The best burger on the Coast comes with a secret sauce and a lesson in Biloxi history
If Biloxi has an iconic burger joint, it has to be Burger Burger on Howard Avenue.
It has been around for many years, 75 to be exact. It has changed locations once and has made adjustments to the menu, but many Biloxians still think it’s the best burger around.
Burger Burger describes itself in this way: “Get your grandmas cooking, seafood and obviously a wide range of burgers while sitting in a unique museum of Biloxi nostalgia.”
There are nine burgers on the menu, and they all look good. The Smoke House burger always makes a big splash. It’s topped with three cheeses, bacon and BBQ sauce and many people call it the best burger they have ever had. The Godfather burger also gets high scores. It’s made with ground chuck, Italian sausage and dressed with mayo, tomato, pickles, onion and Provolone cheese.
But the star of this menu is the Burger Burger. It’s made with ground chuck patties, cooked on the flat top and marinated in a garlic, black pepper seasoning and served on a po-boy loaf (the bread is from Gendusa Bakery in New Orleans).
The burger is topped with a house made gravy (you will never get the secret recipe) and served with chopped onions and yellow mustard. This burger is huge, most people only order a half, but that’s still at least 10 inches long. The full burger could easily feed four people.
There are five appetizers to choose from, with the Disco Fries being the main attraction. It’s a plate of fries topped with Burger-Burger gravy, chopped onions and cheddar cheese. It’s big enough to be a main course and could easily be a side for two people.
Burger Burger also has seven po-boys to choose from, two sandwiches, a chicken salad croissant and a buffalo chicken on a bun.
There is also a daily special. On the day of my visit it was a fried pork chop with two sides.
All the food is good at Burger Burger, but the fried green tomatoes and fried onion rings were simply the best I have had in a very long time. They were crispy and so flavorful. Next time, I may make a meal out of them and skip the burger all together. There is also a daily homemade dessert that should not be missed.
Burger Burger is a Biloxi tradition, and it has lasted as long as it has because it is just that good. I’ll vote the burger burger the best burger around any day!
This story was originally published July 15, 2022 at 8:00 AM.