La Birra Bar, the Argentine hamburger restaurant that brings the 'best burger in the United States 2022' to Madrid

It all started in Boedo

, that small neighborhood of Buenos Aires with a literary and tango past, poets and cafes.

There,

along with his wife Roxana, decided to follow in the family culinary footsteps and open, together

, La Birra Bar.

Today this banner signs

, one of the most recognized American contests.

(that is, the winner) is also the star of the venue that has just opened on Carrera de San Jerónimo, a few steps from Madrid's Puerta del Sol.

in the small and picturesque neighborhood of Boedo with which they fed the palates and hearts

of our neighbors. In 2001, we set up La Birra Bar right next door with the intention of serving these dishes in the local tables", explains Dany Cocchia from Buenos Aires, who remembers those times when empanadas, chicken, matambre, Milanese... were the soul of the house.

The Madrid local with the team.

And it is that the

took a while to arrive.

"as soon as we began to test what was on the market at that time,

.

No sooner said than done.

After experimenting and experimenting, trying and trying, in 2014 the hamburger

in their lives, and with it La Birra Bar grew to become an entire chain (

hamburger restaurants produced by the renowned

Big7Travel

): 13 stores in Argentina, one in Miami (opened in August 2021) and now also in Madrid.

How is that Argentine

that has conquered the United States, the world mecca of

?

"The style is unique.

much less a fashionable one like the

precisely in that simplicity"

.

Simplicity behind which there is a lot of work in search of perfection that, according to Dany, is built on two pillars: its "

- faithful to the original recipe from the beginning - between vienna and brioche,

The Cocchias in full: Dany, Roxana and Renzo after winning the award for the best hamburger in the United States.

Meat and bread completed with

and sauces that they make themselves, culinary arguments with which they have seduced Argentines and Americans.

And, after

, the Cocchias (Dany, Roxana and their son Renzo, faces of this family business)

, where they have traveled for months to launch the project.

"We are receiving proposals to expand La Birra Bar to the most important areas of the world, and Madrid seemed like

. We are also considering reaching Portugal", continues Dany.

For now they have settled in the Spanish capital and in a few weeks it will be twice, since they

The Madrid restaurant menu offers 17 different hamburgers.

For the Madrid landing they have opted for

In addition to the award-winning

(double meat -200 grams- with cheddar, onion and secret mayonnaise), there is no shortage of Chesseburger on offer;

the Bacon CB;

the Egg Bacon (all three with double and triple meat);

the Superpremium (cheddar, tomato, gherkin, bacon, onion, caramelized, egg and double meat) or, making a small country, the Criolla (with a mixture of onions, tomato, roasted peppers and grilled provolone cheese).

The

of this snack will satisfy their desire with

;

those who are nostalgic for Buenos Aires, with La Boedo, a tribute to that "picturesque" neighborhood of tangos, poets and cafes.

La Birra Bar.

Carrera de San Jerónimo, 3. Hamburger prices: from 10.90 euros to 22.50 euros (quintuple).

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