The burger at an Ontario restaurant was just ranked one of the world's best
A restaurant in a small Ontario town was just named one of the best burger places in the entire world — the only Canadian spot to earn a spot on the list.
A person's burger preferences are as deeply personal — as sacredly held — as anything. When you've located your favourite burger, be it thick and juicy or thin with crispy edges, fixins spilling out or presented without frills, you've locked in a core part of your identity, in some way.
That said, not all burgers, regardless of your personal feelings about them, are created equal. Some are just better than others. At least, that's the belief of World's 101 Best, the same folks who rank the 101 best steak restaurants in the world.
On Monday, June 1, the 2026 list of the best burger places in the world dropped, and a sole Canadian restaurant found its way onto the list.
Though Toronto restaurants like Jacobs & Co. and Linny's are well used to getting recognition for the wonders they work with beef, it was actually Fat Rabbit in St. Catharines that beat them all out, securing a 38th-place finish.
It stands to reason that the burger at Fat Rabbit, which comes topped with caramelized onions, Gruyère cheese, pickles, dijonnaise, and is made, crucially, with beef from local Niagara farms, also earned the distinction of Canada's best burger.
While any honour comes as, well, an honour to Fat Rabbit, earning international acclaim is becoming old hat for chef Zach Smith and his team, landing on Toronto's Michelin Guide (despite, notably, not being located in Toronto) and on the list of Canada's 100 best restaurants earlier this spring.
I've never been the type to believe that you need any reason to eat a burger, but if there ever was one, this would be it.
