Burgers

• Supernova's burgers have arrived in South Kensington, around the corner from Museum Mile

  

  We're still waiting to find out what's happening with their Mayfair opening, but in the meantime, Supernova have quietly opened their second smash burger bar, this time in South Kensington. 

  Announced in typically low-key fashion on

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• HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI takes an Asian-inspired approach to smash burgers in Victoria

  

  No, we still haven't reached peak smash burger - here's one we missed (it opened about a month ago). Called HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI, it's an Asian-inspired smashburger restaurant that's opened in Victoria not too far from Bleecker and Shake Shack. 

  There are just three burgers on the menu, kicking off with the standard Another Double Cheese Burger.

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• Junk Burger's smash burgers are coming to Marylebone

  

  It would appear that London simply does not have enough smash burger restaurants as Junk is getting ready to open its second burger bar in Marylebone. 

  The first Junk (which hails from France) opened in Soho and they've also opened a Puffy cookie shop right next door. This Marylebone

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• Shake Shack and AngloThai team up for a one-day-only special burger

  

  Having trouble getting a table at Michelin-starred AngloThai restaurant now that they're one of the hottest tickets in town? Well, their new team-up with Shake Shack might be a little easier to get your hands on. 

  For one day only, John Chantarasak is creating two AngloThai specials for the menu. First up is the burger. That's an Aberdeen Angus beef burger

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• Bleecker hit up Soho for their next restaurant

  

  26/6/25 - updated with the opening date

  Is it a sign of the times that a celebrity-backed vegan burger restaurant's former site in Soho has been taken over by a longstanding London independent group? Well, that's what has happened on Old Compton Street, where Lewis Hamilton-backed Neat Burger's old space is being turned into a Bleecker Burger.

  Bleecker Founder Zan Kaufman is clear that she sees it as

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• HBR brings smashburgers to Victoria via Kuwait

  

  The current smashburger craze shows no sign of slowing down and a brand new addition (at least to this country) has just arrived in Victoria. HBR first started in Kuwait, and this London opening is their first overseas. 

  It's a mix of smashburgers and chicken burgers, with the menu including:

  • The OG – double smashed patties, melted cheese and pickles
  • Double Trouble -
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• French smashburger hit Dumbo is heading to Shoreditch

  

  A year on from their fellow Parisians Junk Burger arriving in London, Dumbo and their smash burgers are also crossing the Channel. Of the two burger companies, Dumbo were the first to introduce smashburgers to Paris and their arrival in London will be the brand's first place outside of that city.

  If you haven't tried the burgers before, then the Dumbo approach is very minimalist and much more along the lines of

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• Supernova are bringing their burgers to Mayfair

  

  When they opened in Soho last year, Supernova were an instant hit. It certainly helped that they carefully cultivated scarcity by only opening at certain days and times to start with. That meant that queues built up quickly and soon one of their burgers became the thing to try.

  It was also right at the forefront of the smash burger revolution that's continued ever since, and saw rivals

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• Black Tap Burger's massive Crazy Shakes are descending on Soho

  

  If you've been around Piccadilly Square recently, perhaps on your way to The Devonshire right around the corner, you may have seen that Black Tap Burger is incoming. Not familiar with them? Let us help.

  They're a New York burger chain, but they have already landed with one UK outpost over in Westfield Stratford. This is their much-more-central flagship London burger store, and as for

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• Bleecker Burger's next stop is at Baker Street

  

  21/3/25 - updated with the opening date

  They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London Bridge, Bleecker is ready to expand again, this time opening on Baker Street.

  It's planned to be their biggest Bleecker yet, fitting in 28 seats (as well as having takeaway, of course). It also

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• MEATliquor are opening BLOODsports bar and Hideout Coffee in Covent Garden

  

  Updated 12/2/25 with opening date and drinks details

  It's been a while since we had anything new in from the team behind MEATliquor, so it's fair to say we're looking forward to seeing what they have planned for their next venture in Covent Garden. From a peruse of their socials it looks like Londoners are getting a two-for-one with both BLOODsports and Hideout Coffee opening in the same spot.

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