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The trio behind this all-day hangout in the collection of blocks that make up Vashon Island’s downtown doesn’t broadcast its impressive sustainability ethos. You probably won’t hear about how butcher Lauren Garaventa and chef Rustle Biehn fill a butcher case and the meaty all-day menu with just four pigs, one cow, and handful of other humanely slaughtered animals each month. Read more...
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Just two blocks down on Queen Anne Ave from the elegantly wallpapered mothership, Maximillian Petty and his wife Jennifer have opened the more casual Eden Hill Provisions. Though the bistro serves way more than burgers, the road to this family-friendly spin-off was paved with the chef’s own take on a Big Mac. The Big Max is a specialty—plus two smaller burger offspring and Read more...
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It took a minute, but Portland’s gourmet burger chain finally landed here with Capitol Hill, Greenlake, and Fremont outposts. Read more...
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A Ballard fixture for over 40 years, the Sloop Tavern serves its fish tacos, Hawaiian burgers, and jumbo hot dogs in a space lined with accurately-rigged sailboat models, classic nautical weather instruments, a compass or two, and row after row of vintage sailboat pictures. Look for the anchor-shaped order sign dangling above the bar. As bar gimmicks go, the 34-ounce “Sloopersize” pour is Read more...
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It may not be the splashiest food destination in U Village, but this California-based chain sure comes in handy should you find yourself looking for a drink. A full 40 taps pour creations from legit West Coast breweries, and my god, that’s a huge whiskey collection for a chain restaurant in a mall. The vast food menu upgrades every stripe Read more...
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You could be fooled into thinking Meg’s Hamburgers has been around for decades, with its neon signage, dinerlike pale yellows and light blues, plus the old-school charm of a joint that knows burgers. And Meg’s knows burgers. Here they come as smash patties, adorned simply with special sauce, and cheese if you want it. It’s a purist’s dream on fluffy buns, inside Read more...
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The brewpub owners have a knack for slaking the thirst of undertapped neighborhoods, first opening in West Seattle in 1997, then bringing beer and pub grub to Burien and, most recently, Lake City. Kid- and adult-size regulars slide into the wooden booths for burgers and fish-and-chips, but beer is hardly an afterthought at these comfy pubs; a dozen or so Read more...
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The crazily beloved franchise from New York City just opened its second Seattle-area location in Kirkland. While the concretes, crinkle-cut fries, and chicken burger have their devotees, this is the house that smash burgers built. The original ShackBurger is bun-patty-topping ratio perfection, but the Westlake location has a Seattle-specific variation known as the Montlake Double Cut: a double cheeseburger which Read more...
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Sure, there are Wikki Stix and Etch A Sketches at the pint-sized kids’ counter, but the intelligent burger lineup and 20 microbrews on tap keep this place firmly outside of Chuck E. Cheese territory. The burgers, which range in price from a $6 classic to a $16 “420 burger,” are all made with locally-sourced antibiotic- and hormone-free beef. But if Read more...
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There’s a beautiful simplicity to the sort of burger served at the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall where you go to “grab a burger.” And Oak in Beacon Hill serves a burger so honest you could swear on it in court: an impeccably seasoned a third of a pound of Painted Hills beef, draped in melted cheese between a rich bun generously smeared Read more...