12 New Burger-centric Restaurants For You to Try

Open Since: mid-November 2015
Type of Cuisine: Burgers

The food truck Frites‘n’Meats that slugs out scrumptious burgers, now has a brick and mortar joint on Grand Street in Williamsburg. You can build your own heart-stopping burger selecting your kind of meat, choice of bun, cheese and toppings, accompanied by their double fried Belgian-style fries.

Open Since: October 2015
Type of Cuisine: Burgers, beer and shakes

The SoHo burger joint’s latest outpost in the Meatpacking District is serving up the same much-loved decadent burgers, craft beers and over-the-top milkshakes and sundaes. Pictured here is a Kobe beef burger with blue cheese and a dill-buttermilk sauce.

Open Since: Jan 8, 2016
Type of Cuisine: American, Greek

Cousins is an American restaurant with a Greek flair, offering comfort food like burgers, hand cut fries and sandwiches to traditional Greek fare based on the recipes of the owners’ mothers’.

Open Since: November 2015
Type of Cuisine: Middle Eastern, Kosher

2Guys, a small place with just a couple of tables in the heart of Rego Park, offers typical Israeli cuisine, including dishes like falafel, shakshuka with pita, bourekas sabich and hummus mushrooms. Patrons with a sweet tooth can satisfy their cravings by getting malabi and jelly doughnuts. The menu also features a variety of burgers, wings, salads and burritos.

Open Since: January 25, 2016
Type of Cuisine: Burgers

Known for its decadent, over-the-top burgers and variety of sauces and add-ons, Island Burger & Shakes opened its third Manhattan location this winter. The ingredients will please the foodies in your group, including grass-fed and antibiotic-free meat, and breads from Sullivan Street Bakery and Eli Zabar’s.

Open Since: May 2, 2016
Type of Cuisine: American, dinner and brunch

The newly renovated STK Rooftop reopened for dinner in May. Brunch diners can enjoy the signature Monkey Breach or STK and Eggs, and the exclusive Rosé Chiller cocktail, while dinner menus get Crispy Rock Shrimp and the STK Signature burger along with expansive sunset views. Happy Hour specials are available Monday through Friday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Open Since: April 20, 2016
Type of Cuisine: Detroit-style square pizza and burgers

Clinton Hill pizzeria Pizza Loves Emily just opened up a Williamsburg shop where they’re featuring deep-dish, Detroit-style pizza pies and juicy hamburgers on pretzel buns.

Open Since: Jan. 15, 2016
Type of Cuisine: American, Latin, Sandwiches

Gourmet sandwiches and burgers served with a Latin flavor, with milkshakes and organic juices, too. The restaurant is open daily from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m. with delivery from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Open Since: late December 2015
Type of Cuisine: Gastropub

This bar and restaurant opened around the holidays, run by an owner with years in the industry, from busboy to bartender, according to blog Chopsticks + Marrow. Enjoy beers, specialty cocktails and a food menu that includes sandwiches, burgers and herb truffle fries, according to the eatery’s Facebook page.

Open Since: January 2016
Type of Cuisine: Korean

This Korean restaurant offers traditional food “with a twist” and has a sister spot in Astoria. Their stews, like a spicy Korean curry with potatoes, onion, carrots and peas is the perfect antidote to this bitter weather and the vegetables in almost every dish will make you feel like you’re keeping your New Year’s resolutions. Those seeking a filling meal should check out the Bibimbap burger — a burger topped with vegetables, a fried egg and a brioche bun. There’s also traditional Bibimbap, noodles, and Korean barbecue offerings, among other offerings.

Open Since: Late December 2015
Type of Cuisine: Burgers and Pub Food

Craft beer fans will appreciate the wide selection at the new Amity Hall, which has another location in Greenwich Village, and burger lovers will appreciate the signature burger piled with Gruyere, bacon jam and crispy shallots on a pretzel bun.