Louis’ Lunch, New Haven
Original hamburgers (l; $)
Louis’ Lunch claims to have invented the hamburger when a time-pressed customer said, “Louie! I'm in a rush, slap a meatpuck between two planks and step on it!"
While there are other claimants to being first burger, Louis’ Lunch can’t be far off the mark; it’s been serving food since 1895.
The burgers here are served one way and one way only: flame broiled with cheese and tomato on toasted white bread without ketchup.
Get a can of Foxon Park Soda for the full local experience.
261 Crown Street; New Haven, CT 06511
Closes annually for approximately one month during its counting of the spoons break.
louislunch.com
Text © Rachel Levine
Images by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, Zheng Zhou