If tourism officials ever decide to designate a burger trail through the Chattanooga area, identifying restaurants with the best hamburgers, Times Free Press readers can recommend plenty of places to chow down. Indeed, the quest to try them all would take nearly two months to complete — and that’s only counting the restaurants, many of which have more than one burger option on the menu.
To map out a just-for-fun burger trail, we asked readers which area restaurants serve hamburgers good enough to impress not just the locals but tourists looking for local flavor. Nearly 50 places were suggested, with several garnering multiple mentions.
The 10 restaurants receiving three or more recommendations from readers were Tremont Tavern, Armando’s (various locations), Main Street Meats, Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint, Merv’s, Urban Stack, Zarzour’s Cafe, Dub’s Place, Lo Main and Slick’s Burgers.
If you were to hit all of the locations, including the Armando’s Main Street location, you could complete a 10- mile Chattanooga burger trail from Red Bank to Main Street.