I still remember the first time I bit into a burger at Zip’s Cafe. The juice ran down my chin, the bun held together perfectly, and that special meat blend hit every note a proper cheeseburger should.
This tiny spot at 1036 Delta Ave in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been slinging burgers for nearly a century, and after one visit, you understand exactly why people keep coming back generation after generation.
The place looks like it was frozen in time somewhere around 1926, complete with a model train circling overhead and wooden booths worn smooth by thousands of happy diners…