Since we just tried a new burger place I thought it would be fun to capture our favorite places that the Thingelstad family goes to for cheeseburgers.

  • Lion’s Tap: this is not a smash burger but it is a delicious classic cheeseburger. The standard bearer.

  • Tap Society: this is closest to our house and the burger here has evolved over the years. It is always good and a bonus that their fries and shakes are top notch too.

  • Lake & Irving: the cheeseburger here is heavenly.

  • The Dakota: there are much fancier items on the menu, but the double cheeseburger at the Dakota is great and one of the cheaper items on the menu.

  • Flat Top: Honestly the best, and only true smash burger we get is the one I make on the flat top at the cabin. I haven’t found many (any?) restaurants that truly let the patty adhere to the grill surface to be scraped off. It adds a lot of time and effort.