A block east of downtown Golden, a burger counter with Christmas lights, concrete block walls, and a hand-lettered menu board does exactly what it promises. Every patty at Bob’s Atomic Burgers is made to order from fresh beef, and the build-your-own format is the whole point.
You start by filling out a burger sleeve before you reach the counter, choosing your protein, bun, and free toppings, then adding premium options. The sleeve system sounds simple. The results are anything but.
Guy Fieri named Bob’s a top-five U.S. restaurant. For anyone who’s eaten here, neither recognition is surprising. It made the best burgers in all 50 states…