A New York man has shared his experience of trying the restaurant that claims to have created the first hamburger, and the results are in.
Raphael Miranda (known as @r.xix__ on TikTok) recently visited the historic Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut.
"When I first looked at the building, it looked very out of place compared to the rest of the buildings in the area, but very demure. It looked like a building I would expect from the early 1900s would," the 26-year-old told Newsweek.
Once Miranda stepped into the bar area, he was greeted by a simple yet nostalgic menu written in chalk. The offerings are straightforward: hamburgers or cheeseburgers are on offer with sides of potato salad or chips. For dessert, there are homemade pies.
Miranda noted on his video, which has gone viral since it was posted on August 6, that he expected French fries but soon realized Louis' Lunch meant bags of Deep River chips.
Although the items on the menu were limited, Miranda told Newsweek that the hamburger really stood out to him. Unlike conventional burgers, Louis' Lunch serves their patties between two slices of toast, a nod to the original hamburger served over a century ago.
"I really did love the burger [and] to me, it tasted freshly made, compared to these processed burgers from fast-food chains and, of course, the way it's cooked... I'm just a sucker for stuff like that," Miranda said.
The potato salad and pies also took him by surprise. Despite not being a big fan of the classic side dish, he added that Louis' Lunch served up the best one he had ever tasted.
"I was not expecting that they also make phenomenal pies; my favorite one is the blueberry one," he added.
As well as clocking up almost 4 million views, Miranda's video received thousands of comments from other social-media users.
Some people were skeptical about making a visit to the restaurant in New Haven, but others were convinced after watching the clip.
"Medium-rare? The thing still mooing," one TikTok user wrote in reference to the restaurant, which insists on cooking all burgers medium-rare.
Many others were quick to comment that they thought the first burger was actually created in Hamburg, Germany, but Miranda told Newsweek that while he believed they made the first patty, "Louis' Lunch created the first burger between two slices of bread and made the first burger sandwich."
With the restaurant's affordable prices and unique way of cooking burgers, Miranda encouraged users on TikTok to not "knock it 'til you've tried it".
And the toasted bread? "I'm a firm believer that a burger should be served on a burger bun. However, after my visit, I think I like it on sliced bread," Miranda said.
One thing is for sure. "We have come a long way since 1900," one TikTok user commented.
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