Pastrami Burger appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Crown pastrami burger · Salt Lake City
The Crown pastrami burger is a quarter-pound cheeseburger loaded with hot pastrami, lettuce, tomato, onion and Thousand Island dressing on a sesame bun.
Nick Katsanevas and brother-in-law John Katzourakis opened Crown Burgers in 1978, converting a downtown hot-dog stand and putting the pastrami burger on their menu. The dish itself was first served at Minos Burgers in Anaheim by James Katsanevas, who learned the build from a Los Angeles cook; Crown Burgers brought the Greek-American pastrami-on-cheeseburger to Utah and codified it. The hybrid (pastrami plus American cheeseburger plus fry sauce) defines Salt Lake's casual food canon. By the 2020s, seven Crown Burgers locations served the dish across Utah; Apollo Burger built a competing pastrami burger empire at a lower price point.
Where to eat in Salt Lake City:
- Crown Burgers
- Apollo Burger
- Red Iguana