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The Burger Question, Rīga

Argued about more than any other food in this city. My order at each, so you can skip the deliberating.

6 places

  1. 01

    boo / the burger

    The best burger in the country and it is not especially close. Wet-aged Latvian beef smashed hard onto the plancha for the crust, American cheese, potato bun, their sauce. Order it plain the first time. Burgers and champagne, which sounds like a joke until you do it.

    Dzirnavu iela 31

  2. 02

    Street Burgers

    Twenty-odd burgers, all Latvian farm produce, four locations, never once bad. The one you take people to when nobody can decide.

    Blaumaņa iela 9

  3. 03

    Oak'A Burgers

    A wooden house in Āgenskalns doing the most carefully built burger in Rīga. Tiny, so it fills; go at six or wait. Worth crossing the bridge.

    Mazā Nometņu iela 34b

  4. 04

    Late Night Munchies

    Exactly what the name says. The old-town answer to two in the morning, and considerably better than that job requires.

    Peldu iela 21

  5. 05

    Boar BBQ

    Smokehouse first, burger second — which means the brisket burger is the one to get. Avotu iela has quietly become the street to eat on.

    Avotu iela 53

  6. 06

    Meat Chef

    Counter, no ceremony, good beef, twenty minutes start to finish. My weekday lunch when I am working near Tērbatas.

    Tērbatas iela 41/43