.
[Photographs: Nick Solares] Popular Denver-based burger chain Smashburger is opening three locations in Brooklyn next year, the New York Times reported today. The exact when and where have yet to be revealed, but now you know you won't have...
