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The 6 best burgers in Sydney

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Click through to discover Sydney's 6 best burger joints

1. Brooklyn Depot. Bustling and beery, the BD is in ideal in-and-out lunch stop we can get into. (And they deliver). We like the Wisenheimer, $13, which includes slow-cooked pork belly, green apple slaw and truffle mayo.

All served on a bun that’s whiter and softer than Donald Trump’s family tree. 65 Holt Street, Surry Hills

2. Burger Project. There is an intriguing concept behind this trio of stores – Macquarie Centre, MLC Centre and World Square. Namely, bringing the idea of slow food to the faster variety. The result is Cape Grimm patties, cut and rolled on site daily, sustainable sourcing and recyclable packaging.

Which wouldn’t mean a great deal if the end product wasn’t delicious. Which it is. You can also grab a burger for under $10. Tick, tick and tick. World Square (Shop 11.06, World Square Level 1 644 George St), MLC Centre (Shop 6.22, Lower Ground Floor The MLC Centre 19 Martin Place) and Macquarie Centre (Shop 4404A Macquarie Shopping Centre Cnr Herring Road & Waterloo Road, North Ryde)

3. Chur Burger. With outposts in Surry Hills, the CBD and the airport, this is the best thing to come out New Zealand since Lorde.

There’s a fair whack of innovation going on in the kitchen with the likes of grilled lamb, mint sauce, feta, red onion and aioli burgers while you can add a shot of booze to your milkshakes if that’s what you’re in the mood for. Hell yes. Burgers from $12. Surry Hills (48 Albion Street), CBD (1 O'Connell St, Sydney), Airport (Sydney T2 Domestic Terminal, after security)

4. Five Points. You may need to sit down before reading the next sentence. We’ve found something worth going to North Sydney for. Fat Duck alum Tomislav Martinovic has consulted on a belter of a menu with just a quartet of offerings.

Go for the Bronx, $12.50, which somehow manages a perfect char on the outside of the patty, a tender pinkness in the middle and more cheese than 'The Notebook'. Corner of Berry and Walker Streets, North Sydney

5. Jacks Newtown. The idea is brilliantly simple: set up shop next to Sydney University and across the road from the much-loved Marlborough pub, then crank out the messiest, most delicious, you’ll need a dozen napkins burgers in the ‘hood. Which you can wash down with something called Concrete Custard – which is in fact a superthick milkshake type affair.

They only do four burgers – a classic, a cheese, a cheese and bacon and a veg – but my, don’t they do them well. Fun fact: uber providores Vic’s meats have custom made the mince mix. 170 Missenden Road, Newtown

6. Mary’s. Spawned from the culinary powerhouse that created Bodega and Porteno, and hidden in a Newtown side street (a city outpost was later added), Mary’s has a down and dirty illicit feel.

It’s loud, it’s grungy, it’s unpretentious and the burgers arrive quick and hot. If you’d like to try something else, the trashcan chicken – as in cooked in not found in – is a winner. Newtown (6 Mary Street, Newtown) and CBD (154 Castlereagh Street, Sydney)

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David Smiedt takes you on a taste testing tour around Sydney's best burger joints (tough gig, right?)

A quick primer in burger history: back in your grandparent's day, you went to your local milk bar for a burger fix. Then it was the turn of the clown-faced multinationals so beloved by your parents. Now, however, a new generation of grillfolk has turned its back on the idea of upsizing the combo and instead decided to focus on quality over quantity. Go get 'em.

The 6 best burgers in Sydney

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28/05/2017 7:18:06 AM

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