Best Burger in Frankfurt: Nordend to Bornheim

The best burgers in Frankfurt are found in the Nordend and in Bornheim along Berger Straße, in the Bahnhofsviertel around the main station, and across the Main in Sachsenhausen. On weekdays, the office workers of the banking district fill burger counters in the centre at lunchtime. Ostend and Bockenheim, the old university district, complete the map.

Frankfurt’s own cooking is built around two things a burger rarely meets. Grüne Soße is a cold sauce of seven herbs (borage, chervil, cress, parsley, salad burnet, sorrel and chives), served with boiled eggs and potatoes. Apfelwein, the local cider, is poured from a grey stoneware jug called a Bembel in the old taverns of Sachsenhausen. The Kleinmarkthalle, the indoor market in the city centre, sells the herb bundles for the sauce, and the Frankfurter Würstchen, a thin smoked pork sausage, takes its name from the city.

Burgers in Frankfurt: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Nordend, Bornheim, Bahnhofsviertel, Sachsenhausen, Ostend and Bockenheim.
• Local specialty: Grüne Soße, the seven-herb green sauce.
• Local drink: Apfelwein, served from a Bembel in Sachsenhausen taverns.
• Market: the Kleinmarkthalle, open Monday to Saturday.
• Getting around: U-Bahn, S-Bahn and trams on RMV tickets; the S-Bahn links the airport to the centre in about 15 minutes.

Every guide we publish on Frankfurt is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. More destinations are listed in our burger restaurant guides by destination.