The Best Burgers in the United States

Smash burger counters

Easy Street Burgers in Los Angeles presses its patties thin and serves jalapeño burgers and fries with wild sauce. Black Napkin in Grand Rapids is a walk-up counter with four small tables inside, and its smash patties have crisp edges. LaGana in Raleigh runs a short menu of smash burgers with tater tots and yuca fries. BurgerRobs in downtown Titusville, Florida, started as a food truck and serves specialty burgers, tots and fries indoors and on a patio.

Family-run grills

Five Stars Family Burger in Cornelius, Oregon, grills patties to order over charcoal, with kimchi and bulgogi burgers made from Carlton Farms beef. Che Butter Jonez in Decatur is run by a husband-and-wife couple who started with a food truck, and its menu includes lamb burgers and smash burgers with beef bacon. Windy City Burgers in Greenville, South Carolina, is a small restaurant on Coffee Street that bakes its buns in house and mixes ground beef with pork belly.

Bars and food courts

Fancy Burger in Orem, Utah, is a dark restaurant with live piano and saxophone, and its smash burgers use house-made Hokkaido milk buns. La Birra Bar in Oakland Park is a counter-service restaurant that serves Argentine beef, with the Crispy Dubai burger and a wide beer list. Bro Man's Birria N' Burgers in Erie is a counter that serves smash burgers, birria tacos and dipper fries. Hi Burger Co. in a Waikiki food court on Lewers Street, Honolulu, grinds its patties in house and makes each burger to order.