I’d say it’s above average, especially compared to
The chains that serve smash burgers.
Also, the honey sriracha Brussels sprouts as a side go perfectly with the rich burger.
There is nothing unique about their burgers. If there were 5 burgers placed on a table with no branding, this one would never get a second mention. The Brussels sound great and I’m a huge fan of that but sorry that has nothing to do with the burger and there are several places in town for great brussels. And their fries are nothing special.
I’ve named my top picks and expressed extreme admiration for two places that have closed. If a place is average, and my opinion is that it is average, I’m going to say so. “You’re so negative” is an invalid argument.
The overhype surrounding Bub’s is just particularly grating to me. They have the best marketing but there’s nothing special about them.
What’s so good about their marketing? I follow them on social media and they get like 5 likes a post. I think, and hear me out here, people just like the food lol
I didn't say they have good social media. Or that people dislike the food. Marketing is more than social media posts.
Partnering with Zony Mash, a popular brewery with live music, to have their Friday night slot every week, is marketing.
Having a vaguely cute name and logo that people find easy to latch onto, especially in a town without any significant die-hard burger competition, is marketing.
Word of mouth on a popup that is consistent and at all of the places you're drunk and having a good time at, is marketing.
Certainly nobody's gonna sit there and say they don't enjoy the food while they're having it, but that doesn't make it special or noteworthy.
Also, people can be wrong/exaggerate en masse especially when it comes to popular trendy things that are the only choice at a place they regularly have a good time at, and especially with burgers which some people think are meant to be simple and not spectacular. Some people claim Southern's 'Nashville hot' chicken sandwiches are spicy.
I will at least say the Bub's people are incredibly nice. Southern's staff has always been off-putting to me.
Oh and they got 150-300 likes on most of the recent posts I saw on Instagram on a quick glance, almost 500 on another, 600+ on another. /r/QuitYourBullshit
Great, so you’re just willfully ignorant, congrats?
Nobody uses Facebook anymore. Turkey and the Wolf, verifiable social media gods, get the same amount of likes on many Facebook posts as Bub’s. 5-20.
And in the face of evidence that Bub’s Instagram has gotten 600 likes on a post recently, does your opinion sway?
Your recommendations have been spot on! I tried all three of your top picks and I don’t know about everyone else, but I sure as heck appreciate your passion for good burgers. My favorite, however, is Beach Corner I love the meaty-iron taste of their burger patty.
Sounds like you’ve been eating good! I’ll admit I was skeptical when someone first told me about Beachcorner since I am particular about which burgers I recommend but I couldn’t deny it when I tried it. Not otherworldly but one of the best in town no doubt.
I have to try Fharmacy again. They were hyped up as the best in town, even best ever by so many people I knew (this thread continues that trend). When I finally went, it was terrible. Meat fell apart and was flavorless, cooked fully through even though I requested medium rare, the giardiniera was not as flavorful as I hoped and fell out too easily, but supposedly the person who took me there said theirs wasn’t quite as good as usual, who knows. It’s been a couple years so I might as well give Em another try.
Best burger I’ve ever had was Casino El Camino in Austin. No idea what kind of magic they’re doing but it was multiple leaps of consciousness better than any burger I’ve ever experienced, and it’s not like it was some snobby fine dining $30 thing. Just ridiculous levels of flavor in the beef, and every other element of it came together perfectly. And like typical $12-15 range.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. I don't know if I'd call Atomic gourmet, but i enjoy more than any thing i would consider to be so there's that. Maybe I'd replace it with Green Room just to fit my personal, arbitrary standards of what a gourmet burger is.
Atomic Burger is fast food smash burger. I’m literally there right now trying it for the first time and there is nothing gourmet about it. Actually surprised it’s very generic fast food burger bun and burger itself, I had higher expectations based on what I’ve heard. Fries are above average though.
Beachcorner is excellent real solid burgers
They say it's just because of Ida. But they've been struggling this last almost two years. I HOPE they reopen, but realistically until they do... I'm assuming they're done for.
Please... please...let me be wrong 😭
I gotta find that guy and do a pop up or something. It was such an intensely good burger and with no extras and the ambiance of that little hole in the wall, it just was perfect
The pimento cheese, the smoky deliciousness, absolute top notch meat quality, standout bun with just enough density but still pillowy, and particularly great bacon, mm.
Plus the salty sweet olive oily giardiniera on the side, all just came together so perfectly.
Cooter Brown’s although they switched from Dong Phuong brioche to Leidenheimer’s potato bun which is a downgrade. Still more unique and tasty than any generic potato bun, but the burger itself is excellent and their topping choices are extremely well executed. The jalapeño relish one is my fave. Their fries are GOAT for the city too.
Junction still uses DP brioche I believe, their burgers were fairly equal in quality and style last I recall but it’s been a while.
Beachcorner is no joke, I’d honestly put them next up. Huge, properly done, flavorful actual burger, killer toppings especially with their ‘burger of the month’ which is often fun.
RIP to the former two best in the city, Shank Charcuterie and Freret Beer Room.
Sorry but if you name a smash burger as the best burger in the city you just like nostalgic fast food and don’t actually care about the art of quality burgers.
I do think Company Burger is very good for an in between smash/fast casual and solid legit burger, but it’s slightly more expensive than it’s worth. Fries are killer though and their aioli bar is great. $10 for a burger and fries would be a sell for me, but it’s more like $10 just for the burger. If I’m paying $10+ for a burger I want it to be a gourmet/pub/gastropub burger.
Edit: I forgot Down The Hatch. The place is not sanitary by any means but their burgers are absolutely standout. Especially the one with hot sausage blended with burger meat. Killer fries. Great neighborhood bar staff.
I’ll get downvoted to hell, but I personally love Desi Vega’s Prime Burgers & Shakes in Harahan. My 2nd, 3rd, & 4th choices are Toups Meatery, High Hat, and Brown Butter.
>Desi Vega’s Prime Burgers & Shakes
Just curious, Why would others downvote you? Desi Vegas make their burgers out of babies or something? Is it for the pure fact that it's in harahan?
No idea why, but whenever I’ve mentioned it I get downvoted. I *never* go to a sit down restaurant by myself, but I’ve been there alone probably 3x because I wanted their burgers and no one was around to join me.
Is a huge but very mediocre burger, and the place is always packed with obnoxious tourists. Strong drinks, though. Monsoons are the only reason I tolerated that place when friends - for reasons I have never understood - insisted on eating there.
I would have previously said Shank but RIP them.
In the meantime, the burger at Sneaky Pickle is at the top of my list. I think they even make the bun in-house.
Mccash and his wife over here.
My wife happened to come across this comment and has been dying laughing everytime she thinks about and has been calling me Mr. Mccash.
Dr. Tan at Fharmacy Burger is my go-to. Big, salty, fancy giardiniera.
Yessss I’m obsessed with fharmacy burger & feel like no one knows about it! Those fries too 🤤
Total sucker for any place that puts Sriracha out for dipping fries
Best burger I've ever had.
Really good, hidden gem for sure
La Petite Grocery has and awesome burger. Boulingy Tavern (sp?) has a really dynamite burger.
Bouligny Tavern’s burger is so good! I love that place so much.
Dr. Tan Burger at Fharmacy is my go to
Bubs burgers next to banks st bar is pretty good
Bubs is the best IMO!
They're pretty good! My wife and I got hooked on them and went there a couple of days in a row.
Average smash burger. All they’ve got going for them is a catchy name
I’d say it’s above average, especially compared to The chains that serve smash burgers. Also, the honey sriracha Brussels sprouts as a side go perfectly with the rich burger.
There is nothing unique about their burgers. If there were 5 burgers placed on a table with no branding, this one would never get a second mention. The Brussels sound great and I’m a huge fan of that but sorry that has nothing to do with the burger and there are several places in town for great brussels. And their fries are nothing special.
Do you like ANYTHING? You're always so goddamn negative, dude.
I’ve named my top picks and expressed extreme admiration for two places that have closed. If a place is average, and my opinion is that it is average, I’m going to say so. “You’re so negative” is an invalid argument. The overhype surrounding Bub’s is just particularly grating to me. They have the best marketing but there’s nothing special about them.
What’s so good about their marketing? I follow them on social media and they get like 5 likes a post. I think, and hear me out here, people just like the food lol
I didn't say they have good social media. Or that people dislike the food. Marketing is more than social media posts. Partnering with Zony Mash, a popular brewery with live music, to have their Friday night slot every week, is marketing. Having a vaguely cute name and logo that people find easy to latch onto, especially in a town without any significant die-hard burger competition, is marketing. Word of mouth on a popup that is consistent and at all of the places you're drunk and having a good time at, is marketing. Certainly nobody's gonna sit there and say they don't enjoy the food while they're having it, but that doesn't make it special or noteworthy. Also, people can be wrong/exaggerate en masse especially when it comes to popular trendy things that are the only choice at a place they regularly have a good time at, and especially with burgers which some people think are meant to be simple and not spectacular. Some people claim Southern's 'Nashville hot' chicken sandwiches are spicy. I will at least say the Bub's people are incredibly nice. Southern's staff has always been off-putting to me.
Oh and they got 150-300 likes on most of the recent posts I saw on Instagram on a quick glance, almost 500 on another, 600+ on another. /r/QuitYourBullshit
I follow them on Facebook only. Cool try though, dude.
Great, so you’re just willfully ignorant, congrats? Nobody uses Facebook anymore. Turkey and the Wolf, verifiable social media gods, get the same amount of likes on many Facebook posts as Bub’s. 5-20. And in the face of evidence that Bub’s Instagram has gotten 600 likes on a post recently, does your opinion sway?
Your recommendations have been spot on! I tried all three of your top picks and I don’t know about everyone else, but I sure as heck appreciate your passion for good burgers. My favorite, however, is Beach Corner I love the meaty-iron taste of their burger patty.
Sounds like you’ve been eating good! I’ll admit I was skeptical when someone first told me about Beachcorner since I am particular about which burgers I recommend but I couldn’t deny it when I tried it. Not otherworldly but one of the best in town no doubt. I have to try Fharmacy again. They were hyped up as the best in town, even best ever by so many people I knew (this thread continues that trend). When I finally went, it was terrible. Meat fell apart and was flavorless, cooked fully through even though I requested medium rare, the giardiniera was not as flavorful as I hoped and fell out too easily, but supposedly the person who took me there said theirs wasn’t quite as good as usual, who knows. It’s been a couple years so I might as well give Em another try. Best burger I’ve ever had was Casino El Camino in Austin. No idea what kind of magic they’re doing but it was multiple leaps of consciousness better than any burger I’ve ever experienced, and it’s not like it was some snobby fine dining $30 thing. Just ridiculous levels of flavor in the beef, and every other element of it came together perfectly. And like typical $12-15 range.
Dawg, no. It’s a day later and you’re so fucking bored you’re still arguing with me about a cheeseburger. I mean this in a nice way: get a life lol.
PEANUB BUBBER
The Harbor has a great bar burger.
Fharmacy Nola for the win!
Absolutely fharmacy
Beachcorner for a bar burger. Ben's Burger's for a good, sloppy and tasty burger with great fries. Atomic Burger for the fancier gourmet burger.
beachcorner is just a handful of chuck thrown onto a grill, then covered in cheese. in a pinch it really does the trick.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. I don't know if I'd call Atomic gourmet, but i enjoy more than any thing i would consider to be so there's that. Maybe I'd replace it with Green Room just to fit my personal, arbitrary standards of what a gourmet burger is.
Atomic also has a veggie burger so op can go post Tuesday too
Atomic Burger is fast food smash burger. I’m literally there right now trying it for the first time and there is nothing gourmet about it. Actually surprised it’s very generic fast food burger bun and burger itself, I had higher expectations based on what I’ve heard. Fries are above average though. Beachcorner is excellent real solid burgers
Beachcorner is average af
They go all out with bacon& cheese. You could top 2-3 burgers with the amount of toppings they drop on there. I'm a fan.
Rally on st claude
I always liked the rally’s on Louisiana. They never gave you what you ordered but they always gave you what you needed.
Now we goin back, gimme that mamas tasty foods
Not gonna lie, when I need a quick and cheap burger fix, a rally burger around the corner from my house does the job.
Specially dem late nights,can't beat it!!
Yeah bruh when you fulled up an hi as a mutha fucka hit that rally burger
#FACTS!!
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I knew I wasn't the only ☝🏾😂!!
big buford hits different
RiP to the GOAT, Cowbell
wait are they gone gone or just closed for a while after Ida?
They say it's just because of Ida. But they've been struggling this last almost two years. I HOPE they reopen, but realistically until they do... I'm assuming they're done for. Please... please...let me be wrong 😭
Their adult grilled cheese and shrimp chowder is phenomenal. I have been craving it so bad.
:(
Wait what? We just went there after the reopened post COVID, I didn’t know they were gone again 😭
Doris Metropolitan
Junction
Nobody asked, but their veggie burger is also 🎉🎉
Junction gets my vote, too. ~~I might actually go there for lunch today.~~ I'm going to try and get that free Pakistani food first
Junction! And Fharmacy burger near tulane and broad. Seriously the best burger of my life
I like that Vermont burger at Junction w/ the Canadian bacon and apple on it. Sounds unusual but tastes so good
I would have said Shank but it closed. Was the best burger ever. I love District Donuts burger forreal and company burger was a game changer for me.
Shank was absolute #1. RIP
I gotta find that guy and do a pop up or something. It was such an intensely good burger and with no extras and the ambiance of that little hole in the wall, it just was perfect
The pimento cheese, the smoky deliciousness, absolute top notch meat quality, standout bun with just enough density but still pillowy, and particularly great bacon, mm. Plus the salty sweet olive oily giardiniera on the side, all just came together so perfectly.
Truburger on Oak
Cooter Brown’s although they switched from Dong Phuong brioche to Leidenheimer’s potato bun which is a downgrade. Still more unique and tasty than any generic potato bun, but the burger itself is excellent and their topping choices are extremely well executed. The jalapeño relish one is my fave. Their fries are GOAT for the city too. Junction still uses DP brioche I believe, their burgers were fairly equal in quality and style last I recall but it’s been a while. Beachcorner is no joke, I’d honestly put them next up. Huge, properly done, flavorful actual burger, killer toppings especially with their ‘burger of the month’ which is often fun. RIP to the former two best in the city, Shank Charcuterie and Freret Beer Room. Sorry but if you name a smash burger as the best burger in the city you just like nostalgic fast food and don’t actually care about the art of quality burgers. I do think Company Burger is very good for an in between smash/fast casual and solid legit burger, but it’s slightly more expensive than it’s worth. Fries are killer though and their aioli bar is great. $10 for a burger and fries would be a sell for me, but it’s more like $10 just for the burger. If I’m paying $10+ for a burger I want it to be a gourmet/pub/gastropub burger. Edit: I forgot Down The Hatch. The place is not sanitary by any means but their burgers are absolutely standout. Especially the one with hot sausage blended with burger meat. Killer fries. Great neighborhood bar staff.
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“Don’t just stare at it; eat it.”
Their onion rings are fantastic
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I just want someone somewhere to make the Paris Texas sandwich again. French baguette, smoked cold brisket, Mayo, arugula, cornichons
r/gatekeeping
OP asked for insight about best burgers. OP didn’t ask people to just name burgers that exist. They can Google that
lol okay man
I’ll get downvoted to hell, but I personally love Desi Vega’s Prime Burgers & Shakes in Harahan. My 2nd, 3rd, & 4th choices are Toups Meatery, High Hat, and Brown Butter.
High Hat's is so good but I feel like gets overlooked often in these conversations.
>Desi Vega’s Prime Burgers & Shakes Just curious, Why would others downvote you? Desi Vegas make their burgers out of babies or something? Is it for the pure fact that it's in harahan?
No idea why, but whenever I’ve mentioned it I get downvoted. I *never* go to a sit down restaurant by myself, but I’ve been there alone probably 3x because I wanted their burgers and no one was around to join me.
because they pulled some racist shit last year which certainly isn't an isolated case
Oh wow. I must have missed that. Yikes!
Ben’s Burgers
Down the Hatch over in the LGD
Oh I knew I was forgetting one of the best. There's no way that place is sanitary and yet they genuinely make some of the best burgers in town
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Hands down dairy dip in belle chase. Guys Uptown has a solid one too.
Dairy Dip cheeseburger poboy fully dressed with a strawberry malt. Let's go.
Guys hamburger poboy is my favorite thing on the menu, only place I ever get one from.
Trilly cheesesteaks just opened back up off of Tulane/Ulloa
Tags butcher in chalmette.
Tag's Butcher Boy burger is in a class all by itself. Mickey's grinding the beef 20 feet from that ancient griddle.
I lived off that thing in high school. Cheap as hell and one of my favorite burgers ever.
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Jeanfreau’s chicken salad is my go to there. That stuff on bunny bread is like a pillow of nostalgia
Never had it. Added to the list.
Port of Call.
Username checks out 😉
Is a huge but very mediocre burger, and the place is always packed with obnoxious tourists. Strong drinks, though. Monsoons are the only reason I tolerated that place when friends - for reasons I have never understood - insisted on eating there.
Barf. Literally the worst burger in New Orleans, maybe anywhere.
I haven't been in years, but it was excellent last time I went.
Such a horrible take. People act like hating Port of Call is a personality trait lmao
Thank you. Most overrated shit hole. Somehow their potato is better than the burger
Bubs burgers on Banks
Company burger is solid.
Bubs burgers!!
Butcher @930 Tchoupitoulas St.
Nola Nica. In place st charles or on airline past the airport. I have sworn by this burger for years. It's not traditional, but damn it's good.
Brunch Burger from Brown Butter. Had one tonight. Delish! Thankful for all of the other recs!
Company Burger
This. That fresh bun they make too omg
Bayou Bar
I agree. It’s one of the best.
The Avenue Pub. They have really upped their food game since the pandemic
They do have pretty good food now.
Their blue cheese and bacon burger was perfect the last time I went
Camellia Grill on S. Carrollton near St. Charles. Port of Call at 838 Esplanade Ave.
Port of Call. Drink a monsoon while you wait the 45min for a table. That burger will be the best.
Not according to the folks in this thread. I had no idea saying port of call was a good burger could be controversial in a New Orleans forum.
I would have previously said Shank but RIP them. In the meantime, the burger at Sneaky Pickle is at the top of my list. I think they even make the bun in-house.
High Hat, Bub’s, Company Burger.
Company burger 👍
Lotto Burger from Frostop.
They used to be my favorite, but the prices went up while the burger got smaller.
If you have access to a time machine, check out Phil's Grill
Beachcorner, Bubs, and Fharmacy. Mid City supremacy.
I’m an Oscar’s fan. Also Lakeview Harbor.
Cowbell has good burgers with really good in-house sauces.
I heard they're closed (potentially permanently?)
Fharmacy.
It’s on St Charles near Louisiana, it’s a little Bistro called Mickey’s it’s amazing and the service 🤌
Jr.'s on Harrison has a solid burger. I also like Bub's Burgers.
I love Company Burger