26/8/21 - updated with all the burger details

It's so nice to see the big food events coming back to life, isn't it? After last year's craziness, one of our favourites - the National Burger Day Party - is returning with a vengeance for 2021. The event devoted to all things burger related is going to have a central event in the heart of London.

This year, they'll be taking over Vinegar Yard at London

National Burger Day (Thursday 26 August 2021) is upon us once more and, 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 week. 

It's been almost a decade since London's burger scene transformation kicked off with the arrival of the MeatWagon in Peckham and New Cross. Now Londoners are spoilt for choice when it comes to finding a cracking burger which hopefully makes our guide to the best burgers in town, that bit more useful.

Updated 7/7/21 with new opening date

It's strange how things come full circle, isn't it? Way back in 2009 MEATliquor burst on to the London food scene in a truck located in a New Cross pub car park. They didn't open their first actual restaurant until 2011.

Now, ten years later, their latest London opening is going to see them move back into pub life, taking over a pub in Forest

Well, I think we can safely say that this is going to be popular.

Max’s Sandwich Shop has got into bed with burger slingers Patty&Bun for a limited edition burger special that sounds like the best of both their worlds.

If you've been to Max's place in Crouch Hill you'll know what a glorious beast his Ham, Egg N chips sarnie is. Now, he's presenting Londoners with the Ham, Egg, ‘N”

Who says meat-eaters have all the fun? London's burger joints are after the vegetarian pound, so if you're in search of more than a bean burger in a soggy bun, here are some of the best veggie burgers in town.

A new burger delivery box with a difference has arrived, and this one is more than a bit on the luxe side. Coming from SOLA's Victor Garvey alongside Sven-Hanson Britt (Oxeye) and Joe Warwick (World Restaurant Awards), The Burger Incident is influenced by the trio's American, British and Irish roots and takes in some pretty high-grade ingredients. 

Here's what's in

Kicking off today, Shake Shack have a new special on the menu that should be worth checking out.

This time it's a collaboration with Neil Rankin who's bringing his vegan burger know-how to Shake Shack with The Crispy Shallot Burger. He's developed the patty with Jim Frisch, Shake Shack's Director of Culinary + Product Development, and it's made from roasted mushrooms

Gordon's burger joint finds its first central London location, taking over the old Byron site on Charing Cross Road.

With the April date of alfresco opening getting ever closer, one restaurant is trying something new when they return. Patrick Powell and the Allegra team will be opening their (fantastic looking) rooftop terrace with a new pop-up called Happy Burger

On the new menu will be: 

• ‘The Happy Burger’, an Oklahoma-style onion burger with American cheese (and a Beyond Meat alternative too). If you don't know what an

We may still be a little way off from actually eating in (or outside) restaurants again, but they are still finding new ways to give us a small taste of the real thing. One of those is the burger pop-up outside Joanna's in Crystal Palace. A big success on its last appearance, it's making a return this weekend. 

There are three burgers up for grabs:

• The Joanna’s Hamburger - beef,

The Bleecker Black is one of Bleecker's most loved burgers (and actually our personal fave from them) but it hasn't been a mainstay of the menu for a while (since 2017, in fact). But now it's making a triumphant return for one day only, to celebrate St Patrick's Day. 

It'll be available as an at-home kit, and features enough to make two Bleecker Blacks. So that's four dry-aged

What happens when the creators of one of London's great burgers gets together with one of the city's great pizza groups? Well, you're about to find out.

Next week, Four Legs - the folks responsible for this amazing cheeseburger, are launching the results of their collaboration with

When everything was open, Hache's Gin Wednesdays - with bottomless gin and tonics - was quite the popular event. But while that's not coming back in the same form quite yet - they are planning to deliver a something as close to that as possible during lockdown. 

While, alas, it isn't bottomless, they're launching a new deal which gets you a burger, fries and two double gin

If you've had a craving for Filthy Buns burgers in Dalston, then you'll be pleased to know that not only are the burger slingers back and delivering - but they're also serving from a brand new hatch at the Three Compasses. 

The new menu has eight meat buns and seven plant-based - so there's a big selection on offer and there are brand new burgers