Burgers

• Come for the crazy shakes, stay for the burgers as Black Tap Burger get ready to open in London

  

  There are crazy shakes and then there are 100% certifiable ones. Clearly those at NYC burger group Black Tap fall into the latter category and they're about to hit London. The burger and craft beer group opened its first branch in New York's Soho back in 2015 where they quickly became known not for their burgers or beer, but their milkshakes. First off they are huge - towering confections topped with whole slices of cake,

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• Fat Phill's are hoping that Battersea folk will love their Dutch smash burgers

  

  A Dutch burger group is hoping that the London love affair with smash burgers is very much still in the ascendancy. Fat Phill's started life in Amsterdam five years ago and they already have loads of branches in the Netherlands. Here in London they've picked Clapham Junction as their first UK restaurant.

  Looking at what they're serving up in Amsterdam Londoners can look forward to a pretty extensive menu of smash

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• The best burgers in London

  

  Right now, London has some amazing burgers all across the city, so here's our guide to tracking down the very best of them.

• National Burger Day 2024 - London's burger deals and specials

  

  National Burger Day is upon us once more - Thursday 22 August 2024. As you might expect, it's inspired several London restaurants to turn out burger specials for the occasion. Here's what is planned for this year's festivities. 

• Bleecker Burger arrive at London Bridge

  

  They're known by many (including us) for being one of London's best burgers (you can even smell them on the Circle line platform at Victoria) and this week there's another place to try them. Bleecker are coming to London Bridge. 

  Just in time for National Burger Day, they're opening on Tooley Street

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• New York's 7th Street Burger is popping up in London

  

  Back in the spring you may recall that Hot Dinners paid a much overdue visit to New York. And one of the things we particularly enjoyed while we were there was a late-night visit to the very popular 7th Street Burger. The smash burger joint was, while we were there, certainly among the best-reviewed

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• Turns out In-N-Out Burger are not coming to Camden after all

  

  Updated 12/8/24: TL;DR - they're not

  They're a huge hit on the US West Coast, but over the weekend rumours started flying about whether In-N-Out Burger could be coming to London next.

  News broke late on Friday of a TikTok account, called @innoutburgercamden that seemed to suggest

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• Copenhagen's Gasoline Grill burger joint is popping up in London

  

  One of the most talked-about burger restaurants in Copenhagen is coming to London - Gasoline Grill is popping up in King's Cross. 

  It's hugely popular in Copenhagen, partly because they have an outpost at the airport which is a must-visit if you're passing through there and call yourself a real burger connoisseur. It was given its name because it originally opened in a working

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• Junk is bringing French smash burgers to Soho

  

  On a time when all eyes are on Paris for the Olympics, one French burger company is making its way over to the UK. Junk is getting ready to open a burger bar in Soho (where Wonderland was briefly). 

  It's not the first French burger brand to try and make a go of it in London, of course. Big Fernand had a few sites around London and are still serving up their French burgers in South Kensington.

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• MEATLiquor W1

  The main West End venture from Burger/cocktail maestros.

• Shake Shack are bringing their burgers to St Pancras station

  

  11/6/24 - updated with opening details

  Over the past few years, Shake Shack have been expanding pretty widely throughout London and the UK, with 15 of their burger restaurants already open. However, this latest branch may be their most useful, as it's the first time they're opening in a train station. 

  The latest Shake Shack is opening inside St Pancras,

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• Salt and its wagyu burgers opens on Leicester Square, but which Salt is it?

  

  Updated 21/5/24 with more information

  There were fanfares and fire jugglers at the grand opening of Middle Eastern burger joint Salt on Leicester Square this week, but a social media storm is still raging as to which Salt this actually is. The OG Salt was a Dubai food truck turned burger business run by two women Amal Al Marri and Deem Albassam. It became a huge hit for its signature wagyu

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• Bleecker Victoria

  Proper burgers from the Bleecker team in Victoria

• Smash burgers come to Queen's Park with Supra Burger

  

  Looking at some of the recent openings, there are a few notable trends around London at the moment. Greek/Mediterranean is one and classic French cooking is another. And then there's the rise and rise of the smash burger. 

  The latest to embrace all things smashed is Supra Burger. It comes from the guy behind rotisserie chicken spot Cocotte, Romain Bourrillon, which is why they're kicking

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• SMSH BN opens on Charing Cross Road with its smash wagyu burgers

  

  London's love affairs with smash burgers continues with the arrival next month of a new burger spot in central London. SMSH BN (you'll see from the lack of vowels that it comes from chef Mark Morrans who was formerly at MNKY HSE) takes the burger into a more luxe strata with its wagyu offering.

  Highlights on the menu will be the Wagyu Cheese SMSH BN - that's double Wagyu patties, potato

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