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Louis Lunch â The First Hamburger in America. I visited the birthplace of the American hamburger. Louis Lunch, open since 1895, invented the hamburger in 1900 when a patron demanded a quick lunch and Louis Lassen slapped a few steak trimmings between two slices of white bread. Thus, the hamburger was born, and very little has changed since that fateful day.
There are currently three major claims staked on the confusing and contradictory map of American hamburger history. Each has its adherents and detractors. They are: Louis' Lunch: This New Haven, Connecticut, burger joint claims to have invented our favorite lunchtime (and dinnertime) meal in 1900. From its website: One day in the year 1900 a man dashed into a small New Haven luncheonette and asked for a quick meal that he could eat on the run.