If you're looking for the Best Burgers in Elkhart, Indiana, here they are. Eleven amazing burgers that will make your taste buds scream with delight. Get out there and try them... all of them. You will certainly thank us after you do.

#1 523 TAP & GRILL - The Main Street

This mountain high sandwich is not for the faint at heart.

The chef begins creating your masterpiece by using a soft browned bun as a foundation. Made with half a pound of fresh ground, Certified Angus Beef chuck, flame broiled over a char grill... and smothered with cheddar cheese.

Fresh tomato, lettuce and grilled mushrooms are carefully added. This beauty is topped off with applewood smoked bacon, and fried onion strings. Finally it’s drizzled with a special house barbecue ranch sauce. Oh yeah, just like Lakehouse, 523 brands your buns... at no extra charge!

#2 FIVE STAR DIVE BAR - Smoke House Burger

The Five Star Dive Bar makes its way into the top 25 with its Smoke House Burger. They begin with delicious hand pattied Certified Angus, 100% Ground Chuck beef, cooked to order. They then slap it on a Brioche Bun (baked fresh from Gonella Bakery in Chicago) and add bacon. Finally your cook melts a symphony of cheeses (provolone, cheddar, mozzarella and smoked gouda) onto the patty and tops it with house-spun smokehouse sauce. This ain’t no ordinary dive bar...and it certainly ain’t no ordinary burger.

#3 FLIPPIN’ COW - Stella Moo Burger

Already an award winning burger, the Stella Moo from Flippin‘ Cow has really earned its stripes in ZZZippy’s Best 100 Burgers Contest. Placing #19 from well over a thousand burgers is no small feat. So what makes the Stella special? How about the fact that it’s made with double steak burger patties, topped with Applewood Smoked Bacon, a quality Pepper Jack cheese, smoked bisque and house-made Ale BBQ sauce. That is a really good start, however it’s when they throw on the onion straws that this thing really MOOS… now that makes for an award-winning burger!

#4 HEINNIE'S BACK BARN - The Claybaugh

Rounding out our Top 25 Best Burgers is Heinnie’s Claybaugh Burger. This twin 1/3 pound burger with bacon, grilled onions, mushrooms, four different cheeses and all its condiments may not be great for you… but it sure is delicious.

Heinnie's named the burger after ex-Elkhart Police Officer Scott Claybaugh because…

Well, you’ll have to ask them why.

#5 MCCARTHY’S ON THE RIVERWALK - Big Irish Burger

A 6.5 oz. beef patty with bleu cheese ,fries, bacon, fried egg, coleslaw, guacamole, lettuce, tomato and red onion served on a pretzel bun.

#6 BETWEEN THE BUNS - Angry Knight Burger

#7 NEW PARADIGM BREWING CO. - Rockin’ West

#8 BACON HILL KITCHEN & PUB - Bacon Hill Burger

#9 MILES LAB - Black Jack Burger

#10 SPORTS TIME FAMILY PUB - The Western Burger

#11 SIMONTON LAKE DRIVE-IN - Olive Burger