This Prospect Heights Burger Is Among Best In NYC, Ranking Says

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Eight restaurants in Brooklyn serve up some of the best hamburgers in the city, including one in Prospect Heights, according to a recent ranking from Eater NY.

The food and restaurant website released its list of "The 27 Juiciest, Beefiest Burgers in NYC" on Monday.

The list featured restaurants from all over the five boroughs — and one in New Jersey — for their burger-making abilities. In Brooklyn, eight spots made the list, including Maison Yaki on Vanderbilt Avenue.

The foodies praised the Prospect Heights spot for having "one of the more dramatic burger presentations in the city" with its raclette cheese, shiitake mushrooms and hollandaise covered wagyu burger.

Here's what they had to say about all the Brooklyn spots that made the list:

Maison Yaki

Maison Yaki, an offshoot of Olmsted across the street, specializes in Japanese skewers with French elements cooked over Japanese binchotan charcoal. Also on the menu is an amazing wagyu burger with melting raclette cheese and crisp shiitake mushrooms, drenched with a hollandaise colored dark gray with the same type of powdered charcoal used to cook it. This may be one of the more dramatic burger presentations in the city.

Red Hook Tavern

Red Hook Tavern — a throwback, New York-inspired venue from Hometown’s Billy Durney — serves a take on the Peter Luger burger. It uses dry-aged meat cooked to a red medium rare and tops it with salty American cheese, tangy raw white onion, and a hefty but not overwhelming bun. It’s a simple, but well-executed burger that doesn’t even need a condiment.

Victor

Nearly everything on the menu benefits in some way from the black-domed, wood-burning oven at Victor’s, a new place a bun’s throw from the Gowanus Canal. It has quickly become a neighborhood hangout, where patrons sit in the open air and enjoy this burger, the patty of which is juicy and cooked perfectly to order. A smoky taste prevails, along with the flavors of comte cheese, caramelized onions, and a green relish incorporating whole grain mustard and cornichons.

Threes Brewing

Some very good grass-fed meat goes into the classic fast food-style patty at Threes Brewing, considering it’s created by butcher shop the Meat Hook. Finished simply with American cheese, a special sauce, pickles, and onions, this burger is a study in simplicity that lets the beef shine. It’s best enjoyed on a sunny day in this Gowanus brewery alongside a beer made on-site.

Emily

When a burger becomes the sleeper hit of a cult-favorite pizza restaurant, you pay attention. Matt Hyland’s so-called Emmy burger at Emily is a dry-aged blend, blanketed in American cheese with a handful of caramelized onions. It’s served on a pretzel roll and makes for a particularly rich rendition of a burger.

BK Jani

This Bushwick Pakistani restaurant from Sibte Hassan particularly excels at meats, and that goes for its burger, too. A fat, juicy patty looks deceivingly simple — but Hassan’s burger is a spicy flavor bomb. It’s accompanied by a grilled tomato slice and mint chutney, and it packs heat without being heavy. There’s also a location inside the Dekalb Market in Downtown Brooklyn.

Peter Luger

The quintessential New York steakhouse serves a lunch-only burger made from the same prime beef as its legendary dry aged steaks. While Peter Luger dates back to the 19th century, the hamburger first appeared on the menu in the 1990s. There was, however, a chopped steak on the menu since time immemorial.

Cozy Royale

Corner tavern Cozy Royale takes its inspiration from country joints in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, but the cheeseburger served there channels the more immediate influence of Bushwick’s late, lamented Fritzl’s Lunch Box. It’s a compact burger, to be sure, but one bursting with flavor, cooked to an ideal medium rare. Smear on the homemade mayo.

You can check out the full Eater NY best burger list here.