Daddy Jones’s mostly Greek menu has plenty to explore in the gyro and skewers department, but don’t ignore the excellent burgers. Try Chris’s burger ($15) with spicy aioli, Sriracha, sharp cheddar, bacon, mixed greens, onions, and half sour pickles, served on a local Stone & Skillet English muffin, or keep things a little simpler with the regular cheeseburger ($14) with garlic aioli, lettuce, onions, and fries. (Add bacon for $1.) Prefer lamb to beef? There’s a lamb burger as well ($16), served on a cinnamon raisin English muffin.

Currently offering takeout and delivery.

Order: Official Website / Uber Eats

Boston Burger Company — now with locations in Harvard Square, Back Bay, and Salem as well as the original Somerville one — is the place to go for absolutely over-the-top burgers (and “freak frappes”). They run $11.50 to $17.50 and come topped with stacked-tall combinations such as peanut butter, bacon, and fried cinnamon-and-sugar bananas (The King); mozzarella sticks, fried macaroni and cheese, onion rings, fries, bacon, golden barbecue sauce, and American cheese (the aptly named 420 Burger); and bacon, a stack of beer-battered onion rings, honey barbecue sauce, and American cheese (Killer Bee).

Currently offering indoor dining, takeout, and delivery.

Order: (857) 233-4560 [Boston takeout] / (857) 242-3605 [Cambridge takeout] / (978) 414-5910 [Salem takeout] / (617) 440-7361 [Somerville takeout] / Official Website [delivery, with location-specific links to DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats]

Serving up burgers since 1992, this classic Somerville spot goes through about 500 pounds of burgers a week, according to a 2015 interview with owner Richard Sullivan. “If you fork the burger, all the juices come out,” he said at the time. “If you squish the burger, all the juices come out. You want a nice, puffy, juicy burger.” As such, the restaurant is known for its tall half-pound patties. And if you order your burger rare, it will come quite rare, just the way Sullivan likes it. The menu is full of burger options, most ringing in around $14. There’s a newer location in Lynn as well.

Currently offering takeout, delivery, and indoor dining.

Order: (617) 491-9638 [takeout] / DoorDash [delivery] / Uber Eats [delivery]

The double cheeseburger Charlie’s is famous for is unpretentious — flat patties topped with American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles. It’s served with perfect shoestring french fries, and is best eaten with a cold beer or several. Charlie’s has one of the best patios in Greater Boston (and one of the most accessible), and you should patronize it once it is safe to do so.

Charlie’s is open for indoor dining and takeout.

Order: Official Website [takeout]

The burger, the myth, the legend. One of Boston’s most iconic dishes is the burger at Craigie on Main, a burger available in limited quantities each night that, in non-COVID times, still frequently inspires a line outside before the restaurant opens. It features a grass-fed beef patty, Shelburne Farm cheddar, mace ketchup, and a lettuce-and-onion mixture in “burger vinaigrette,” as well as a tomato slice — but only when tomatoes are in season. The burger is served on a milk-style bun. It starts at $18; add on bacon and/or an egg for a few extra bucks. (The burger currently available for takeout and delivery has a few small differences but captures the soul of the in-restaurant burger. $16.)

“The hamburger is one of those conversations that’s like apple pie and chicken soup,” said Craigie on Main chef-owner Tony Maws in 2015, reflecting on his decision seven years earlier to include a burger on the menu. “For anything that’s nostalgic, everyone has their own idea of what that burger’s supposed to be like. I knew I wasn’t going to make everybody in the world happy; there’s just no way. So I said I’m just going to block out the noise, and I’m going to make a hamburger that I would like to eat, and if people like it, great, and if they don’t, then I’ll deal with it. But I’m just going to make the burger that I would like to eat."

Currently offering takeout and delivery.

Order: Official Website [takeout and delivery]

The special Moonshine 152 burger (market pricing) changes monthly, but it’s always a hit. Served with shoestring fries. Not into the monthly special? There’s also a grass-fed burger (market pricing) with sharp cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, and aioli, served with shoestring fries, and a similarly dressed vegetarian mushroom tofu burger.

Currently offering takeout, delivery, outdoor dining, and indoor dining.

Order: (617) 752-4191 / Chownow [takeout] / Grubhub [delivery] / Uber Eats [delivery]

The Gallows doesn’t shy away from big flavors and big portions. The current selection of burgers ($16-$18) includes a burger topped with bacon, jalapeno pimento cheese, pickles, and cherry peppers, and there are several other options as well. Add on a side of cheese fries or poutine.

Currently offering takeout (pick up your order at 492 Tremont St., where sibling spot Blackbird Doughnuts/Sally’s Sandwiches is located) and delivery.

Order: Official Website

Lincoln has a great reputation for its wood-fired pizzas and elaborate pancakes, but there’s plenty more worth exploring on the menu, including the wood-grilled Lincoln burger, topped with bacon aioli, Cabot sharp cheddar, and caramelized onions, served on a brioche bun.

Currently offering takeout, delivery, outdoor dining, and indoor dining.

Order: Official Website [takeout] / Uber Eats [delivery]

Located in Dorchester’s Lower Mills neighborhood, this cozy burger joint serves beef burgers and plenty of alternatives (turkey, jerk salmon, and sweet potato veggie burgers, for example) on a variety of buns (brioche, potato, pretzel, whole wheat, gluten-free). Try the Parisian, a grass-fed beef burger on brioche with caramelized onions, bacon, brie, sauteed mushrooms, truffle aioli, and a fried egg. Burgers are $9 to $12.

Currently offering takeout and delivery.

Order: Official Website [takeout] / Grubhub [delivery] / Uber Eats [delivery]