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Coming from the West Coast, nothing compares to places like In N Out and the Apple Pan in New York, the best places to find burgers in NYC are the Crown and Kennedy Fried Chicken shops which are usually in rougher parts of town, they really go out of the way to make a good burger, even toasting the bun for you, unheard of in a fast food joint. To date these places are the only places where I have eaten a satisfying burger, ironically these places mostly sell fried chicken, but they offer burgers as an extra item, and only make them fresh to order, kind of funny the best burgers in NYC come from a fried chicken joint.