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WHERE TO EAT The best Butter Burger in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Jane & Michael Stern and 14 other food critics.
"Here is the great butter burger of Milwaukee, a city where burgers are a passion. It is a modest-sized patty of beef, cooked through, served on a bun quite literally bathed butter. Not margarine, not flavored oil: pure, dairy-rich, delicious butter."
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Recommended by Jane & Michael Stern and 7 other food critics.
"Kopp’s is a joyful place where eaters chow down on hamburgers wherever they can find a place to lean, inside or out. The burgers ooze with butter as is the custom in Milwaukee."
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Recommended by Christina Wilson and 7 other food critics.
"Carson Kitchen puts out this butter burger with Boursin and cheddar that is delicious! That, paired with spicy tots and the share plate of Bacon Jam, brings gluttony to a whole new level."
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Recommended by Lacey Muszynski and 5 other food critics.
"This is the matriarch of all other burgers in MKE."
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Recommended by Nick Solares and 5 other food critics.
"Here I had a freshly made single butter burger with cheese as well as a deluxe version—topped with the rabbit food and mayo."
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Recommended by Jane & Michael Stern and 3 other food critics.
"It is a lunch-counter paradigm, just hefty enough to be a modest meal as a single, or a banquet on a bun."
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Recommended by Ann Christenson and 2 other food critics.
"It glitzes up the 10-ounce patty with a tangy sweetness and comes with terrific, well-seasoned frites inside a stainless steel cone."
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Recommended by Lacey Muszynski and 2 other food critics.
"Our 10 Favorite Burgers in Milwaukee: Elsa's on the Park - They provide lots of other topping options, but for a Wisconsin classic, just let the beef and five cheeses work their magic together. Everything else is just distracting."
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Recommended by Ann Christenson and 1 other food critic.
"Although both are luscious, neither compares to the Big O, an Angus beast that goes for maximum height thanks to chipotle jack cheese, Gouda, bacon, jalapenos and chorizo."
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Recommended by Lacey Muszynski and 1 other food critic.
"The Best Burgers in Wisconsin: Kroll's - The quarter-pound burgers are topped with a good heap of butter on toasted hard rolls, which make fantastic burger buns with their thin, crisp crust."