Photo: BurgerFiBurgerFi Cheeseburger
The house burger, and the clearest statement of what the chain wants to be. Natural Angus beef with American cheese, lettuce, tomato and the tangy Fi Sauce. It tastes cleaner and beefier than a typical fast-food cheeseburger, which is precisely the pitch. Order it double if you are hungry; the single can feel small.
The story
BurgerFi opened in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea in 2011, in the middle of the better burger wave — a run of chains that sold cleaner sourcing and a brighter dining room at a price above the drive-thrus. The promises were all about what was absent: no hormones, no antibiotics, nothing frozen. The wave has been hard on its own companies, and BurgerFi filed for bankruptcy in 2024 and changed hands in 2025, but the house cheeseburger it opened with is unchanged.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the BurgerFi Cheeseburger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
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The Burger Ball Pit - Shares beef and cheese
The Krusty Burger - Shares beef and cheese
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat) - Shares beef and cheese
Zachariah's Shack Burger
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About BurgerFi
BurgerFi opened in 2011 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida, as part of the wave of “better burger” restaurants that promised cleaner ingredients than the drive-thrus: all-natural Angus beef with no hormones or antibiotics, fresh-cut fries and a modern, bright dining room.
Around 65 restaurants, most of them in Florida and the eastern US.
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