My family and I stopped here for lunch. We had two grass fed burgers and one angus, fries and onion rings, and three local sodas. Burgers were cooked as requested - one pink and two done. I usually check yelp before I eat anywhere I have not tried before. I did not do that this time, and glad I did not. Most likely I would not have tried it with the posted reviews The place was clean, and was just opening for the day. Food came pretty fast. Onion rings a little greasy, but hey I'm ordering deep fried onion rings not a green salad. My son said he did not like the fries But the three of us ate 100% of the burgers. I thought my grass fed pink cheddar burger was in my top ten burgers I ever ate. My sons not to picky but said he loved it. My wife also enjoyed hers. After reading all the other comments, I started to wonder where these other people were eating burgers? If they thought these were bad, were there great burgers killed and cooked in the field? I would eat here again read more

Pretty good burger place that we stopped on the way home from skiing. The onion rings were very delicious but also very greasy. The burgers were very big and filling but might make your stomach hurt a bit. It took about 15 minutes for the order to be ready. Overall I would go again if I was in the area looking for a burger. read more

Ugh. I would love to go back and give it another try and I may force myself just to make sure it was just a one time bad meal. Our service was incredibly slow on a fairly average day. I ordered two burgers to split with my daughters so we could try the veggie options, the veggie burger and the Portobello burger. Both were inedible. The veggie burger was completely burned. The portobello burger was gritty and crunched like sand. Yuck. My husband thought his grass-fed burger was just ok but not worth the $$. He questioned whether it was really grass-fed as that is the only meat I buy for him and it did not have the same flavor. The fries were only ok. Fritz's are so much better. I like the concept of this place and may give it another shot. read more

This place is okay. I went here once--wasn't wowed, but wasn't turned off by the whole experience either. I probably won't come back because Five Guys has Keene's best burger and fries. I do like that the meat is locally-raised and such though. Going here just makes me miss Armadillo's :( read more

Great food but UPDATE YOUR PHONE NUMBER so I can bloody order! Thank you, it just says "enter your remote access code" over the phone after 2mins of ringing. read more

If I could give it a lower score I would Restaurant was dead yet took me 30 minutes to get a beer... Never come here.. Waitress was to busy talking to her parents who were one of ten in whole restaurant. They sat right behind us it was physically impossible to look at them and not see us... But she was just there to hang out obviously bc when she saw someone from the band ( who was getting ready to perform) she ran right over and greeted him (which we never got) so clearly her eye sight is fine... On top of all this the burgers where awful I had one with pineapple on it yet all I could taste was burnt burger. The fries were ok. read more

A tasty burger BUT horrible service. Especially when your pregnant and hungry! We ordered two local burgers. Yum! But the waitress/server (whatever they are) kept walking around with burgers asking everyone if it was theirs. Twice she asked us, both times not our food, both times I told her no we ordered two local burgers... After 26 mins I finally went up to ask and there was our food sitting in the bag. Apparently unknown to my husband and myself (sitting at one of the closest tables to the registers) she had called our name and walked around with our food asking people if it was theirs... Good thing some random person didn't feel like having two free burgers. Never dine in! Call in and pick up. Oh and it was 1:30 on a Monday so NOT busy!!!! read more

Decided to try this place as my boyfriend and I were craving burgers. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly about Local. The Good- My boyfriend and I both ordered a juicy Lucy with bacon, as well as a basket of sweet potato fries. The food was really yummy! The sweet potato fries came with a delicious mustard type sauce and the burger was cooked perfect for myself. The Bad- I asked for no pickles on my burger and it had pickles on it. Something else that was odd to me was that the bottom of my hamburger bun was cold. It seemed as though it has been frozen and it hadn't fully thawed. The Ugly- Minus myself and my boyfriend there were six other tables being used. Within the 45 min we were there, 4 customers sent their orders back, the cashier/food runner couldn't get anyone's order to the right table the first, second, or third time, and she gave our food to the wrong table. Thankfully they didn't touch it and we ate it anyways. Tl;dr If you can get past the rough service, and by some miracle your order comes out how you ordered it, it isn't too bad. read more

Captain. Crunch. Chicken. Fingers. Dipping sauce of your choice on side. Delicious. Fried pickles with a side of ranch? Um, yes please. These are my favorites. My hubby loves the burgers. Cool kids book with a chalkboard, and great main street atmosphere to people watch. read more

Tyrel (spelling) I don't typically ever write reviews but for being in the restaurant industry for 17 years myself and being a general manager for the last 10 years of my career, he has impeccable service and seems to be a very great trainer. I've always enjoyed the food here but service is key and you are spot on there my friend. There was a simple mistake and he took care of me and went above and beyond the call of duty! Cheers man read more

Friendly service, a great location right downtown, and the food is delicious! The price is right as well. I enjoyed my root beer float and was allowed as many refills as I liked. I wish their mac and cheese bites came in a larger portion. Their special fries are absolutely delicious- on the spicy side, which I am a fan of. read more

Stopped in for the first time. Decided on the buffalo french fries, and I got the blue cheese and buffalo on the side since I was getting it to go. Started snacking on them as soon as I got them while walking out. Very disappointing, tasted burnt, unseasoned, limp and soggy. Staff was ok.. not particularly friendly or helpful. I'll try them again sometime, maybe it was a bad day, and I still need to try their burgers. read more

Cute little place right downtown. I couldn't eat much because the menu lacked variety. I had sweet potato fries and an Almond Joy milk shake. Both were tasty but really nothing stood out about them. Would implore them to see an alternate to their standard burger that doesn't include mushroom (reason I couldn't eat much) and clearly state on their menu that the veggie burger contains mushroom. Environment was casual and laid back, nothing unusual for a burger place. read more

Being vegetarian very glad to see a veggie burger on the menu, as well as a mushroom patty and a special veggie burger option. My burger was good and the person I was with got their burger cooked rare like they love. Like Five Guys or Moo-Yah fries unfortunately have to be bought separate. Onion rings are giant and taste good, the fried pickles however were some of the worst "fried" pickles I've ever had in my entire life. I LOVE fried pickles but these pickles were tossed in cornmeal and completely tasteless. If the description had said that was how they battered them I wouldnt have spent the money. Everything else otherwise was good! read more

Really good variety. Chicken Tenders are amazing!! Burger I had was good, but nothing special. Try something more exotic next time.. I juts had the BBQ burger. Prices are a little high, but really good quality. read more

I want to start by saying, yes, I went in on a holiday (July 4th) and new that it would be busy. They were busy and only had two employees in the shop (cook and a guy taking ordered and serving food). They were both clearly trying hard to provide good service add that good far with me. It took an hour to get my food, and I didn't even get what I had ordered. At that point, I didn't even want to correct them as I had spent the last hour watching these two men argue about various issues and didn't want to add any fuel. I had also requested my food to go and it was brought out in a basket... I opted to just wrap my food up in the paper that came with it and head home. I'll probably head back at some point, but it might be a while and definitely not around a holiday... read more

The burger I got was the Local Burger. It was pretty good, except one obvious mistake. NEVER put canned mushrooms on a burger, nasty!! The service was incompetent! The server said its take 15min and that she would bring me the food, it was to go. Twice she came over and asked if the order she had in hand was mine I said no, I ordered two local burgers. Then 25min later my wife finally went up to ask about our food and it was just sitting there all ready to go. The server said she went around twice calling out my name but no one answered. Are you kidding me!?! It was quiet, only a few other people in the place and just minutes ago we told her twice we had the two burgers. It was frustrating just sitting inside 10 feet away from the server and our food just sitting there. Seems like a bunch of college babies running the place and they can't even mop the floor and wipe the tables when it's slow, I'd never go in there if it looked busy. There is no existing system to how they fill orders. The server can't remember who ordered what and goes around asking everyone who's food they are holding. Make a system! Number to order, either call it out or have them take and leave a number on their table for you to see! Easy!! I would come here again because the food has always been pretty tasty. But the horrible service this time was so poorly excused that I had to rate low. Overall Food is pretty good! Service is pretty poor! read more

Food is ok, but a friend of ours was treated very rudely by the owner. She was actually told that she looked like the kind to eat at McDonalds anyway when she asked for her money back. I've never been in since. read more

Local Burger is my absolute favorite restaurant. Every time I go, I order a special dog (a captain crunch coated and deep fried hot dog topped with buffalo sauce and bleu cheese), a farmhouse turkey burger, and buffalo fries. I have eaten a majority of the items on their menu, and I have yet to find anything that I am not absolutely in love with. Their burgers are juicy, and the toppings always add an unexpected dimension. Additionally, the sweet potato fries are delicious; they come with a tasty maple mayo dip. I would have never expected this kind of quality from such a small, local diner. All of their beef is grass fed. The food is prepared quickly, and they are surprisingly good at getting it out all at once - all of it fresh and still hot. The staff is personable, and what else is there not to love? read more

The burgers we had were incredibly delicious, and so were the fries. There are lots of fun burger choices. Keep in mind, though, that if you get a special kind of burger, it can be a lot of meat, because they put the special ingredients between two patties. The fries were a bit heavy on the salt, but they were so delicious. I did not give the restaurant 5 stars because there were many tables available for us to choose from, but not one was clean. The music was loud, too, but I guess many people don't mind that. I recommend it if you have a burger craving! read more

Big fan of Local burger! Great selection and great French fries!

loved burgars a decent place for family fun cool but service is slow they run at a good. price a littpe hight but quality was all there good local burgar joint read more

Local Burger - south western burgar - Burgers Near Me - Keene, New Hampshire

Always loved local burger. The choices and the burgers are always good and never leave hungry. Service today sucked though. Counter girl rushed through my order without any semblance of care. No question on what I wanted on it or how it was cooked. Take the money and run mentality. Overall love the place but get better help. read more

Local is offering a good variety of burgers - Angus, grass-fed, turkey, portobello, veggie... plus hot dogs and chicken tenders, fries, onion rings. Drinks-wise they offer sodas, beers, wine and sangria. The ambience is casual, similar to Five Guys or Burger Fi - upscale fast food where you order at the counter and the food is delivered to your table. The counter service is super friendly and efficient, 5 stars for that. Also five stars for offering such a good selection of burgers and toppings - particularly a grass-fed beef option. I've knocked off a star for a few reasons: the burgers were slightly overcooked. I wanted medium and got well, my BF got medium instead of rare. The buns were cold (this is a not uncommon mistake, but it really takes away from the flavor and enjoyment). Though the grass fed burgers had a good flavor, they were too lean and therefore on the dry side. The fries were really tasty but a bit floppy. Everything was well seasoned. I noticed a couple of people complained about the price, but I can't understand why. You do't get quality like this a couple of bucks. Local charges $6-$8 which is totally good value based on the ingredients used. I would definitely eat here again when in Keene. read more

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Went to get a root beer float, they advertised "Delicious Walpole Creamery Ice Cream" so it's not like this was a crazy move. For $3.75 they gave me a small disposable cup (think McDonald's Happy Meal size drink) with half a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it and told me to fill it up with root beer myself. First off, EVERYONE KNOWS root beer goes in first, ask a ten year old, otherwise the fizz is out of control. Also, what a crap experience for $3.75. Next time I will go to the delicious and poorly named YOLO and get so much more deliciousness. read more

Staff was great! The ambiance was OK simple tables in a prettty bare place but not bad for a burger joint. The burger was OK but we did not opt for the pricier grass fed beef, you might want to. The fried food is REALLY greasy! We wrapped the onion rings in nakins which became saturated and they were still greasy. I think they are cooking at too low a temperature, opt for something other than fried. you can do worse you can do better. read more

The service was just terrible on the night we visited. I didn't notice when we came in that most of the people in the dining room didn't have their food yet. We should have left. The veggie burger I had was bland and mushy. The sweet potato fries were delicious. On the plus side they serve beer. read more

I refuse to pay that kind of money for a mediocre at best burger... That being said, I do like the fact that everything is local. I do have to say the 'Cap'n Crunch' buffalo chicken is very good, and their home made sweet potato fries are the only two reasons I eat there. Those should be reason enough to at least give 'Local' a try. The employee that is usually at the front register needs to learn how to talk to people, or they need to find someone who is some what engaging. I feel like I'm talking to a jar of mayonnaise whenever I order there. They have seating outside which is great during the summer time, the people watching in Keene is fantastic... Depending on when you go... ... However, they are located right next to a very popular spot for juggalos and junkies. So you might get annoyed very easily, you will probably hear language that children should not be present for, and you might witness a drug deal or two... ... That same spot sometimes has street performances from local music groups. read more

Although I have been disappointed by their food before, and wouldn't eat there again, I do enjoy their milkshakes. They claim to use local ice cream, which I appreciate. It was a warm January day yesterday, so I thought I'd stop in for a milkshake. Walked in to a completely empty restaurant around 7pm, with music playing so loud I felt like I had walked into a (terrible) frat party. It was so loud the people working undoubtedly couldn't even hear the jingle of the bells on the door. I stood at the counter for a few minutes, no one noticed me, though I could see two guys standing in the back. After standing there and failing to get anyone's attention, I simply turned around and walked out, which no one noticed. So, I can't even really give this place 1 star, as I was unable to get anyone's attention to place an order. I looked online for a way to contact the restaurant's owners, but had no luck. I don't know if they read these reviews (seems not given the consistently negative feedback), but I do want them to know that they lost a sale (which, given their apparent volume of sales last night, they probably couldn't afford to do) because their employees weren't even up to the simple task of noticing a customer. This place is a terrible waste of a great downtown location. I can think of so many other restaurant concepts I'd like to see in that space. Sad. read more

This was just a quick stop to get a bite to eat on my road trip to VT. I was craving a burger and just wanted something quick and easy and not too expensive. My boyfriend and I both got the West Hampton burgers, they were juicy and delicious and we ordered the Gouda Mac and Cheese bites which were amazing as well. Seems like they have daily specials going on for a burger and a pitcher for $10, which I would totally take advantage of if I lived or went to school on Keene. read more

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I ordered the sriracha burger and all i could taste was this sickenly sweet jelly they had put on it. i was so confused, it wasn't spicy at all but kept eating it anyway thinking perhaps i was missing something, as if they had candied the sriracha and taken the spice out of it. as i finished off my burger the cashier came up to me and said that the cook didn't think he put any sriracha on it. i said thanks for letting me know, i was so confused about my burger and said it was nasty and she just turned and walked away. considering that i had splurged on the grass fed beef one would think there might be some sort of recompense. on a side note, when a family member went they screwed up the order and when he said something about it got nothing but attitude in return. id rather go somewhere else where the staff acts like they care about their customers and won't be returning. read more

I really want to love this place, since my husband loves it so much, but I just can't do it. I've been to Local Burger 3 times over the last year and a half, and every time I bite into my "pink" burger, it is always well done. Personally, I don't even want pink, I want medium rare, which would be light red, but since they have their own special system I go with pink out of respect to the business, but it never works. I even said to the staff this last time "I know you have this pink or not pink thing going on, but can you please try to make my burger medium rare?". They seemed to understand, but again my burger was well done when I asked for pink. I will say the burgers have always had good charbroiled flavor, and the toppings were of good quality, especially the bacon. I don't love the hand cut fries, but that's more of a personal preference thing; hand cut fries just aren't my thing. The staff is always really friendly, and the place is always very clean. The first two times I went here we probably waited a good 15 minutes before we got our food. In all fairness, it was very busy. They did improve on speed this last time though and it only took about 7 minutes to get our food. Not totally unreasonable. I don't think the prices are out of line at all. When you consider this is a small, local joint that uses higher quality ingredients resulting in higher food costs than McDonald's and the bigger chains, I think the prices are spot on. I would recommend Local to people, but I doubt I'll be back myself. Three times is enough disappointment for me. read more

Come on, folks- It's a burger joint, the burgers are good and made with local ingredients. What more are we after? Specials (we had Gouda Mac and cheese bites and chili cheese fries) were excellent. read more

Meat was good, toppings were fine, bun was cold but fresh. Burnt grill flavor was unpleasant. Service was very spotty; two orders were placed together, but first one arrived and was eaten before second one was ready. Stark tables and loud music didn't add any good to the experience. read more

This place was amazing! We had take out and I had the Signature Burger and the Poutine. Both were delicious I am stuffed! It was probably enough for two meals but I ate most of it for just lunch. read more

Had a nice variety of burgers. Loads of toppings to choose from. Staff was friendly and helpful. Also patient while I picked thru the menu. The burgers were good. The decor was bare (easy to keep clean I guess) and was all black and white. Easy college style hang out with grown up prices for a burger. MUCH better quality than a Mc burger. Bathrooms were clean and well stocked. Food was cooked fast and to my liking. read more

Went here once when it first opened. Probably won't be back. The atmosphere was MUCH better when it was Armadillo's. The black & white floors are nice but the FIRE ENGINE RED HIGH GLOSS painted walls are ridiculously bright & gave me a headache - thankfully we were eating outside anyway so I only had to sit in there for 10 minutes or so. The name "Local" makes me think it's going to be a fun, comfortable, trendy hippy-dippy place with locally sourced vegan & vegetarian options & hormone & antibiotic-free meats, not JUST a burger joint. Skimpy menu. They had one vegetarian option - a portabella mushroom burger, that was just "meh". Their fries tasted okay, but were REALLY greasy & made me feel sick afterwards. Fritz's fries are the BEST, not just in Keene. Wouldn't recommend this place. Probably won't return. There are better places to grab a bite in Keene! read more

The service here has got to be the worst aspect of this place. I don't place blame on the employees, but the ordering system just makes very little sense to me. The poor person who operates the register is also responsible for bringing out the meals to the patrons. This leaves a lot of room for confusion and waiting for people trying to order. The food is above average for me. The burgers can be extremely messy, which can be good or bad depending on your view. The fries are better than Five Guys'. I just wish that they would toast the buns or use a different type of bun. The mess can be a bit much for me sometimes. read more

The chili cheese fries are delicious. And the service was great and the wait wasn't that long . I'd return for more burgers and chili cheese fries for sure. read more

This is by far the best burger in town. Sure they could use an airlock to keep the place less drafty in winter, and sure they could use a side dish that is green and veggie-like but, if you want really amazing hamburgers and milkshakes, this is a great place. The combo gets you unlimited drink and more fries than a normal human can eat. read more