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A great burger is everything we love rolled into one delicious package: juicy meat, melty cheese, and flavorful toppings sandwiched between soft buns. If you’re craving a burger in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, these five restaurants serve some of the best.
Cafe Bruges
Cafe Bruges on North Pitt Street is known for its Belgian fare and extensive beer menu. The restaurant is also popular for its thick and well-seasoned burgers. If you’re in the mood for comfort food, Cafe Bruges is the place to hang out. Try the locally raised sirloin or lamb burger. Non-meat options include a vegan black bean burger and a salmon burger. Choose your entree, and the staff will recommend the perfect Belgian beer pairing from more than 100 options.
Carlisle Diner
Carlisle Diner on West High Street serves locals tasty food in a cozy setting 24 hours a day. The family-owned restaurant prepares its famed breakfasts and burgers fresh daily. Choose from several options, including your classic burger and cheeseburger or the more creative bacon cheeseburger, pizza burger, mushroom cheeseburger, Red Devil Burger, or turkey burger. Carlisle Diner’s black forest burger comes with ham, Swiss cheese, and mushrooms, while the rodeo cheeseburger is topped with barbecue sauce, American cheese, and onion rings.
Feeling particularly hungry? Jimmy’s Big Mouth Burger boasts double the meat and toppings. All burgers come with chips, coleslaw, and a pickle. Make any burger a deluxe to get lettuce, tomato, and onion toppings.
North Hanover Grille
Enjoy classic American food and craft beer at North Hanover Grille, which has a fireplace and a spacious bar area. This charming restaurant’s famed burgers include the Alamo, which features an Angus patty with grilled onions, bacon, barbecue sauce, and Monterey Jack cheddar cheese, and the patty melt, with an Angus patty, Swiss cheese, and grilled onions on rye. Splurge on the Dickenson, which comes with two 6-ounce Angus patties, bacon, and American and Monterey Jack cheddar cheeses. The menu also includes a black bean burger and a variety of meats.
Scalles
Scalles is a Carlisle staple housed in a historic warehouse that dates back to the late 1800s. For more than 30 years, the restaurant has served comfort food and burgers that diners rave about. Order the mushroom Swiss burger, the hefty 8-ounce cheeseburger, the Black Jack chicken burger, a turkey burger, or a veggie burger. Scalles also serves subs, sandwiches, and wraps.
1794 The Whiskey Rebellion
Find 1794 The Whiskey Rebellion at the downtown Carlisle’s Comfort Suites Hotel, which sits on the site of the historic Whiskey Rebellion encampment. Step back in time when you visit this rustic award-winning restaurant. Enjoy the fireplace, patio, more than 50 whiskeys, and incredible burgers, along with other American fare.
Try the Molly Burger, which includes 8 ounces of chuck and short ribs, plus soft cow’s cheese, local Swiss, ginger peach chutney, and mixed greens on a brioche bun. Or order the juicy Mifflin Bull Burger, which comes with an 8-ounce bison patty, local Swiss cheese, Whiskey Rings (thick onion rings), and Rebel Sauce on a pretzel roll.
Try the burgers at each of these Carlisle establishments to determine which one you deem the best burger in town. Don’t forget to let us know!
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