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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Nancy's Hustle · East Downtown
The Infatuation's highest-rated Houston burger (9.7). The Nancy Cake is a fixture on national best-burger lists.
Squable · The Heights
The Infatuation (9.3). Dining-room cheeseburger that rivals any dedicated burger counter in Houston.
The Toasted Coconut · Montrose
The Infatuation (8.8). a sleeper-hit Caribbean spot whose smashburger keeps climbing the Houston rankings.
Lankford's Grocery & Market · Midtown
Started as a 1937 mom and pop grocery in the Fourth Ward area, this Midtown shack has been griddling burgers since it shifted from an icehouse in the early 1980s. Little about the place, or the burger, has changed since.
Burger Bodega · Washington Avenue
What started as a smashburger pop up now runs from a Washington Avenue storefront, known for wafer thin, crispy edged patties melded with a mayo forward bodega sauce and grilled onions. One of the sharper smashburger builds from Houston's recent burger boom.