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The Best Burger Joints in Scottsdale

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The best burger joints in Scottsdale, according to the experts: Foodist Awards, Phoenix New Times, and AZ Central have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bad Jimmy’s comes out on top.

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Paradise Valley Burger Company and Culinary Gangster hold the next two places. Phoenix New Times shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AZ Central next.

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  1. Rank 1. Bad Jimmy’s

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    7620 E Indian School Rd, Unit 101, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Tuesday 11 AM–10 PM

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  2. Rank 2. Paradise Valley Burger Company

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    The Brulee Burger, with its torched sugar crust on the bun, explains the whole ethos of this Scottsdale burger shop in one order. The chef here treats fast-casual comfort food as an excuse to get weird in the best way, battering and frying patties, folding blueberry-habanero compote into guacamole, stacking corn-muffin fritters between the buns. Guy Fieri has been by, and the memorabilia is on the wall to prove it. Napkins: take several.

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    15689 N Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  3. Rank 3. Culinary Gangster

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    14891 N Northsight Blvd, Unit 135, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  4. Rank 3. UNiQ Burger

    A fully plant-based burger shop where the patties, cheese, and buns are all vegan, yet every meat-eating friend you drag here tends to go quiet mid-bite. Counter service, casual prices, shopping plaza setting. The menu runs from a straightforward classic to pineapple or jalapeño-topped builds, with loaded fries worth the mess. Phoenix New Times has named it among the top burger joints in the metro two years running, vegan or otherwise.

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    7730 E McDowell Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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