It’s National Cheeseburger Day in ‘Merica. Now, I just turned in my annual dining guide and am hitting the reset button with a juice cleanse, so I hate National Cheeseburger Day this year. However, in honor of this most magnificent fake holiday, I’m re-posting my Best Hamburgers in Austin list from 2015. I’m just posting them in alphabetical order below; so if you want the juicy descriptions of all of them, go read the original story for my rationale and beautiful adjectives and thrilling verbs.
The burger at Odd Duck. (Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
07/23/15 Laura Skelding/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Dining Guide: Matthew Odam’s Top 25 restaurants in Austin. The green tomato hamburger at Odd Duck.
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Obviously, the original list is a little bit dated. Some of these might not be on my list now, and others would be. I haven’t had time to revisit them all, and the dozens (hundreds?) of places in Austin that serve burgers, but I am going to go ahead and throw in some more favorites from my last few years of dining. The new additions you see below would make the updated list, which I may or may not be currently researching. If you don’t see your favorite, tell me what a dummy I am in the comments section. (I know there are some I must still try. Looking at you, L’Oca d’Oro brunch burger.) Happy National Cheeseburger Day, you animals.
New additions (alphabetically):
Brewer’s Table, Cafe No Se, Casino El Camino, Dai Due, Delray Cafe, Garbo’s, Holy Roller, June’s All Day Soursop
2015 List
- Clark’s. 1200 W. Sixth St. 512-297-2525, clarksoysterbar.com
- Contigo. 2027 Anchor Lane. 512-614-2260, contigotexas.com/austin
- Drink Well. 207 E. 53rd St. 512-614-6683, drinkwellaustin.com
- Hopfields. 3110 Guadalupe St. 512-537-0467, hopfieldsaustin.com
- Jacoby’s Restaurant and Mercantile. 3235 E. Cesar Chavez St. 512-366-5808, jacobysaustin.com
- Jeffrey’s. 1204 W. Lynn St. 512-477-5584, jeffreysofaustin.com
- Launderette. 2115 Holly St. 512-382-1599, launderetteaustin.com
- Luke’s Inside Out. 1109 S. Lamar Blvd. 512-589-8883, lukesinsideout.com
- Odd Duck. 1201 S. Lamar Blvd. 512-433-6521, oddduckaustin.com
- Parkside. 301 E. Sixth St. 512-474-9898, parkside-austin.com
- Salt & Time. 1912 E. Seventh St. 512-524-1383, saltandtime.com
- Second Bar + Kitchen. 200 Congress Ave. 512-827-2750, secondbarkitchen.com
- Swift’s Attic. 315 Congress Ave. 512-482-8842, swiftsattic.com
Six classic burgers for about $6 (alphabetically)
- Crown and Anchor. 2911 San Jacinto Blvd. 512-322-9168, crownandanchorpub.com
- Dan’s Hamburgers. Four locations in the greater Austin area. danshamburgers.com
- Lebowski’s Grill at Highland Lanes. 8909 Burnet Road. 512-419-7166, highlandlanes.com/lebowskis-grill
- Nau’s Enfield Drug. 1115 W. Lynn St. 512-476-3663, nausdrug.com
- P. Terry’s. Multiple locations. pterrys.com
- Top Notch. 7525 Burnet Road. 512-452-2181, topnotchaustin.com
Best veggie burgers
- Arlo’s. Multiple locations. arlostruck.com
- Veggie Royale at Bouldin Creek Café. 1900 S. First St. 512-416-1601, bouldincreek.com
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