Michigan Has BETTER Burgers Than Ohio | 12 of the Best Burgers in Michigan

🗺️ Plan the drive: two places in this video are in our food guide, Where Michigan Eats, part of the 4-guide Michigan Guide Box (E-Book) 👉 https://michigan-guide-box.netlify.app/?src=yt-burgers In 1836, Michigan let Ohio keep Toledo and got the Upper Peninsula instead. More than a century later, a drive-in at the foot of the Mackinac Bridge started grilling three-quarter-pound burgers. Ohio has Swensons and the Thurmanator. Michigan has a bar where nobody writes down your order. We rank 12 Michigan burger joints on how long they have been grilling, what critics and national lists have said about them, and what people who eat there say today. In this video: 12. Mercury Burger & Bar – Corktown, Detroit 11. Stella's Lounge – Grand Rapids 10. Bates Hamburgers – Livonia 9. The Torch Bar & Grill – Flint 8. Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burger – Ann Arbor 7. Hunter House Hamburgers – Birmingham 6. Joe's Friendly Tavern – Empire 5. Spike's Keg O' Nails – Grayling 4. Don's Drive-In – Traverse City 3. Clyde's Drive-In – St. Ignace 2. Redamak's – New Buffalo 1. Miller's Bar – Dearborn Also mentioned: Telway Hamburgers (Detroit), Bray's Hamburgers, and the olive burger. Check before you go: Clyde's and Redamak's are seasonal and close for the winter. Blimpy Burger closed for renovations in March 2026, and Hunter House moved to 33900 Woodward. Some places are cash only. Michigan or Ohio, which state really has the better burger? Tell us in the comments, and tell us which joint we missed. #Michigan #Burgers #PureMichigan