We tried 51 burgers in the Raleigh, North Carolina area
and now we're going to announce our list of the top 10 coming up next!
Hi this is Chris Morton, real estate agent with eXp realty in Raleigh North Carolina. Over the
past year Tanner and I have tried 51 cheeseburgers in the Raleigh area, to come up with our list of
the top 10 burgers and we're going to get started with number 10 right now. Number 10 on our list
is The Burger Shop in downtown Wake Forest. Now Wake Forest is just slightly North of Raleigh.
This place is an institution. It's been around forever. Burgers are really large,
very flavorful, very fresh. The very best part about this place is they let you pick
your toppings and they have a lot of toppings to pick from. You get to customize your burger
and the fries come out in a giant cup, container, highly recommend The Burger Shop. Great,
great place. Number 9 on our list is Relish. Relish is near Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh.
Again, really great burger, highly recommended, very fresh, very flavorful,
nothing we can complain about this burger. The number one really big attribute about this thing
is it comes on a bakery fresh brioche bun. Neomonde is a Mediterranean restaurant/bakery
in our area and Relish sources their buns from Neomonde. Amazing burger, really really
recommend this one as well. Number 8 on our list is Bar Virgil. This is in downtown Durham. One of
the pros of this place is the atmosphere is very very cool, very hip, and very trendy. It's located
within walking distance of the Durham Performing Arts Center and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park,
and a ton of other stuff in downtown Durham. This is truly a gourmet burger, delicious,
mouth-watering, nothing at all can say bad about this. The only slight con i would say is
the burger itself was a little bit small compared to the rest of the burgers on this list,
but again very very recommended, amazing burger, super good burger. Number 7 burger on our list
is Shake Shack. Now Shake Shack is the only chain burger on our list here and it's here for good
reason. Amazing burger! In fact, it was voted the best chain burger in the United States and
it absolutely lives up to that reputation. It's located in Waverly Place in Cary, North Carolina,
which is again slightly to the West of Raleigh. Very cool little atmosphere of this place and of
course shake shack being what it is you know what you're getting, a high quality burger,
warm, melty, butter bun, love it, delicious, the quality is outstanding here.
I love the shake sauce we both just really raved over that and thought it was great.
Only con of this... the size is a little bit small again for the amount of money you're paying,
but overall really really good and of course Shake Shack they have some great shakes. We got a
caramel vanilla shake I think, really really good, and their fries are really good. Definitely
definitely definitely get the fries when you go. Number 6 burger on our list is Players Retreat
and this is in downtown Raleigh near NC State University. This is one of the oldest
restaurants around. It's been around since 1951. Again, amazing burger and I have to stop and say
every burger on this list is crazy good, it's just tiny little fractions of goodness is what's
making something 10 versus something 6, and so Players Retreat, great burger, giant mess. I
remember when we had this burger it was a big giant mess. It was delicious, definitely was
not frozen meat, high quality, choice grade prime beef. Nothing I can say wrong about this burger.
This is a great place, onion rings off the chain as well, amazing! And now we're down to our top
five burgers and honestly every one of these burgers could be the best burger. It was just
tiny little fractions that made us decide one for the other and Tanner and I have debated this list
of top 5, and debated it, and debated it! So our number 5 burger is Vidrio. Vidrio is this upscale,
hip, trendy restaurant in downtown Raleigh at the Glenwood South entertainment district.
These burgers were crazy good. I mean... Chef Tanabe has come over and created this list
Burgundy and Burgers he calls it, or Burgers and Burgundy, I'm not sure which but they've
elevated burgers to an art form. Messy! Gotta eat it with a knife and a fork. Delicious!
So the meat is made with short rib, chuck, and brisket. My burger had like a demi glaze sauce
on it, which made it impossible to pick up. You gotta cut it with a knife and fork. Tanner's came
with blue cheese and a bunch of other condiments. We both raved over how amazing these burgers were.
Definitely recommend this place, great night out like a date night kind of thing,
highly highly recommended. The number 4 burger on our list is the Cabo Burger at Salt and Lime.
So Salt and Lime is in North Raleigh, and like the name suggests, this is a Mexican restaurant. I
would have never ever tried this burger had I not gone there the first week they opened asked the
guy that was waiting on us what he recommended. He said "you gotta try the burger, it's crazy!"
I didn't believe it. He was right. I've been back six or seven times since this place opened a few
years back, and we initially thought this was going to be the number one number two burger,
it's that good. It is amazing, it is a chili spiced brisket sitting on top of a really
really good burger. It comes with um sweet potato fries with a honey chipotle sauce dipping sauce.
I literally want to leave right now and go get one of these burgers they're so good. We weren't sure
where it fell on this list and I we hate putting it down so low because it needs to be higher,
but the other three are just like a little bit better. So... but definitely go to Salt & Lime,
try the burger, the people that are sitting with you are going to think you're crazy for getting
a burger at a Mexican place. Trust me get the burger, amazing. The number 3 burger on our list
is Abbey Road. Abbey Road has two locations in Cary and in Apex. We ate at the Cary location.
Super super cool vibe at this place as the name suggests... Abbey Road... it has a Beatles theme,
rock and roll theme, really really cool very laid back sports bar kind of vibe going on. Burgers off
the chart! Amazing, very large burgers, very fresh, very flavorful,
very little I can ever complain about this place. The only knock I would give them is
their bun wasn't like brought in gourmet like some of the other buns were, but very very tasty. We
just went back this week to try it again loved it loved it loved it. Definitely definitely recommend
Abbey Road. So now we're at the top 2 burgers on the list and I gotta be really honest with you.
Tanner and I have fought and argued over who goes number 1 and who goes number 2 on this list.
So here we go... our number 2 burger. The burger at The Angus Barn. So Angus Barn is a
fine dining steakhouse in Raleigh near the airport. It is an institution, been around for
many many years. Never had a bad meal there and this burger does not disappoint. So I will tell
you, restaurant is very difficult to get into, you need reservations, except you can go to the Wild
Turkey Lounge where we went which is upstairs, and you do not need reservations in there.
Really really good, huge burger. I mean... literally we cut it in half,
definitely a burger for two. This is not really a burger,
it is more like filet mignon that's been ground up to make into a burger, it's literally that good,
melt in your mouth, delicious, exactly what you would think a five-star restaurant would
serve you. Amazing amazing burger the bun is buttery and toasted just like I like
the bun to be, condiments were fresh, nothing bad you can say about this. They also have
steak fries which is the easiest way to my heart, love steak fries, and of course then you have
the chocolate chess pie for dessert that doesn't hurt matters at all. So Angus Barn. Definitely a
good place to go for a burger. They open at three o'clock in the afternoon as the time we're filming
this you could go and have like a late lunch or go for like a casual burger dinner kind of vibe,
you will not be disappointed. And drum roll please! The number 1 burger in the Triangle
out of 51 burgers we tried... Al's Burger Shack in Chapel Hill. This place has won more awards for
their burgers than you can imagine. Best of the Triangle, best of Chapel Hill, number 1 burger in
the country by TripAdvisor. I mean... what are you gonna say? I knew this burger was number 1
when i took a bite, I didn't even swallow, I knew this burger was number 1. Tanner was
like blown away as well, we've been back three times to make sure this is the number one burger
and it's consistently amazing. It's like if you made a homemade on the grill burger, and
you happen to be an award-winning chef making that on the grill burger. That's what it tastes like.
There's like nuances... I hate to be sound like a wine nerd but... for burgers, but there's like
nuances to the meat, um not just like something you'd get at a grocery store in the discount bin I
mean high high quality meat. The ingredients that came on these burgers were amazing. The fries were
crinkle cut fries with this like rosemary salt. This is the only burger place I will tell you,
and I hate to admit this, it was so good, this eight ounce burger was so good, I had to go get
another burger. So i had 16 ounces of burger that day, I had like meat sweats, I was so dizzy from
this, but it was the only one of the 51 that we had that I had to get a second burger and can't
rave about this place enough. It's in Chapel Hill, sort of like on the way to Carrboro. So
Chapel Hill Tire is there, you just sort of need to park on the road, go get your burger ordered,
amazing amazing place, definitely definitely worth number one. So there you have it. The
top 10 best burgers in the triangle out of the 51 we tried. And again, all 10 of these are amazing,
don't think that the 10th burger is not as good as the 1st burger. They were all little
tiny differences and there's some other burgers down below that were really really good as well.
We appreciate you guys watching! We're moving on to other topics on best food of the Raleigh area,
and we're gonna go with best Southern barbecue in the area coming up next. So keep a lookout
for that. If you have any questions at all, please email us at info@themortongroup.com.
We certainly appreciate you watching, hope you have a great one, take care, bye bye.