9 new Bay Area burgers you need to try ...Middle East

Burgers are always big, but fried-chicken sandwiches (and tenders, strips, fingers and wings) have dominated the Bay Area’s fast-casual restaurant scene in recent years. Until now. Seems that smashburgers are having yet another moment. Here’s the lowdown on the new joints to try, along with some hefty trad burgers that have popped up on new menus.

Sixth Street Burger, San Jose

How do you set your smash burger apart from all the others?

Add Wagyu to your proprietary beef blend, but keep the price reasonable. That was one of entrepreneur Abram Chandler’s brainstorms for his new Sixth Street Burger in downtown San Jose, which draws from nearby City Hall, offices, stores and campuses.

Another idea was to cook the skin-on fries in beef tallow, then season them with sea salt. And to feature high-quality Marianne’s Ice Cream from Santa Cruz, which makes the milkshakes ($6.96) hard to resist.

Top sellers are the quarter-pound Wagyu Single Smash Cheeseburger ($10.96) and the half-pound Jalapeño Double Smash ($13.96), partner Ricky Hobson says.

Behind the beef is a nostalgic backstory. Chandler, who grew up on Sixth Street, remembers going to the Top Video shop located on this corner back in the day. When he spotted a “for lease” sign on the building, he couldn’t resist getting into the restaurant business, especially for his relatives and friends who still live nearby. What’s his mother’s go-to? That would be the Smash with jalapeños and a strawberry shake.

Details: Open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily at 235 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose; 6thstreetburger.com/

Local Kitchens, Lafayette, Cupertino, Campbell, Palo Alto, Redwood Shores, San Bruno

The 1920s were a literally Depressing time but at least one good thing came out of it: the fried-onion burger. As legend has it, this greasy delight was created in the ’20s in Reno, Oklahoma, by an enterprising restaurateur who wanted to cheaply feed striking railroad workers. His solution was to pad ground beef with onions, then fry it on a grill to make less-expensive but tummy-satisfying “Oklahoma Onion Burgers.”

Today diners can enjoy this taste of the Depression at Sweet Onion Burger, which operates out of shared commercial kitchens called Local Kitchens. The chef behind the restaurant is Los Angeles’ Alvin Cailan, who founded Eggslut and hosts First We Feast’s “The Burger Show” on YouTube.

Cailan’s signature SOB is a quarter-pound of Angus with shaved onions fried to caramelization, slapped on a potato bun with pickles, American cheese and creamy SOB Sauce ($10.50). For something more decadent, there’s an Overachieving SOB with double patties and bacon jam or a seasonal Truffle SOB with havarti and truffle aioli (both $14.50). Diners have the chance to experiment with the fries, which come in regular, garlic and parmesan-truffle varieties. For dessert, there’s a molasses chocolate-chunk cookie.

Details: For locations, hours and delivery/pickup options. visit localkitchens.com/brands/sweetonionburger

Zentrl Kitchen, San Ramon

When Zentrl Kitchen replaced The Lot Restaurant at the movie theatre inside City Center Bishop Ranch in February, the Zentrl Burger ($23) quickly became one of the most popular menu items.

Then in May, Zentrl decided to put a summertime spin on their traditional American burger, and now they’re smothering it in fried shallots.

A gigantic, ½-pound patty of Wagyu beef patty is nestled underneath a fistful of golden-brown shallots and thick slice of melted brie, then placed on top of sauteed maitake mushrooms inside a brioche bun.

To amp up the decadence factor, add some truffle butter and dig into that mound of fries.

Details: Open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Fridays until 10:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon; zentrlkitchen.com/citycenter.

Toast in Town, Foster City

Amid a bustling Saturday scene, Foster City’s new brunch spot stands out for its selection of burgers, including an ultra-hearty smoky dill burger ($19). It comes served on a brioche with an 8-ounce patty, caramelized and fresh onions, Swiss cheese, butter lettuce and tomatoes, plus smoked dill mayonnaise. The dill mayo is subtle, but adds a refreshing lightness to the burger that blends well with the Swiss cheese and caramelized onions.

This brunchery is a project by “Tony” Ngamwittayanon, who grew up cooking with his mom. He also owns the shop alongside business partners Ice Arun, Gio Thana, Richard Kia, Omi Ohm, Aonny Pimpru and Esther Klaithother, and has additional Thai restaurants in San Carlos and San Mateo, according to one of his business partners, Honey Pipatpollakai. This location is tucked away in the Foster Square shopping center with a carefully decorated interior that’s full of greenery and natural light.

Pair the smoky dill burger with one of the restaurant’s signature drinks, like a matcha or ube latte, cha chak — a Thai milk tea, or a strawberry yuzu refresher.

Details: Open 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. weekends at 1100 Foster Square Lane, Suite 145, Foster City.

Hyphy Burger, Oakland

This West Oakland joint is a project of “content creator” Darion Frazier – who posts crazy Instagram bites on @bayareafoodz – and it would be easy to dismiss it as hype if it weren’t so tasty and popular. When it opened in February the lines were out the door, and the word in the parking lot was it’s better than In-N-Out.

The pared-down menu offers two double-thin smashed burgers: the Hyphy Burger ($7) and the Burnout Burger ($7.50) that adds peperoncini, pepper jack and  jalapeños. There are pickles, tomatoes, onion, a soft potato bun and “You Feel Me” sauce that’s suspiciously like Thousand Island – and that’s all you need for an exceptional burger that’ll be gone in four big bites.

The skinny fries are hot and crispy and basically like McDonald’s, which is meant as a compliment. And the mud-thick shakes will bring back memories of Saturday-morning cartoon watching, being mixed with sugar bombs like Fruity Pebbles and Cap’n Crunch.

Details: Open 10:30 a.m.-1 a.m. daily at 898 W. Grand Ave., Oakland; instagram.com/hyphyburger, www.yelp.com/biz/hyphy-burger-oakland

Astroid Burgers & Wings, San Jose

Astroid is much more than a fun, instagrammable, kid-friendly, space-age burger joint. It’s a whole new way of serving a burger — nestled in a warm flying saucer.

Brother-entrepreneurs Victor and Alex Garcia dreamt up this concept when they had a chance to take over a new downtown San Jose space while renovating their Tostadas restaurant next door.

Victor took his inspiration from the “Toy Story” eatery Pizza Planet.  “There are a lot of people who love that movie,” he said. “It brings out the kid inside them. And it brings families together.”

Since the May opening, the most popular burgers have been the Patty Melt ($10.48), with Swiss and American cheeses and caramelized onions, and the Area 51 ($11.98), which adds bacon and mushrooms. The Astroid Sauce, a sweet and tangy Thousand Island-style sauce, brings it all together, along with that bun. Each burger gets sealed (via a nifty machine) into a bun, which keeps the burgers warm and melty.

And keeps people talking about this clever concept.

Also on the menu are breakfast sandwiches (also made Saturn-style) and wings in several flavors (lemon-pepper is the customer fave).

Oh G Burger, Hayward, Berkeley, Oakland

Korean barbecue is good, burgers and fried things are good. Put two and two together and you’ve basically got the concept for Oh G Burger, a new but growing East Bay chain that puts a calorific spin on Korean-American fusion.

Run by the team behind Oakland’s Ohgane Korean BBQ, the restaurant’s classic burger-joint-mixed- with-Korean-pop decor broadcasts “fun.” The menu is indeed a fun mix of Korean street food and smashburgers made with short rib-blend patties. Many of the sides are something you might find at a carnival — gooey fried cheese curds, loaded French fries and spicy popcorn chicken — and the portion sizes could break a scale.

A basic cheeseburger costs $9 but it’s worth upgrading to the $15 Bulgogi Burger, a sweet-glazed puck cooked well-done with pickled onion, bulgogi sauce and ssamjang aioli. It’s like having a Korean barbecue meal condensed in one bite, with a pleasant nuttiness from the thickly crusted sesame bun. Wash it down with a chocolate or strawberry shake.

Details: Open daily (except Hayward, which is closed Sunday) at various locations; for hours visit ohgburgers.com

Canyon Club Brewery in Danville

When Canyon Club Brewery owner Kevin Hamilton decided to put a charbroiled burger ($22) on the menu at the brewery’s second location, which launched in February, he and his kitchen staff had a strenuous job to do: melt (and taste) all different kinds of cheese.

They wanted to see which one melted the best, and in their eyes, it was the gouda.

But it’s not just the soft and gooey gouda blanketed over the Wagyu beef that sets this burger apart; enter the house-pickled zucchini and onions.

“It’s a combination that you might not necessarily order,” Hamilton said. “Pickling the zucchini and onions in-house allows us to add the perfect amount of tanginess and crunch without overwhelming the other flavors.”

Order it alongside the millionaire’s bacon ($9) and gather around the outdoor fire pits for an extra-special treat on a summer night.

Details: Open daily from 4 to 10 p.m. at 204 Sycamore Valley Rd. in Danville; canyonclub.getbento.com/daville-location/.

The Yard, Brentwood

Sometimes you need a break from gigantic burger patties and instead crave a patty that’s thin enough for both sides to be crispy and crunchy.

Cover it in cheese, grab a beer and sit outside in the sun at The Yard, a converted gas station that opened in Brentwood late last year.

The Liberty Smash Burger is $8 and features special sauce, pickles, grilled onions and American cheese on a potato bun. Make it a double for $11.

Chicken, burgers and filthy fries are about all you’ll find at The Yard, where owner Alyssa Roost said she’d rather do “a small menu really well than have 50 menu items.”

The greasy treats pair well with a cold beer while the kids run around and play. There are picnic tables, umbrellas, string lights, TVs and yard games.

“We also have great spots nearby, so people are coming to get a burger, then going next door to get an ice cream,” Roost said.

Details: Open Thursdays to Mondays, 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 200 Oak Street in Brentwood; brentwoodyard.com.

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