Louis' Lunch

Louis Lunch can be found at Crown St 261. The following is offered: Entertainers. The entry is present with us since Sep 7, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 12, 2013. In New Haven there are 10 other Entertainers. An overview can be found here.

While their claim on having invented the hamburger is bogus to my mind (a burger doesn't come on toast) there's no question that this ancient New Haven restaurant serves a truly venerable chopped beef sandwich. Just don't ask for ketchup.

Louis' Lunch is a place that you must go to if you are in the area. I have had such great meals here and a fun experience each time!

Everything here at Louis' Lunch is so tasty. The is one of my favorite places to go in the area.

This is guaranteed to be the best burger you will ever taste. If you are within the area you must give Louis' Lunch a try.

The burgers at Louis' Lunch, are the best burgers in town. Everything off the menu would be great to order.

This all-American luncheonette on the National Register of Historic Places claims to be the birthplace of the hamburger. Its first-rate burgers are cooked in an old-fashioned upright broiler and served with either a slice of tomato or cheese on two pieces of toast. As most customers who come from far and wide for these tasty morsels agree, it doesn't get much better than that. Thursday to...

While their claim on having invented the hamburger is bogus to my mind (a burger doesn't come on toast) there's no question that this ancient New Haven restaurant serves a truly venerable chopped beef sandwich. Just don't ask for ketchup.

You'll have only so many opportunities in your life to ingest history, so if you find yourself in New Haven, you simply have to grab a burger at Louis' Lunch. According to lore, the first hamburger in America was made in 1900 by Louis Lassen, the tiny eatery's original proprietor. When a hurried customer asked for a meal he could consume on the run, Lassen sandwiched a chopped beef patty...

The claim, unprovable but gaining strength as the decades roll on, is that America's very first hamburger sandwich was sold in 1900 at this little luncheonette. Although Louis' was moved from its original location to escape demolition, not much else has changed. The wooden counter and tables are carved with the initials of a century of patrons. The beef is freshly ground each day, thrust into...

The beginnings of the hamburger sandwich as we all know it today was really quite simple. One day in 1900, a gentleman hurriedly walked into Louis' Lunch and told proprietor Louis Lassen he was in a rush and wanted something he could eat on the run. In an instant, Louis placed his own blend of ground steak trimmings between two slices of toast and sent the gentleman on his way. And so, the most...