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Denver's defining build-your-own burger: hand-formed patty on a soft sesame bun at Cherry Cricket in Cherry Creek since 1945. Featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Man v. Food.
Cherry Cricket opened in 1945 in Cherry Creek as Mary Zimmerman's Bar, renamed Cherry Cricket in 1950 under Lloyd Page. The Cricket became one of Denver's first sports bars under Bernard Duffy from 1963. Eli McGuire took over in 1990, then sold to Wynkoop (John Hickenlooper's company) in 2000. The build-your-own burger format and the long topping list (including peanut butter, cream cheese, fried egg, and green chile strips) is the city benchmark; Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Man v. Food both featured the burger. The Ballpark location opened in 2017.
4 editor picks for Cherry Cricket Burger in Denver, ranked by editorial score. All Denver signature dishes · Cherry Cricket Burger across every city.
The Cherry Cricket in Denver is the Cherry Creek burger bar since 1945, a build-your-own burger room with 40 toppings and a long beer list. Priced at $.
OrderBuild your own burger with green chile, fried egg and bacon; cheese fries on the side.
TipWalk-in only; weeknight wait is usually 20 minutes. Ballpark sister location is open near Coors Field for game nights.
Park Burger in Highland is Jean-Philippe Failyau's casual burger room with grass-fed Colorado beef, a Front Range mini-chain that began on Pearl Street.
OrderThe Park Burger (classic with cheddar) and sweet potato fries; milkshakes are spiked with bourbon on weekends.
TipWalk-in; takeout via app. The Pearl Street original is two blocks from Sushi Den.
Highland Tap and Burger in Denver is Cory and Robbie Bonneau's Highland gastropub since 2011, a neighborhood beer bar with Colorado-bison burgers.
OrderThe bison burger with green chile, and the truffle fries; sister room Park Burger is two blocks west.
TipWalk-in; the patio is the room's draw, and the basement bar runs late.
Hopdoddy Burger Bar in Denver is the Austin original's South Broadway burger counter since 2014, with house-ground beef, hand-cut fries and a Colorado craft.
OrderThe Goodnight Burger and a Colorado craft beer; bison patties available as a swap.
TipWalk-in only; ordering at the counter avoids the table wait at peak hours.
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