Bread Meats Bread
65 St Vincent Street
There’s a lip-smacking range of options, both classic and smashed, at the city centre site of this outfit where they’ve ridden the crest of the burger wave since its peak a decade ago. You can have Swiss cheese and smoked pastrami on your burger. You can even have glazed doughnuts instead of a bun. They do the trashiest of poutines as well.

Chilo’s
408 Paisley Road West & 488 Great Western Road
Giving Glaswegians a great burger when everywhere else is shut. They were one of the first to get on the smash burger train as well. Don’t get anything fancy, just an Aberdeen Angus beef patty on brioche.

Dennistoun Bar-B-Que
585 Duke Street
Nostalgia is key here. Burgers that come from old Americana, whether smashed, mustard fried, or thick and crumbly. The Carnival is simple perfection, all gooey monterrey jack and softened onions.

The Duke’s Umbrella
363 Argyle Street
Among this gastropub’s menu lies their signature burger, French steak-haché style that almost feels like shreds of steak rather than ground mince. Properly pink, with squeezy cheese, jalapeños and a hash brown. Delicious.

El Perro Negro
152 Woodlands Road
The foodie’s burger joint. All sorts of awards and accolades have been thrown at this West End cult favourite, where a smashed patty luxuriates in bone marrow and roquefort butter with black truffle mayo. That one’s called the Top Dog… and it is.

Fat Hippo
86 St Vincent Street
Patties here have a cracking balance of crispy browned exterior and juiciness within, served on ‘demi-brioche’ (as in not quite as buttery) rolls. One of the few places where you get a side included and you can even upgrade to waffle fries.

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