Salt Lake City, UTBurgers

Lucky 13 builds large, loosely packed burgers with assertive toppings and a barroom sense of excess. Bacon, roasted chiles, blue cheese, and house sauces appear across the menu, while hand cut fries complete the plate. The 21 and over Ballpark tavern remains the flagship for a burger that is deliberately messy and substantial.

Cotton Bottom Inn is centered on a garlic burger whose aroma arrives before the plate does. The tavern keeps the format simple with a charred patty, plenty of garlic, a soft bun, and straightforward sides. Its Holladay setting and compact menu preserve the feeling of a neighborhood bar with one signature order.

Pago treats its burger with the same seasonal, ingredient conscious approach used across the rest of the menu. The exact composition can shift, but the kitchen keeps attention on the beef, cheese, house condiments, and a carefully chosen bun. It is the burger for a table that also wants wine, vegetables, and composed small plates.

Proper Burger Company pairs smashed beef patties with house sauces, crisp toppings, and combinations that range from restrained to highly stacked. Vegetarian options receive the same attention, and the neighboring brewery connection makes local beer an easy pairing. The Main Street shop is casual, quick, and focused squarely on burgers and fries.

Woody's preserves the rhythm of a classic drive in, with carhop service and a menu of cheeseburgers, thick cut fries, onion rings, and shakes. The burgers favor familiar toppings and fry sauce over elaborate construction. It is an uncomplicated Murray institution that works when nostalgia and a well griddled patty are the point.