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Burger Heatmap: 13 New Charleston Burgers To Eat Now

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by Erin Perkins Updated
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| Jonathan Boncek
by Erin Perkins Updated

Everyone has a favorite go-to burger, one they cherish and love and eat over and over again, but with all the new restaurants opening in Charleston, there's bound to be a contender for an updated favorite.

To be considered for the Burger Heatmap, Eater looked at restaurants less than a year old (or just a bit over) and establishments with completely revamped menus. These 13 choices are the latest meaty options to hit the Lowcountry.

Note: Map points are listed in geographical order and are not ranked. Did we miss your favorite spot? Show it some love in the comments, send us an email, or start a forum thread in its honor.

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Workshop

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Stop by the Pink Bellies stall in Workshop for an In-N-Out-inspired stack. The Animal Style burger refers to the California fast food joint’s secret burger menu and means mustard and grilled onions are added to the order. The PInk Bellies version uses this same formula with two burger patties, American cheese, pickles, tomatoes, local lettuce, grilled onions, mustard, and a special sauce.

1505 King Street Ext, Charleston, SC

Order up!

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The Park Cafe

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When chef Matt Canter joined The Park Cafe, he switched up the burger presentation. Now the menu item consists of a house-ground patty (with bacon ground into the patty), spicy mayo, lettuce, tomato, and onion on a Pane di Vita Cuban roll, with cafe potatoes. Canter formerly worked at FIG as a butcher, so he knows his meat.

730 Rutledge Ave, Charleston, SC
(843) 410-1070
(843) 410-1070
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Warehouse

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Chef Emily Hahn has updated the burger at happening restaurant Warehouse. Now the stack comes with two patties of luscious beef, housemade kimchi, Korean barbecue, and American cheese on a brioche bun. This burger packs a big umami punch with a side of fries (tip: ask for a side of red curry aioli to dip them in).

45 1/2 Spring St, Charleston, SC
(843) 202-0712
(843) 202-0712
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492

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Sure, you may have had chef Josh Keeler's burger at former Two Boroughs Larder, but have you had it since he's moved to Upper King restaurant 492? Only available at brunch and at the bar, this mornay-covered stacked is every bit of goodness you remembered.

492 King St, Charleston, SC
(843) 203-6338
(843) 203-6338
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The Brick

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The Brick is back with a lengthy list of burgers to satisfy all needs. The best part? The kitchen stays open until 1:00 a.m.

24 Ann St, Charleston, SC
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Scarecrow Hearth & Liquor Bar

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Only available at the Liquor Bar, chef Charles Mathews’ burger comes with housemade pimento cheese, lettuce, pickle, tomato, and is served with herbed fries. The presentation is simple, but the taste shines through.

23 Ann St, Charleston, SC 29403
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Fish

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On Wednesdays, long-standing restaurant Fish has one of the best deals on beef around. Bar patrons can order the $10 house-ground burger with fries, with a $5 craft beer or $15 wine bottle. Chef David Schuttenberg offers a preserved green chilis or housemade kimchi version for those who like a little spice on their stacks.

442 King St, Charleston, SC
(843) 722-3474
(843) 722-3474

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JohnKing Bar & Grill

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The burgers at JohnKing Bar & Grill are perfect for curing hangovers or preventing them. The beefy stacks are monstrous in size. Go for a double classic with American cheese, Nueske's bacon, pickles, lettuce, tomato, and Duke’s mayo.

428 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
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Henrietta's at The Dewberry

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Gorgeous space Henrietta's features a grassfed beef burger with onions bordelaise, emmental, seeded potato bun, and frites. The meat has an amazing earthy quality to it and even makes for good leftovers.

334 Meeting St, Charleston, SC
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Le Farfalle

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For the Le Farfalle burger, chef Michael Toscano grinds ribeye in house and sears eight ounce patties on a griddle. For toppings, the kitchen makes a rosemary-garlic cheese to melt on top, places grilled onions on that, and then spreads a housemade porcini mustard and aioli with raw garlic and black pepper on the pan au lait buns or open-faced semolina sesame toast.

15 Beaufain St, Charleston, SC
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Pawpaw

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Southern restaurant Pawpaw offers a wood-grilled burger on a benne seed roll with sharp cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, and, housemade pickles.

209 E Bay St, Charleston, SC

Day trip to Charleston with the bro @y.a.15_ #iphone7plus

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McCrady's Tavern

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Sean Brock is a little obsessed with his new burger for McCrady's Tavern. He spent months upon months perfecting this one, so you might crave it every day of the week. The perfectly charred meat, plus the soft bun, a touch of country ham fat in the Duke's mayo, and house-made béarnaise/cheese combo (yes, it's melded together) is the stuff of dreams.

2 Unity Aly, Charleston, SC
(843) 577-0025
(843) 577-0025

Saturday's are most certainly burger days! Serving these delicious #burgers until 2:30pm, see you soon!

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Pier 41

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Mount Pleasant’s Pier 41 allows patrons to choose from a double or single stack, depending on their hunger. The burgers have a bit of an Asian twist with North Carolina grass-fed beef, American cheese, Japanese mayo, Korean mustard, and sriracha ketchup.

1039 Highway 41, Mt. Pleasant, SC
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Workshop

1505 King Street Ext, Charleston, SC

Stop by the Pink Bellies stall in Workshop for an In-N-Out-inspired stack. The Animal Style burger refers to the California fast food joint’s secret burger menu and means mustard and grilled onions are added to the order. The PInk Bellies version uses this same formula with two burger patties, American cheese, pickles, tomatoes, local lettuce, grilled onions, mustard, and a special sauce.

1505 King Street Ext, Charleston, SC

Order up!

A post shared by Thai (@thaiphiiiii) on

The Park Cafe

730 Rutledge Ave, Charleston, SC

When chef Matt Canter joined The Park Cafe, he switched up the burger presentation. Now the menu item consists of a house-ground patty (with bacon ground into the patty), spicy mayo, lettuce, tomato, and onion on a Pane di Vita Cuban roll, with cafe potatoes. Canter formerly worked at FIG as a butcher, so he knows his meat.

730 Rutledge Ave, Charleston, SC
(843) 410-1070
(843) 410-1070
Jonathan Boncek

Warehouse

45 1/2 Spring St, Charleston, SC

Chef Emily Hahn has updated the burger at happening restaurant Warehouse. Now the stack comes with two patties of luscious beef, housemade kimchi, Korean barbecue, and American cheese on a brioche bun. This burger packs a big umami punch with a side of fries (tip: ask for a side of red curry aioli to dip them in).

45 1/2 Spring St, Charleston, SC
(843) 202-0712
(843) 202-0712
Erin Perkins

492

492 King St, Charleston, SC

Sure, you may have had chef Josh Keeler's burger at former Two Boroughs Larder, but have you had it since he's moved to Upper King restaurant 492? Only available at brunch and at the bar, this mornay-covered stacked is every bit of goodness you remembered.

492 King St, Charleston, SC
(843) 203-6338
(843) 203-6338
492

The Brick

24 Ann St, Charleston, SC

The Brick is back with a lengthy list of burgers to satisfy all needs. The best part? The kitchen stays open until 1:00 a.m.

24 Ann St, Charleston, SC
The Brick

Scarecrow Hearth & Liquor Bar

23 Ann St, Charleston, SC 29403

Only available at the Liquor Bar, chef Charles Mathews’ burger comes with housemade pimento cheese, lettuce, pickle, tomato, and is served with herbed fries. The presentation is simple, but the taste shines through.

23 Ann St, Charleston, SC 29403
Jonathan Boncek

Fish

442 King St, Charleston, SC

On Wednesdays, long-standing restaurant Fish has one of the best deals on beef around. Bar patrons can order the $10 house-ground burger with fries, with a $5 craft beer or $15 wine bottle. Chef David Schuttenberg offers a preserved green chilis or housemade kimchi version for those who like a little spice on their stacks.

442 King St, Charleston, SC
(843) 722-3474
(843) 722-3474

JohnKing Bar & Grill

428 King St, Charleston, SC 29403

The burgers at JohnKing Bar & Grill are perfect for curing hangovers or preventing them. The beefy stacks are monstrous in size. Go for a double classic with American cheese, Nueske's bacon, pickles, lettuce, tomato, and Duke’s mayo.

428 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
Erin Perkins

Henrietta's at The Dewberry

334 Meeting St, Charleston, SC

Gorgeous space Henrietta's features a grassfed beef burger with onions bordelaise, emmental, seeded potato bun, and frites. The meat has an amazing earthy quality to it and even makes for good leftovers.

334 Meeting St, Charleston, SC
The Dewberry

Le Farfalle

15 Beaufain St, Charleston, SC

For the Le Farfalle burger, chef Michael Toscano grinds ribeye in house and sears eight ounce patties on a griddle. For toppings, the kitchen makes a rosemary-garlic cheese to melt on top, places grilled onions on that, and then spreads a housemade porcini mustard and aioli with raw garlic and black pepper on the pan au lait buns or open-faced semolina sesame toast.

15 Beaufain St, Charleston, SC
Le Farfalle Brunch Burger Rachel Venter

Pawpaw

209 E Bay St, Charleston, SC

Southern restaurant Pawpaw offers a wood-grilled burger on a benne seed roll with sharp cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, and, housemade pickles.

209 E Bay St, Charleston, SC

Day trip to Charleston with the bro @y.a.15_ #iphone7plus

A post shared by e_zod0818 (@e_zod0818) on

McCrady's Tavern

2 Unity Aly, Charleston, SC

Sean Brock is a little obsessed with his new burger for McCrady's Tavern. He spent months upon months perfecting this one, so you might crave it every day of the week. The perfectly charred meat, plus the soft bun, a touch of country ham fat in the Duke's mayo, and house-made béarnaise/cheese combo (yes, it's melded together) is the stuff of dreams.

2 Unity Aly, Charleston, SC
(843) 577-0025
(843) 577-0025

Saturday's are most certainly burger days! Serving these delicious #burgers until 2:30pm, see you soon!

A post shared by McCrady's Tavern (@mccradystavern) on

Pier 41

1039 Highway 41, Mt. Pleasant, SC

Mount Pleasant’s Pier 41 allows patrons to choose from a double or single stack, depending on their hunger. The burgers have a bit of an Asian twist with North Carolina grass-fed beef, American cheese, Japanese mayo, Korean mustard, and sriracha ketchup.

1039 Highway 41, Mt. Pleasant, SC
Pier 41

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