The Best Burger in California
Looking for the best burger in California? It is hard to beat a mouthwatering, melt in your mouth burger. One that has been seasoned and grilled to perfection and topped with flavorful cheese and dressed with your all time favorite fixings. Whether those are crisp lettuce and juicy tomato slices or crunchy pickles and onions, we usually each have our idea of the perfect burger.
Here, we have struggled through our differences of opinion to bring you the most regionally acclaimed burgers we could find in California. To make our top burger list, these burgers had to consistently receive top marks taste test after taste test! This was research we didn’t mind doing, these burgers also were liked by the widest palette of tastes. So give our burger list for California a try. If you find a better burger in California let us know and we will make sure to try it out and weigh it against the competitors.
Also, we would love to hear what you think the best burger is to you, what qualities do you think are most essential? Or do you know of a burger joint that is the best kept secret in California and you want to share your love with the nation? We want to hear it, what you have to say is important to us!
The Morrison
Los Angeles, CA
The Morrison specializes in signature crafted burgers, sides, salads, drinks & desserts. Their bar offers a large beer and whiskey selection and plenty of crafted cocktails. They also have a wide variety of mouthwatering desserts including their famous Butterscotch Bread Pudding.
Umami Restaurant Group
Los Angeles, CA
Umami Restaurant Group’s Umami Burger is a new burger concept by a self-taught chef based out of Los Angeles. The Umami name comes from the Japanese word Umami and as a taste is a subtle but savory belnd of tastes to expand your experience while eating. Named burger of the year try the Umami Burger with shitake mushrooms, caramelized onions, roasted tomato, parmesan crisp and Umami ketchup
Burger Lounge
San Diego, CA
Zuni San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
The original Zuni Cafe opened in 1979 in a tiny restaurant one quarter of its current size and since then has grown into a full service cafe with a daily changing menu inspired by seasonal organic ingredients that incorporated regional French and Italian cuisine. Their house-ground grass-fed beef hamburgers on a grilled rosemary focaccia with aioli and famous Zuni pickles are sure to leave you satisfied.
Slater’s 50/50
San Diego, CA
Slater’s 50/50 was founded in 2009 in Anaheim Hills, California by Scott Slater, a SoCal native with a passion for burgers, bacon and craft beer and a disdain for the boring. Over the past six years, Slater’s 50/50 has won numerous “Best Of” awards and is constantly mentioned among the best of the best in local, regional, and national media outlets. Slater’s 50/50 weighs all of its patties after cooking and uses only the finest Holstein beef.
Boardwalk Fresh Burgers and Fries
Hermosa Beach, CA
Boardwalk Fresh Burgers and Fries claims to be using only fresh and never-frozen ground beef in making their specialty burgers. The restaurant is well-known for offering the opportunity to choose from one of their famous signature burgers, or have it customized to the customer’s liking.
Hawkins House of Burgers
Los Angeles, CA
In the heart of Watts California, Hawkins House of Burgers offers only fresh-never-frozen high quality Angus beef, fresh-never-frozen Jennie O Turkey, and fresh-never-frozen Foster Farms chicken. All of their vegetables are purchased and prepared daily to ensure freshness. You will never find antibiotics or steroids in their meat, and their burger is quite frankly unlike any burger you have ever tasted before. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.
Burger Lounge
Los Angeles, CA
Healdsburg Bar and Grill
Healdsburg, CA
Featured in Food & Wine Magazine for the 25 Best Burgers in the United States Healdburg Bar & Grill is great establishment with outdoor seating and private party options that is open 7 days a week. Try their HBG Burger which features freshly ground all natural Angus beef, toasted costeaux sourdough bun, alexander valley gourmet pickles and roasted garlic aioli on the side.
All American Burgers
San Diego, CA
All American brings you scrumptious hand-crafted grass fed burgers and specially selected Californian craft beer. Get your tastebuds in shape for a treat, and enjoy professionally paired beer and burger combinations on these hot SoCal days.
