Whether you pickup your burger curbside or enjoy in a well-distanced dining room, Orlando restaurants offer a bevy of burgers to help you celebrate National Burger Day on May 28. we recommend scarfing down one or all of our picks for Orlando’s best burgers. If you do enjoy your burger at home, try pairing it with a with an easy-going glass of rosé granita.
UPDATED TO REFLECT PHASE 1 REOPENINGS IN ORLANDO
The Medium Rare Burger
Orlando Meats 728 Virginia Dr, Orlando PICKUP & DELIVERY
If you don’t like your burger medium-rare then we don’t know what to tell you, other than you should seriously reconsider your stance. This award-winning grass-fed burger comes topped with bacon XO sauce, garlic aioli and provolone on a French roll.
The Medium Rare Burger
The Southern Smash Burger
Swine & Sons 669 North Orange Ave., Winter Park PICKUP & DELIVERY
Two butcher’s-grind beef patties, caramelized onion jam, pimento cheese, secret sauce and griddled Olde Hearth Bread Company bun–what’s not to love? It’s no shocker that our favorite sandwich shop also serves one of Orlando’s best burgers.
Southern Smash Burger
Kappy’s 501 North Orlando Ave., Maitland OPEN
This diner, converted from a bygone gas station, has been run by the same family for over 38 years. Their Super Cheeseburger (a.k.a. Fresh from Florida Burger) is made with local, grass-fed beef and is served with your choice of fixins’ on a melt-in-your-mouth bun.
Super Cheeseburger
The Southerner
The Whiskey 7563 Sand Lake Rd. LIMITED MENU AND NEW HOURS
Pimento cheese, bourbon bacon, whiskey onions and fried green tomatoes top this two-fisted contender. It’s not currently on the temporary limited menu, but restaurant review Scott Joseph had plenty of praise for the Whiskey Burger via takeout.
The Southerner. Photo by AaronVan.
The Pimento Cheese Burger
Highball & Harvest (The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, 4012 Central Florida Parkway, Orlando) CURRENTLY CLOSED
Made with double short-rib patties, this delectable offering is topped with bacon, pimento cheese and spicy, house-made pickles.
The Pimento Cheese Burger
1921 Burger
1921 Mount Dora, 142 East 4th Ave., Mount Dora CURBSIDE PICKUP
Chef Josh Oakley nestles a chuck, brisket and short rib patty on a brioche bun dressed with Nueske’s bacon, Swiss cheese, bread-and-butter pickles and garlic aioli.
Veggie Burger
Hillstone 215 S Orlando Ave, Winter Park TAKEOUT AND LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE
While the beef burger at Hillstone is outstanding, vegetarians love the House-Made Veggie Burger packed with greens and covered in a sweet soy glaze and melted jack cheese.
Hillstone’s Veggie Burger
Impossible Burger
The Hangry Bison 480 Orlando Ave., Winter Park LIMITED SEATING
You can build your own bison, short rib or even salmon burger at this burger-centric spot in Winter Park Village, but the plant-based Impossible Burger will fool even hard core carnivores. Top with a range of fresh veggies or even a naughty slice of bacon.
Impossible Burger
The Artisan’s Burger
Artisan’s Table 22 East Pine St., Orlando TEMPORARILY CLOSED
This scrumptious sandwich is made with ground short rib and brisket and then topped with bacon marmalade, tomato, house made dill pickle relish, yellow mustard and your choice of cheddar, gorgonzola, pepper jack or gruyere cheese.
The Artisan’s Burger
