The Burger Bucket List • Burger Beast

The Burger Bucket List by Burger Beast has been in full effect for more than 10 years.

I’ve been able to cross off some spots and then immediately replace them with an extensive list I’ve compiled over the years.

I usually add restaurants the minute I find out about them and remove them when I have finally visited.

This is never-ending but in a great way.

I hope to eventually visit them all cause if I don’t, I won’t be able to live with myself.

The real question is, what are your 10 burger bucket list burgers?

And how many do you visit during National Hamburger Month?

BURGER BUCKET LIST MAP

THE APPLE PAN

The minute I take a look at the SteakBurger from the Apple Pan my mouth starts watering.

The Apple Pan has been on my bucket list for years but in my defense, I haven’t been to the west coast of the U.S. since 2007.

I’m not sure how much longer I can put off a rendezvous with Apple Pan.

The Apple Pan
10801 W Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90064

*picture courtesy of Cesar Hernan d ez

Apple Pan Part 1 with Huell Howser

Apple Pan Part 2 with Huell Howser

BEEF BURGER

As an avid student of the ever-evolving history of the hamburger, Beef Burger interests me immensely.

Beef Burger was part of a larger Florida based chain named Biff Burger.

When the original Biff Burger company went out of business, the franchisee Ralph Havis renamed his location Beef Burger.

Beef Burger
1040 W Gate City Blvd
Greensboro, North Carolina 27403

*picture courtesy of Fleur de Lolly

BRONCO’S HAMBURGERS

Everything about the WORLD FAMOUS Big Bronco Burger calls out my name in the middle of the night.

I mean, what exactly is there not to like?

At over 60 years old, Bronco’s Hamburgers still understands the importance of fresh beef & quality ingredients.

There are a handful of restaurants who I can think of who should take a page out of their book.

Bronco’s Hamburgers
4540 Leavenworth Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68106

*picture courtesy of Bronco’s Hamburgers

CROWN BURGER

In Utah, the two things I’m looking to eat are burgers topped with pastrami & fry sauce.

It is a quarter-pound hamburger patty on a sesame seed bun with fry sauce, Lettuce, Tomato, and Onions, Cheese, with lots of Hot Juicy Pastrami

Fry Sauce was popularized by another local Utah burger chain, Arctic Circle.

Crown Burgers
377 E 200 S
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

*picture courtesy of Jeff Terry

K’S HAMBURGER SHOP

Since 1935, K’s Hamburger Shop has been serving burgers from meat ground on site.

Breakfast is served all day which is very attractive to me since that’s my wife’s favorite meal, the whole happy wife thing you know.

But let’s get back to that burger, it looks great doesn’t it?

K’s Hamburger Shop
117 E Main St
Troy, Ohio 45373

*picture courtesy of First We Feast

NFA BURGER

I need to come clean here, I’ve eaten NFA Burger a couple of times.

The first time was when they participated in my Hamburger House Party.

A month after that we partnered at one of his pop-ups and I signed a few of my books. I ate two NFA Burgers on that celebratory occasion.

Can you blame me if I’d like to eat one in its natural habitat?

NFA Burger
5465 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Dunwoody, Georgia 30338

*picture courtesy of myself

OWL BAR & CAFE

The Green Chile Cheese Burger was birthed at the Owl Bar & Cafe.

The Green Chile Cheeseburger is just that, a cheeseburger topped with chopped green chiles or a green chile sauce.

In 1948 at the Owl Bar & Cafe, the scientists from the Manhattan Project were rumored to be enjoying Green Chile Burgers nightly after long days working on the atomic bomb.

Burger List Add-on: Visit the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail

Owl Bar & Cafe
77 Us Highway 380
Socorro, New Mexico 87801

*picture courtesy of NewMexico.org

SOLLY’S GRILLE

I’ve eaten a few Butter Burgers in my life but I’ve never eaten THE Butter Burger from Solly’s Grille.

Solly’s are the originators of the Burger Butter in 1936.

It’s simple, knife a giant smear of real-deal burger on the top bun, and cover your burger.

Then watch as the magic happens.

Solly’s Grille
4629 N. Port Washington Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212

*picture courtesy of Solly’s Grille