The Butter Burger

Wisconsin

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The Great American Burger Book: How to Make Authentic Regional Hamburgers At Home

Published 2016

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Before I made the film Hamburger America, very few people had heard of the butter burger of Wisconsin. Even in the nearby city of Chicago it was perceived as a sort of burger mythology, a thing that “may” exist. That’s because the concept of the butter burger sounds absurd. Who uses butter as a hamburger condiment? Why, some clever folks in the great dairy state of Wisconsin, of course!

What many in the state refer to as a butter burger simply involves swiping the inside of a toasted bun with a thin coat of pure, creamy Wisconsin butter. But to truly experience this unique American burger you’ll need to visit the place where it was invented: Solly’s Grille in Glendale, Wisconsin. Solly’s, which is near Milwaukee, started adding butter to their burgers in the 1930s and the idea caught on.

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