Best burgers food porn slide show: NYC’s best patties

New York City has seen the meteoric ascent of serious chainlets, a coming of age for chef-driven haute patties and a new golden era for neighborhood joints in the West Village, Brooklyn and Queens. We take the temperature of the thriving burger scene with reigning classics (your votes and our favorites) and bold new arrivals. Here are the city’s best burgers.

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