The Best Burger in Michigan
Looking for the best burger in Michigan? It is hard to beat a mouthwatering, melt in your mouth burger. One that has been seasoned and grilled to perfection and topped with flavorful cheese and dressed with your all time favorite fixings. Whether those are crisp lettuce and juicy tomato slices or crunchy pickles and onions, we usually each have our idea of the perfect burger.
Here, we have struggled through our differences of opinion to bring you the most regionally acclaimed burgers we could find in Michigan. To make our top burger list, these burgers had to consistently receive top marks taste test after taste test! This was research we didn’t mind doing, these burgers also were liked by the widest palette of tastes. So give our burger list for Michigan a try. If you find a better burger in Michigan let us know and we will make sure to try it out and weigh it against the competitors.
Also, we would love to hear what you think the best burger is to you, what qualities do you think are most essential? Or do you know of a burger joint that is the best kept secret in Michigan and you want to share your love with the nation? We want to hear it, what you have to say is important to us!
Stella’s Lounge
Grand Rapids, MI
Stella’s Lounge’s menu goes way beyond the typical freezer bag to fryer crap you find at a lot of bars. Their famous giant stuffed burgers were named Best in America by GQ in 2012 and Best in Grand Rapids by Grand Rapids Magazine and On the Town. They even make their own vegetarian and vegan burgers, beer-battered avocados and stuffed tots. They also have over 250 kinds of whiskey for your sipping pleasure. Canadian, Scotch, Irish, American (including some Michigan-made varieties), they cover the map.
Bagger Dave’s Burger Tavern
Grand Rapids, MI
Bagger Dave’s Burger Tavern is the consummate burgers and beer restaurant. Bagger Dave’s prides itself on fresh, never frozen menu items. Even the fries are fresh-cut daily. It’s a relaxed, friendly place to meet friends, have a drink while watching the ball game, and enjoy a great meal. Bagger Dave’s menu offers a varied selection of burgers, sandwiches, and flatbreads as well as some Bagger Dave’s exclusives like their Prime Rib recipe burgers, amazingly delicious Turkey Black Bean Chili, handcrafted artisan mac ‘n’ cheese, sweet potato chips, signature cocktails, hand-crafted sodas and more.
Dagwood’s Tavern and Grill
Lansing, MI
Dagwood’s Tavern and Grill has been a favorite of place in Lansing to get a bite to eat and enjoy a beer (or two) since the 1940’s. They are a relaxed place where you can come, have a few drinks, enjoy some great food, love the fantastic prices, and feel right at home.
Taystee’s Burgers
Dearborn, MI
Taystee’s Burgers, offers great tasting meals at a very reasonable price. They make sure they only use the best and freshest ingredients in town.
Spike’s Keg O’ Nails
Grayling, MI
Spike’s Keg ‘O’ Nails restaurant has been in business since 1933 and is currently recognized for being the “Meeting Place of the North”. The restaurant was also the recipient of the Peoples Choice Award for: Best Burger, Best Fish Fry, and Best Service.
Wayback Burgers
Lansing, MI
Wayback Burgers is about serving delicious and fresh, hand-made burgers and hand-dipped milkshakes, and more amidst an atmosphere that hearkens back to a simpler place and time, a time when “customer service” meant something, and everyone felt the warmth of the community.
Mr. Burger
Grand Rapids, MI
The Cottege Bar and Restaurant
Grand Rapids, MI
The Cottage Bar & Restaurant has been a Grand Rapids tradition since 1927 and is known today for being the oldest operating bar and restaurant downtown. The Cottage Bar & Restaurant also claims to be offering the city’s best burgers, as well as three different styles of award winning chili.
Motz’s Burgers
Detroit, MI
They build the best burgers you’ve ever had. They start with only the freshest ingredients and build it just the way you like. Make sure to make it a combo and try one of their famous chocolate shakes to help wash down the best burger and fries in the MotorCity.