Five burger joints in Chicago
DMK Burger Bar
Restaurants
Lunch, dinner
DMK Burger Bar
This collaboration between Michael Kornick (mk) and David Morton (of the steakhouse clan) is an attempt to be Chicago’s answer to In-N-Out and Shake Shack

Five Guys Burgers & Fries
Restaurants
Lunch, dinner
Five Guys Burgers & Fries
The hand-formed burgers and fresh-cut fries at this wildly popular Virginia-based chain are good enough to counter the painful combo of office-bright lighting, stark white-and-red decor and kitschy sacks of potatoes scattered about
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Edzo’s Burger Shop
Restaurants
Lunch (closed Mon)
Edzo’s Burger Shop
Uncommonly thick Nutella shakes, fries with truffle salt—where does the low-brow end and high-end begin at Eddie Lakin’s burger shop?
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- Critics' pick
The Bad Apple
Restaurants
Lunch (Thu–Sun), dinner
The Bad Apple
The Bad Apple advertises that it proudly serves burgers made with beef from Pat La Frieda, a wholesale butcher who’s been operating out of Manhattan for nearly a century
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M Burger
Restaurants
Lunch, dinner (closes at 7pm weekdays, 8pm weekends)
M Burger
The "M" in M Burger may as well stand for McDonald’s, or at least McDonald’s-ish, because the place has the same greasy aroma, detectable from down the street; the same demographic of counter people; and the same magic bullet that shoots directly into our pleasure receptors whenever we take a bite o
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