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

MICHIGAN — Dearborn's Taystee's serves the best burger in Michigan, 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.

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 noted Taystee's original burger, which is a 5-ounce Halal patty with lettuce, tomato, pickles, American cheese, grilled onion, and burger sauce on a brioche bun. They also noted bolder menu items, such as the "Mac Attack" with macaroni and cheese bites and spicy mayonnaise, as well as the "Cool Ranch Supreme" with Doritos, pepper jack, and hot sauce.

The restaurant is also well-praised online.

"Excellent taystee food. Friendly staff. Clean restaurant. Reasonable prices," a Google reviewer said.

"My wife and I stopped here for the first time and loved it! Food was great, people were great! Definitely recommend," another Google reviewer said.

"Great burgers with cool creations. Super clean and super service. Definitely will be back," a Yelp reviewer said.

Taystee's has multiple locations in the Detroit area, including Ann Arbor, Clarkston, Dearborn (original), Dearborn Heights, Monroe (soon), Southgate, St. Clair Shores, Tayor, Warren and Woodhaven.

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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