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CHOMP
BR
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The Smokestack Burger (£8.50) here is pretty tough to overlook on the meat-focused menu: it’s made up of a 5oz beef patty that’s piled high with pulled pork, cheese, house pickles and juke sauce, and comes with skin-on fries. Everything here is smoked in-house over hickory wood, and sauces are made to a highly-prized house recipe. grillstock.co.uk
HANDMADE BURGER CO
BR
Beef and bourbon, anyone? Take care of the former with the Dirty Classic (£13): a straight up, fuss-free burger featuring a top-drawer patty with sweet fried onion, bacon, American cheese and pickles, served with fries and ’slaw. We’ll leave the latter up to you... chompgrill.co.uk
GPT SMOKEHOUSE
GRILLSTOCK
BA
A relative newcomer to the Bath restaurant scene, this family of burger gaffs use Scotch Aberdeen Angus beef to make their patties on site each day – and offer around 40 different burgers to choose from. Need some help deciding what to go for? How about a Dirty Burger Fried Onion (£7.55)? Picture American cheese, house sauce, fried onions, and jalapeño ’slaw alongside that patty in a buttermilk bun. handmadeburger.co.uk
BA
Low and slow is the name of the game here, with GTP’s quality ingredients getting the treatment from a handmade smoker created in Oklahoma. The GPT Smokehoue Dirty Burger (£13.50) is a popular example of what these guys have on offer. The beef patty – made from minced cuts of steak – buddies up with pulled pork, American-style cheese, and crisp rashers of smoked bacon. gptbath.com
HOBGOBLIN
BR
The beef at this Gloucester Road joint comes from Bristol butcher Ruby & White, meaning it’s from a small group of local farms that specialise in rearing Ruby Red Devon and British White cows. The butcher grinds up the steak trim, which the kitchen team then make into burgers
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Asado, left, is one of the newest additions to Bristol's already bangin' burger scene...
to open a new site on St Stephens Street in mid-August. Their burgers come served in jumbo demi brioche baps, with sesame seeds and a shiny glaze, from local baker Dariusz and his bakery Proper Bread. The most popular is probably the Cheese Theory (from £8.75), made with a well-seasoned beef patty, melted Cheddar, homemade curry ketchup, Burger Theory house pickled cucumbers and crispy smoked bacon. burgertheory.co.uk