The burger of my choice is a medium-rare cooked burger with American cheese, lettuce, ketchup, and mayo on a sesame seed bun. That to me sounds amazing with a side of fries. Americans love us some hamburgers. It is a cookout staple. On May 28th each year we celebrate National Hamburger Day. This is to honor one of America’s favorite sandwiches.
North Carolina is celebrating National Hamburger Day with some great freebies and deals. Offers.com’s deals and savings experts have compiled a list of all the free burgers and other special offers that shoppers can enjoy to celebrate the juiciest holiday of the year this Saturday. We compiled all the North Carolina offers using their list.
For the most up-to-date list of National Hamburger Day coupons, freebies and deals, make sure to check out Offers.com’s full guide here.
1. Applebee’s
Purchase $50 in Applebee’s gift cards online and get a $10 Bonus Card for free. There are several locations in North Carolina.
2. Burger 21
Celebrate National Hamburger Day with a $5 Cheesy Burgers from Burger 21. The offer is only valid on May 28, and there’s no limit on the number of burgers a gusset can purchase. Eat up!
3. Carl’s Jr.
Join Carl’s Jr.’s new rewards program and get rewarded a free Western Bacon Cheeseburger, Famous Star, or Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich when you spend a minimum of $1.
4. Burger King
For a limited time, get in on a smoking deal at Burger King. Get a tasty free Whopper, Croissan’Wich, or Original Chicken Sandwich with a purchase of $3 or more. This deal is only valid for newly registered app users.
5. BurgerFi
In the mood for a burger and beer? If so, check out BurgerFi and its new Hoppy Meal. The meal includes a BurgerFi Cheeseburger, regular fry, and draft beer of your choice. The deal is valid now through May 31.
6. Chilli's
Head over to Chili’s to celebrate National Hamburger Day, as the restaurant will serving the juicy Big Mouth Bites for only $10. The cheeseburger sliders come with bacon, American cheese, sauteed onions and Chili’s famous house-made ranch.
7. Fuddruckers
While National Hamburger Day falls on Saturday, don’t pass up this great Monday deal from Fuddruckers. From 4 p.m. until close, every Monday, purchase an adult meal and get a kids meal for just $1.99.
8. Jack in the Box
Get in on this special Jack in the Box deal for National Hamburger Day. You can get 20% off your first orders placed on the Jack mobile app.
9. Mcdonald’s
Pre-celebrate National Hamburger day at the golden arches. Every Friday at McDonald’s, get a “FREE” medium order of fries with a minimum $1 app purchase. You can see more on this deal and participating stores on the Mcdonald’s website.
10. Miller’s Ale House
Buy $50 in gift cards and get a free $10 bonus card. This offer is good until June 26 and bonus cards are valid from July 1 through August 31.
11. Red Robin
Spend National Hamburger Day at Red Robin and indulge in one of its Gourmet Burgers which is served with Bottomless Steak Fries.
12. Steak ’n Shake
When you download and sign up on the Steak ’n Shake rewards app, you will be rewarded a free Specialty Milkshake.
13. TGI Fridays
Score $5 in e-Bonus Bites when you spend $25 on e-gift cards at TGI Fridays. Bonus cards are valid from July 1 through August 31.
14. Wayback Burgers
Each week during May, Wayback Burgers will be introducing a new offer in honor of National Hamburger Month. You can check out the Wayback app every Monday to see that week’s special offer. From May 22 to May 31, guests can get triple points when placing orders through the app. And on May 28, you can get BOGO Classic Burgers.
15. White Castle
A free Combo you say? That’s right! New members who sign up for Craver Nation in the White Castle app can score a complimentary combo meal.
North Carolina: This is the No. 1 Burger in the State
North Carolina
The Brooks’ Sandwich House in Charlotte has long been a reliable source of the stuff; here, however, a slice is served with a burger. If you ask for it “all the way,” you’ll get mustard, onion, and beef chili.
Alabama
In addition to live music and good times, Callaghan’s Irish Social Club has developed over the decades into a premier spot for a bacon cheeseburger and great live music. The bedrock is hand-smushed, though never smashed, Angus beef on a vintage flat-top, topped with quality vegetables, plus very good bacon. To balance out the fries, there is a refreshing tomato, cucumber, and onion salad.Connecticut
Louis’ Lunch is located in Connecticut. In the late 1800s, Louis Lassen started pressing steak scraps on upright grills and serving them as sandwiches. Despite the passing of Lassen’s great-grandson, the establishment still prepares and serves its juicy, default-to-medium-rare burgers the same way as it always has. If you order the sandwich fully dressed, you will get grilled onions, ripe tomato slices, and nicely melted cheese; don’t ask for anything else.
Delaware
Located in Los Angeles, the Charcoal Pit stands as a whimsical relic of an era gone by, a swooping, neon-lit coffee shop where you can get frosted chocolate malts, and monster ice cream sundaes, fresh onion rings, and hamburgers prepared on a charcoal grill. You should order the 10 oz. Home Run burger, is a straightforward classic topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and a slice of American cheese.
Florida
Let’s say you’re looking for the best burgers in Miami. Actually, you’re looking for the best Frita. This beef and pork blend is seasoned liberally with cumin, pepper, and paprika served on an absorbent Cuban roll, and topped with onions and crispy potato matchsticks, for a crunchiness that cannot be beaten.
Georgia
NFA Burgers begin with some top-quality Angus beef grilled until the edges are crispy-caramelized. Pickles, mustard, the house secret sauce, and cheese are the standard toppings, and Martin’s soft rolls hold it all together. It looks so good to me!
Kentucky
In 1934, Laha’s Red Castle opened in Hodgenville, a small town. There are small but mighty burgers here, and they are mighty affordable. Fresh ground beef is pressed down on the flat top, then raw onions are thrown on top.
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Louisiana
After serving in World War II, brothers Alcide and Marc Judice opened the Judice Inn in Lafayette, and until this date, if you’re in the mood for a Cajun burger, you want this still-in-the-family hangout where they grind the beef and bake the rolls daily. There is an abundance of flavor not found in your typical American beef patty—like pepper, black pepper, and cayenne—and the burgers are well seasoned as well, drenched in the house tomato-based special sauce with lettuce and raw onion on the side.
Maine
Biddeford is home to the Palace Diner. The Palais Royale is the place to go if you want great burgers. The sandwich comes with two generously sized smash burgs, cheddar cheese melting everywhere, shredded lettuce, pickles, and just enough secret sauce on a toasted sesame seed bun.
Maryland
A Baltimore neighborhood institution, Hamilton Tavern serves one of the city’s best tavern burgers, and it’s the blessed simplicity, but with excellent local ingredients, that sets them apart from the rest. One might be satisfied with that beautiful, organic Roseda Farms beef on a fresh, locally-baked sesame roll on its own, but the house favorite, the Crosstown Burger, is nicely complemented with a slab of melty horseradish cheddar cheese, plenty of crisp icebergs, and a disc of red onion.
Massachusetts
Craigie on Main in Cambridge serves grass-fed local beef, cheddar from Vermont, lettuce, red onions, and housemade ketchup spiked with the mace on a perfectly made roll from Clear Flour Bakery, making it the state’s best burger.
West Virginia
Jim’s Drive-In in Lewisburg serves up stellar shakes, slaw dogs (as is the style here), and good, honest, quality burgers—scraggly, hand-formed patties sent out with a magnificent char. Cheese, onions, lettuce, and tomato—that’s all you need. Except maybe an order of the onion rings.
Virginia
In Roanoke, Texas Tavern serves the city’s most iconic $3 meal. This is a cheeseburger with a fried egg, pickles, sweet relish, and if you want onions as well. The restaurant was founded in 1930 by Nick Bullington and is currently owned by his great-grandson Matt.
Mississippi
Latham’s Hamburger Inn in New Albany still serves something very close to the original article, almost a century after the burger’s heyday—fried in a cast-iron skillet, it crisps up around the edges, almost crunchy like a fritter. It’s served on a griddled bun with the usual fixings.
New Hampshire
Gilley’s PM Lunch in Portsmouth is one of the best diners in the country. Skip the bun, even if you’re going for a classic cheeseburger or chiliburger-for a true taste of New England, order the burger served with baked beans and buttery white bread for dipping. Make sure you try the hand-cut fries made with Maine potatoes.
New Jersey
White Manna in Hackensack is a burger paradise. You can enjoy a daub of fresh-ground burger, onions on top, cheese melting everywhere out of the pliable, miniature potato roll. The result is one of the smallest, best burgers in America. Yummy!
New York
One of New York’s most iconic steakhouses is Peter Luger in Brooklyn. You can also get some great burgers there! The burger is served medium rare on a quality sesame bun with plenty of raw onion and includes over half a pound of prime dry-aged beef.
Pennsylvania
Tessaro’s Tavern, a legendary Pittsburgh tavern run by the Harrington family, is known for its in-house butcher. Locally sourced and grilled on cast iron over hardwood coals, these hamburgers are tucked into fresh buns from a nearby bakery, typically with the utmost care.
South Carolina
Something as simple and delicious as a pimento cheeseburger shouldn’t be off the menu all over the country. While pimento cheese is found throughout the South, so too are pimento cheeseburgers, but most can agree that Columbia, South Carolina’s capital city, is the spiritual home (at least of the latter). At the fun-loving Rockaway Athletic Club, which is neither an athletic club nor a club per se, but rather a late-night indoor-outdoor bar, you’ll find a perfect example.
Tennessee
In addition to being a bar, jazz club, and brothel (up until the early 1990s), the restaurant tells many stories, ghost stories for sure, and tales of legends, musical and otherwise, who have passed through its doors. You might want to try the Soul Burger, one of the more famous dishes in the city that isn’t barbecue. It is not rocket science to make these burgers; they are topped with cheese, pickles, grilled onion, and mustard, and are usually consumed late at night on the way home.