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The 5 best patios with awesome burgers

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    Allen’s

    143 Danforth, Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N2

    Fancier than a pub, more casual than a steak house: Allen’s is the Danforth’s most storied (non-Greek) culinary landmark. Come for the stately willow tree that extends its tendrils over the patio. Stay for what are “often said to be the best burgers in Toronto,” according to a treatise on the menu that outlines their weekly purchase and processing of an entire steer (meaning you can get your patty as rare as your heart desires). The rest of the white-tablecloth-style fare also delivers, as does the impressive bottled beer list and triply impressive selection of whiskies (380 in total, by owner John Maxwell‘s reckoning, and 285 of which are single malt).

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    Harbord Room – CLOSED

    89 Harbord, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1G4

    The burger is by no means the only attraction at Cory Vitiello and Dave Mitton‘s Harbord Village kitchen, but it surely accounts for a healthy portion of the traffic packing their flagstone-paved, umbrella-shaded back patio in the warmer months. Even in the wake of Toronto’s burger boom, Harbord’s take, which features 8 ounces of juicy, dry-aged beef piled with sharp cheddar, bright lemon-garlic aioli and caramelized onions on a pillowy egg bun, is still regarded as one of the city’s best. Send the whole experience over the top by sipping clever cocktails inspired by mint-chocolate milkshakes or corn on the cob.

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    Woody’s Burgers

    3795 Lake Shore W, Toronto, Ontario

    Located along a western stretch of Lake Shore, Woody’s is far removed from the downtown stronghold of Burger’s Priest, Stockyards, et al. – all the better to rule Etobicoke’s burger scene. Their sizable side patio alleviates some of the space crunch among the booths indoors, where the kitchen’s Canadian-hardwood-burning grill turns out juicy 7-ounce patties done up classic-style or globally-inspired options like tandoori chicken burgers or the Tokyo, topped with wasabi mayo. 

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    BQM Diner – CLOSED

    354 Queen W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2A2

    The Queen West BQM, formerly the Stem diner, has morphed into nouveau-Italian eatery Stelvio. (They’ve mercifully kept up the location’s 65-year streak of having a burger on the menu, albeit one served on polenta rounds.) Diner-style burger aficionados can still find safe harbour at the chain’s Ossington location, which is flanked by a covered side patio. Get a banquet burger or push the envelope with a panko-crusted, pickle-topped version. Anything on the menu can be done as a basic chuck patty, or with brisket for $2 more, if you’re feeling indulgent. The memorial Stem burger, topped with bacon and a runny egg, has been repurposed into a “brunch burger” – but hey, times change.

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    Queen & Beaver Public House

    35 Elm, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1H1

    It shares a chef and burger bragging credentials with Yorkville’s Oxley, but Andrew Carter‘s warmly upper-crusty pub on Elm has the advantage of a charming little second-floor roof deck that provides a nice view of the sleepy street below. Hand-chopped instead of ground (as is the case at Oxley), the 6-ounce Q&B patty is infused with bone marrow and stacked with Stilton and pork belly on a house-baked bun. All told, it elevates the classic pub burger to a whole new level (literally and figuratively).

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