Top 3 Best Burgers in Palm Beach County
The hamburger has been around since the 19th century. The mouthwatering creation has evolved since its creation and has become known as an iconic American food. It originated as a hamburger sandwich consisting of ground steak placed between two slices of bread. It was a brave step in the culinary world since the two ingredients, steak and bread, had been served alongside one another for hundreds of years.
Historians have varied opinions on who is credited with beef and bread roll sandwich. One version of the hamburger sandwich, and how it changed to the burger we all know and love, is in late 1800’s when a Texas café owner, Fletcher Davis, brought his perfected version of the hamburger to the 1904 St. Louis World Fair.
Around the same time 1885, two brothers originally from Hamburg, Germany and residents of Hamburg, New York, Frank and Charles Menches are recognized with creating the hamburger. At the 1902 Summit County, Ohio Fair, the brothers were vendors of sausage sandwiches. When they ran out of sausages, they resorted to using cooked ground beef. Thus the name of the delightful sandwich, hamburger.
The Library of Congress credits a young Danish immigrant named Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch, a little lunch cart in New Haven, Connecticut, with selling the first hamburger and steak sandwich in the U.S. in 1895.
The story of who brought the hamburger to the American public is as varied as the versions of hamburgers available to consume. In Palm Beach County, many restaurants, bars and pubs are well known for the iconic sandwich.
The Brass Ring, 200 U.S. Highway One, North Palm Beach (with a second location in Royal Palm Beach) has been grilling some of the best burgers in town for 30 years. The “drippings that season the grill” are the secret to the flavor according to aficionados. Brass Ring patties are made with the highest quality meat and cooked, unseasoned, over lava rocks on a char-rock grill.
BurgerFi, a locally based in Delray Beach burger chain, with many locations including Harbourside Plaza, Jupiter is a standout burger joint. BurgerFi's double “Twenty Eight Burger” is a patty of 28-day dry-aged ground brisket topped with melted Swiss and blue cheese is an epic burger for the brave burger consumer.
The Cooper, 4610 P.G.A. Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, serves their burgers with hand cut fries. The Cooper’s Executive Chef, Adam Brown, trims an 8-ounce, “butchers-blend patty with aged Vermont cheddar, secret sauce and the usual veg and tucks it into a griddled challah bun.”
Enjoy and indulge in the best that Palm Beach County has to offer white sandy beaches, crystal clear Atlantic Ocean waters, perfect weather and some of the best burgers around!
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