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2026 Best Burger

Huda Burger

Squashed between the economic dystopianism of the $20 (or $30!) restaurant cheeseburger and fast-food value menu collapse, truly excellent, midrange, chef-driven burger joints are becoming increasingly rare these days. But at chef Yehuda Sichel’s Huda Burger, you can get a classic cheeseburger for about $10 — a smashburger patty on a house-made milk bread bun with cheese, pickles, ketchup, mustard, and chopped onions — and it’s great. For a couple extra bucks, the Huda Burger ups the game with caramelized onions, special sauce, and a pickled green tomato. The curly fries ain’t bad either. Read More »

1603 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA | 610-862-6720 | Website

2025 Best Over-the-Top Burger

Honeysuckle

Philly chefs have toyed with retro comforts for years, and some recent creations bring beloved throwbacks to adult plates. Take the McDonald’s Money burger at Honeysuckle. This iteration gives you two all-beef patties, a caviar remoulade, Cooper Sharp, malt-vinegar onions, and paper-thin slices of shaved black truffle, all accented with literal 24-karat gold leaf — a perfect glorification of the mundane, a wry commentary on class consciousness with every bite. Read More »

631 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA Website

2019 Best Burger

The Common

The Common’s double-patty burger has the same spirit as a McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, but it’s made with local beef, Cooper Sharp, and a “spicy fancy sauce” to bring it all home. Read More »

3601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-310-9828 | Website

2018 Best Burger

Rex 1516

The Rex burger – topped with juicy bacon, onions crispy from the fryer, and creamy, creamy pimento – is a meal your doctor would probably advise you to approach with moderation. So do what we do and save it for special occasions: your half-birthday, your cat’s half-birthday, the third Tuesday in August ... Read More »

1516 South Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-319-1366 | Website

2017 Best Burger

Royale with Cheese at Butcher Bar

A McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with cheese is a mighty fine burger—we just wish there was a version of it made with better ingredients. Oh, wait, there is. Read More »

2034 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-563-6328 | Website

2016 Best Burger

Southgate

The burger should be the last thing anyone orders at a Korean-inspired gastropub. But not here: The bulgogi burger, with its marinated beef, spicy ssamjang mayo and homemade pickles, is the surprising star of this menu. Read More »

1801 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-560-8443 | Website

2015 Best Burger

Pork Roll Burger at the Blue Duck

Eggs on burgers have been a thing for a while now. But a whole breakfast? That's what Kris Serviss has done with this concoction: pork roll ground into a burger topped with a sunny-side-up egg and sriracha mayo. And in lieu of hash browns? A big fat potato roll. Read More »

2859 Holme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA | 215-868-4687 | Website

2014 Best Bargain Burger

Fountain Porter

Salt, pepper, a juicy beef patty for $5. It's a fast-food price for a legit burger. Wash it down with a beer from one of the smartest lists in the city. Read More »

1601 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-324-3910 | Website

2014 Best Gourmet Burger

Pub & Kitchen

When P&K first opened, its Churchill burger introduced us to custom-blended meats and burgers with titles. Six years later, the restaurant has gone back to (high-quality) basics: two thin patties, lettuce, onions, excellent cheese and vibrant pickles. With all the foie and bone marrow and pork on beef out there today, a bite into this is a delicious relief, because sometimes a burger should just be a burger. Read More »

1946 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-545-0350 | Website

2014 Best Not-a-Burger Burger

Xi’an Sizzling Woks

The "Chinese hamburger" is subtly spiced pulled pork, tucked into crisp-edged pita bread with a still-steaming center, for $3.50: Now, that's Chinese er, American um, Shaanxi food! Read More »

902 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-925-2839 | Website