In a sprawling city where almost everyone is from somewhere else, one of the foods Phoenix residents can agree on (other than pizza and tacos) is the burger. While some of the most essential patties haven’t changed in years, reaching cult-like status in their neighborhoods, some newer entries have arrived as chefs rethink the “luxury” restaurant burger that dominated menus for most of the past two decades. This time around, many chefs are favoring better-quality ingredients, new techniques, interesting toppings (some with international influence), and, in many cases, a return to simplicity and the burger’s more humble American cheese-topped roots.
Disclosure: The author has done photography work for Persepshen and Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour.
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