This Restaurant Makes The Best Burger In CT, Popular Food Website Says

CONNECTICUT — GoldBurgers in Newington serves the best burger in Connecticut, according to a report from Chowhound, a website for food aficionados or, alternatively, food nerds.

The list titled “The Hands Down Best Burger in Every Single US State” features a variety of preparation methods. It was released just in time for National Hamburger Day, which is Wednesday, May 28.

There’s no one way to prepare a burger. Even those claiming to be “classic” burgers have major differences, especially in the toppings.

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To find the best burgers among what the research firm IBS World estimates are more than 80,000 burger joints and restaurants across the country, Chowhound looked first at restaurants that excel in both classic and creative burger preparations. The process also included taste testing, online research, and outreach on local social media communities and to trusted contacts in the restaurant and food media industries.

Chowhound was particularly enamored of GoldBurgers' namesake burger, "piled high with two patties, American cheese, lettuce, onions, pickles, potato chips (yes, on the burger) and GoldBurger sauce on a seeded roll." Also highly recommended were the "Blue&Gold" with blue cheese and frizzled onion, or the "BossBurger" with nachos and spicy brown mustard.

One internet epicure at Tripadvisor called GoldBurger "everything you want a straightforward burger place to be." The sentiment was echoed by a GrubHub customer who called it "the best burger place in CT hands down."

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The full 50-state list offers some intriguing takes on what is widely regarded as America’s favorite sandwich. Some are made with grass-fed wagyu beef, others with ground turkey, and still more with salmon and other critters. Some may not contain meat at all. Cheeses vary from classic American to blue cheese to goat cheese.

In Hawaii, the Honolulu Burger Co. presents the “Alpha Elvis,” which has bacon, banana and peanut butter, or the “Loco-Moco,” made with Spam, bacon, an egg, and mushroom gravy.

And then there’s Mike Duffy’s in St. Louis, Missouri, whose offerings include the award-winning Cajun burger with hot jalapeños and Cajun aioli or the fully customizable and vegetarian black bean and quinoa burger. The restaurant also allows substitutions of bison or salmon.

“Whether you’re a burger traditionalist or an avant-garde burger consumer, the restaurants on this lineup will have a solid option for both schools of thought,” Chowhound’s Jane Godiner wrote.

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