Börger?

Hagavaginn, Vesturbær, Reykjavik, 2025:

Tommi’s Burger Joint, Austurhöfn, Reykjavík, 2025:

Kröst, Hlemmur, Reykjavík, 2025:

Hamburgers are popular in Iceland but expensive. No cattle ranching is done in Iceland, although I suspect that the older dairy cows eventually end up in this supply chain. One burger joint that I did eat at in 2004, American Style, wasn’t the best. Tommi’s has a béarnaise sauce that is supposed to be fabulous and the lamb-burger I had at Kröst in 2022 was worth it. I have walked by Hagavaginn dozens of times, but its greasy-spoon vibe (even the building’s siding looks greasy) has always put me off.

NOTE: All restaurant prices in Iceland have jumped in the last couple of years: a burger, fries and can of pop will run at least 25 USD. When I first went to Iceland in 2000 there were still McDonalds but the last one closed in the wake of the 2009 Kreppa. The last meal sold at that one still exists, under glass.