Here are the 5 best places to get a burger in Fresno

Burgers are delicious.

This is not an alternative fact. This is just fact.

We Fresnans like our burgers. We like them with ketchup and mustard, we like them with cheese, and we even like them fancy. Like, with figs and mushrooms and pineapple and stuff.

We just like burgers.

That’s why I decided to take an informal poll among the FresYes team to find out who makes the best burger in the Fresno/Clovis area. There was a lot of discussion about where to get a good burger—lots of good choices were mentioned—but here are the top five we came up with. Don’t like our list? Feel free to fight us in the comments.

1. House of JuJu

House of JuJu is located in Old Town Clovis. If you look at the menu, you see the burgers are all named after strong women: Athena, Calamity Jane, Dragon Lady, Betsy Ross, and even owner Julie Glenn, or JuJu, herself.

The names are fun, but when it comes to burgers, it’s all about the taste. When I asked the team which burger is the best-tasting burger at House of JuJu, the answer that came back was “any of them.” Boom.

2. Eureka Burger

Whenever anyone talks about Eureka, there’s one burger that always comes up in conversation: the Fresno Fig Burger. Featuring fig marmalade, melted goat cheese, bacon, tomato, red onion, arugula, and spicy porter mustard, it’s a local staple, and it is delicious. Truly a burger worthy of the Fresno name.

3. Irene’s Café

Any Fresno native knows Irene’s Café is where to go for burgers in the Tower District. Hasn’t it won the Fresno Bee’s People’s Choice Award about a hundred times? Awards or no, Irene’s has a selection of burgers that includes the Mushroom Burger, Bacon Bleu Cheese Burger, and the Teriyaki Pineapple Burger—all worth trying.

4. Triangle Drive-in

Of course, Triangle Drive-in has that old-fashioned charm and nostalgia thing going for it, but it’s the food that keeps people coming back, and has allowed the restaurant to open a second location. The burgers are simple and delicious, and they’re served alongside crinkle fries and sodas with the good ice. You know what I mean.

5. Max’s Bistro

Here’s a choice that may come as a surprise, as Max’s is not known for being a burger place. In fact, there’s just one burger on the menu—the Max’s burger. At $15, it’s definitely the most expensive burger on our list, but once you taste the grilled angus, sharp cheddar, and applewood smoked bacon on a house-baked bun, you won’t be worrying about your wallet.

And that’s that. The five best places to get a burger in Fresno. Don’t see your favorite on this list? Add it to the comments below.

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Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

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