4 ranked
The best Burgers restaurants in Pittsburgh
4 Burgers kitchens on the map, from cheap counters to the full sit-down. Bloomfield carries the most of them, and every one is ranked by the same 1-5 score as the rest of the site.
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Bloomfield · $ · No. 13 of 157 overall
A genuine mom-and-pop, Katelyn Bako runs the kitchen, her dad Rick works the register, slinging snappy natural-casing dogs, crispy-edged smash burgers, onion rings, and shoestring fries on Liberty Ave. The chili comes from Brothmonger down the street, almost everything's under ten bucks, and there's a milkshake with your name on it. Cheap, charming, and exactly what a corner burger joint should be.
Order: Natural-casing hot dog and a smash burger, both under ten bucks
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Bloomfield · $$ · No. 22 of 157 overall
The best burger in Pittsburgh and it has been for decades. Hardwood grill, butcher on site, no reinvention required. Cash flows, the bar is loud, and the char on that patty is the whole argument.
Order: The hardwood-grilled burger
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Garfield · $ · No. 124 of 157 overall
Moved into the Primanti's that quit Penn Ave, which is its own kind of statement. Lacy-edged smash patties, zero ceremony, gone in ten minutes flat - the best cheap lunch in Garfield.
Order: The double smash
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Every list on this site is cut from the same board: 157 restaurants scored 1-5 by one critic, where nothing can be bought. How the ratings work →