Hamilton has become a food destination even attracting international attention and international chefs! Food tourism has become a thing in this city and we should be proud of that, we are on the global food map!
One of my favourite things to eat however is a delicious juicy hamburger and I like to consider myself a professional burger connoisseur lol! Luckily we have some of the best burger joints in the country (if not the world), the burger competition in this city is FIERCE!!! The following is my top 10 errr top 13 (almost impossible to narrow it down to 10 haha) in no particular order with the exception of my number one fav which I will happily point out last followed by some honourable mentions to give us a list of 20 places in total...
Southern Smoke BBQ House - 201 Ottawa St N, Hamilton
The Coop - 272 King St W, Hamilton
Delerious Burger - 1008 King St W or 197 Locke St. S
Bronx Burger - 162 Highway 8, Stoney Creek
Patties Burger Bar - 12-1970 Rymal Rd E, Hannon
The Burnt Tongue - 10 Cannon St. East Hamilton or 182 Locke St S, Hamilton
Memphis Fire BBQ Company - 1091 King's Highway 8, Stoney Creek
Jack & Lois - 301 James St N, Hamilton (Note they will sadly be closing this location after Supercrawl BUT they will be moving to Westdale Village soon)
Pinks Burgers - 1335 Main St W, Hamilton
The Ship - 23 Augusta St, Hamilton
Twist Burger Bar - 298 King St W, Hamilton
Real Burger - 94 Dundas St E, Waterdown
and the current King of Burgers (also king of Poutine & Shakes) who hasn't been dethroned yet since they opened....
Hambrgr - 49 King William St, Hamilton or 207 Ottawa St N
Also of note some honourable mentions where you can still get a very tasty burger in this city but just missed my best burger list maybe because the consistency is just not quite there or because they are not unique to just Hamilton but still worthy....
O'Neiell's - 1374 Barton St E, Hamilton
The Burgers Priest - 1591 Upper James St, Hamilton
Radius - 151 James St S, Hamilton
Electric Burger - 96 George St, Hamilton
The Works Gourmet Burger Bistro - 2 King St W, Hamilton or 1405 Upper James St, Hamilton
Five Guys - 518 Centennial Pkwy N, Hamilton or 1807 Stone Church Rd E, Hamilton
Big Top Family Restaurant - 754 Main St E, Hamilton
And finally REST IN PEACE Chucks Burger Bar from Locke street I still shed some tears for the loss if this place!
So what did I miss? What are your favourite burger joints or absolute fav?