The Best Burger in South Dakota
Looking for the best burger in South Dakota? 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 South Dakota. 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 South Dakota a try. If you find a better burger in South Dakota 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 South Dakota and you want to share your love with the nation? We want to hear it, what you have to say is important to us!
Klinkeltown
Rapid City, SD
At Klinkeltown, they don’t just do burgers and grilled cheese. They create a relaxed local culinary experience for you. They aim to use only the best locally sourced ingredients in an ever changing and evolving menu. They craft your experience right in front of you in their exhibition kitchen.
JL Beers
Sioux Falls, SD
JL Beers claims to be serving everything fresh: their ground beef, burger buns, fries, and even their chips. Their burger selection includes The Original Hamburger, The Humpty Dumpty, Phillips Ave. Burger, and the Philly Cheese Burger.
TapHouse 41
Sioux Falls, SD
Pounders Pub & Grub
Aberdeen, SD
Pounders Pub & Grub is a fun, casual sports bar with a great environment which is designed with a “garage” feel. They specialize in “build your own” burgers and dawgs along with appetizers, wings, pizzas and specialty sandwiches.
Thirsty’s
Rapid City, SD
Thirsty’s, is a fun and family friendly restaurant. With 30 beers on tap, a wide variety of unique lunch and dinner menu items including their famous homemade fries and locally raised buffalo burgers you are sure to enjoy a dining experience worth coming back for time and time again.
Circus Sports Bar & Grill
Aberdeen, SD
Step into their smoke free, family friendly atmosphere for a cold beverage and don’t forget to take a look at their grill menu. If its hot wings that you crave, give their world famous buffalo wings a try. They have a flavor for all wing enthusiasts.
It’s Burger Time
Sioux Falls, SD
It’s Burger Time prides itself in its home style flavor and whole menu that reflects unforgettable taste. Established in 1987, It’s Burger Time also offers Chicken Sandwiches, BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Chicken Chunks, and Corn Dogs.
Ode to Food and Drinks
Sioux Falls, SD
Nick’s Hamburger Shop
Brookings, SD
Nick’s Hamburger Shop has been in business since 1929. In addition to their wide selection of burger flavors, Nick’s Hamburger Shop also offers homemade pie, chips, drinks, and shakes. Nick’s Hamburger Shop is known to be serving the most famous, enduring hamburger ever in Brookings, South Dakota.
Minervas Restaurant & Bar
Aberdeen, SD
Minervas Restaurant & Bar, lets you enjoy a comfortably elegant atmosphere and an inspired menu. Guests look forward to their hand-cut, in-house aged steaks, fresh seafood, chops, classic pasta dishes, the freshest salads, and house-made desserts.
