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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation and Time Out New York. Updated August 2026.
Red Hook Tavern · Red Hook
8oz dry-aged patty, American cheese, raw onion on sesame bun. The defining NYC burger of the last five years per nearly every critic.
Minetta Tavern · Greenwich Village
Keith McNally's Black Label. Dry-aged blend, caramelized onions, a three-star NYT burger that redefined the $30 burger category.
JG Melon · Upper East Side
Upper East Side pub institution since 1972. a griddled 7.25oz patty served with pickles and cottage fries; cash only, no frills.
Keens Steakhouse · Midtown
Century-old chop-house pub burger with a cult following. Dry-aged, bar-only, eaten beneath the church of churchwarden pipes.
4 Charles Prime Rib · West Village
Off-menu double cheeseburger at the Brent Young chophouse. a tightly rationed cult item that's become shorthand for NYC burger obsession.