Best Burgers in Medellín: Poblado and Laureles

The best burgers in Medellín are concentrated in two areas: El Poblado, especially the streets of Provenza and the blocks around Parque Lleras, and Laureles, along La 70 and the circular streets of its residential grid. Envigado, just south of the city, adds a more local crowd.

Medellín’s burgers sit next to a strong paisa food culture, the cooking of Antioquia, where the arepa and the bandeja paisa come first. The everyday benchmark is the comidas rápidas cart: a burger built tall, then finished with sauces and crushed potato crisps. At about 1,500 metres, the city is known as the City of Eternal Spring, and its mild weather keeps terraces open all year.

Burgers in Medellín: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: El Poblado (Provenza, Parque Lleras), Laureles (La 70) and Envigado.
• Regional food culture: paisa cooking, from the arepa at breakfast to the bandeja paisa with beans, chicharrón and fried egg.
• Street style: loaded burgers from comidas rápidas carts, with pink sauce, pineapple sauce and papitas on top.
• Currency: prices are in Colombian pesos (COP).
• Getting around: the Medellín Metro, running since 1995 and still the only metro in Colombia, plus the Metrocable gondolas up the hillsides.
• What our guides check: that each venue is trading, its full address with neighbourhood, a dated price in pesos and its signature burger.

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