The food and restaurant industries goes a little wild with so-called ‶national day″ designation for most foodstuffs, from pickles to pancakes to peanuts to vanilla pudding. (That’s November 14, March 4, September 13, and May 22, if you’re keeping track.) But if ever an edible deserved a proper celebration, it’s the hamburger. Its day is May 28.

We’ve always found that (apart from fast food chains) you can get a good hamburger almost anywhere in the USA, from downtown diners in Manhattan NYC to saloons and tap houses of Manhattan, Kansas. We’re particularly taken with some of the regional specialties, including Oklahoma’s own onion burger (See here). New Mexico has the great green chile cheeseburger, whether at a rustic lodge (see here or a swank Santa Fe hotel (see here).

One of our all-time favorite burgers hails from San Antonio, Texas (see here) and another from San Antonio, New Mexico (see here).

As far as that goes, we’ve also been treated to some spectacular condiments, including homemade tomato jam (see here) and, the Ultimate Truffle Burger (see here), assuming you happen to have some extra black truffles to use up.

It’s time to light the grill.