Ontario's Best Burger Joints Ranked

This is it!! Southern Ontario’s best burger joints ranked!! 

These joints are ranked based on everything they have to offer:

• Burger taste,
• Fries,
• Overall menu,
• Atmosphere,
• Price.

Try them all if you can.

Starting with the best!

#1.  The Works

Set up like a restaurant, has a great atmosphere, and has the overall best menu at any burger joint I’ve ever been to.  Top off all of that with locations across Ontario and we’ve got gem of a joint that is accessible to almost everyone.

#2.  Little Louie’sBurger Joint and Soupery

This place just does so many things right, that its flaws are easily overlooked.  It offers the second best menu of all the joints, and their limited hours of operation make it something you want even more, just because you can’t always have it.

#3.  Holy Chuck

Holy Chuck has the juiciest and most delicious burger by far on this list.  Somewhat limited menu and not so great atmosphere keep it from topping out list, but the burger is a must-try for everyone.

#4.  Five Guys Burgers and Fries

The U.S. chain proves it can compete with Ontario’s best.  Although the atmosphere is hospital-like and the menu is one of the leanest, great tasting burgers keep Five Guys out of the bottom of the list.

#5.  Royal Meats BBQ

Not so much a burger joint as it is a butcher shop; Royal Meats serves the freshest burgers you will find anywhere.  If they dedicated their business to burgers only, they could easily top our list.

#6.  Woody’s BurgerBar & Grill

This Etobicoke joint is the best in what I would call an upscale burger joint.  Great atmosphere, but long wait times and a break-apart bun stopped this place from making it out of the bottom half of the list.  I said in my review that I wouldn’t crave the burger again, but the atmosphere definitely makes me want to go back.

#7.  The Burger’sPriest

Considered one of Toronto’s best, they may need to step it up a bit in an ever more competitive market.  Too much cheese and overdone meat keeps this joint from fulfilling its destiny of having the best burger around.

#8.  Big Smoke Burger

Another disappointment from what is considered one of Toronto’s best.  Big Smoke Burger has great potential, but possibly the smallest burger on the list hold it back.  People will still talk about this joint as one of the best, but great atmosphere is clouding their judgment of the actual burger.

#9.  Magoo’s GourmetHamburgers

Magoo’s takes on a family atmosphere but keeps their image and overall quality targeted more towards children than adults.  Great fries keep this joint a rank above another that is eerily similar…

#10.  Lick’sHomeburgers and Fries

Lick’s is a sad story, a once great gourmet burger chain being outdone by new independent joints that are substantially raising the bar.  This may be on the bottom of our list, but it’s still a great joint.  Competition is fierce and it takes more than just good burgers to be the best.

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Review of The Burger's Priest in Toronto

The Burger’s Priest has received a lot of hype in the last little while.  It’s been voted the best burger in Toronto on Blog To’s list: http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_burger_in_toronto/.  I used this list as my personal burger guide for a long time until  I decided I’ll be making one on my own, and I must say that I don’t agree with their ranking.  The Burger’s Priest is good, but it’s not the best joint I’ve been to.  

The location is quite small but there is enough room to dine-in if you’re less than three people and it’s not during peak hours.  There’s a counter along the wall with some stools and it does the job adequately.  The menu is rather limited at Burger’s Priest, consisting of a cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, the Priest, The option (vegetarian) and What’s Right (double cheeseburger combo with chili fries).  They have the usual fries and chili fries with typical toppings of lettuce, tomato, pickle as well as premium topics of bacon, fried onions, and deep fried jalapenos.    The Burger’s Priest has received buzz not so much from this menu, but they do have a secret menu which includes items such as The Pope and The Vatican. You must check it out before going in: http://www.theburgerspriest.com/secret-menu/.

I went ahead and ordered the Priest off the regular menu (cheeseburger and the option, two mushrooms and cheese that are breaded and deep fried) with fries and a pop.

The price came to $16.70, which is pretty much what I now expect to pay at these gourmet burger joints..  They only take cash, no debit or credit. 

This burger had far too much cheese, I mean it was just oozing out of the option but there was so much that it wasn’t gooey, it was starting to get firm and gross.    The meat was a bit overdone and seemed to break apart into pieces.  The seasoning and texture of the burger was very similar to a Wendy’s patty, although a bit larger.  The meat was good and I wished I had just ordered a double cheeseburger and been spared the overly cheesy mess. 

Fries were only slightly seasoned and were very similar to what you would find at Swiss Chalet, which is a good thing.

The Cheese is just hiding and waiting.

The staff was friendly and seemed really into working there.  Unfortunately in the end I feel as though The Burger’s Priest has become a victim of its own hype.  I recommend you go there and check it out, but if you never do, you won’t be missing out on too much.

Pros:

·         Secret menu is interesting.

·         Good vegetarian option.

Cons:

·         Secret menu is….secret!!

·         Pray your meat isn’t overdone.

·         Too much damn cheese.

7/10