2025 Centurion Award winner

Awarded against five published criteria, checked on public evidence.

Solly's Grille

Best Butter Burger in Milwaukee · WI

Restaurant · Milwaukee, WI · Since 1936

The overview

The butter burger's spiritual home

Solly's Grille has flipped the original Wisconsin butter burger since 1936, a counter-service institution where each sirloin patty is topped with a generous scoop of real Wisconsin creamery butter that pools on the plate. Cherry pie and Door County cherry shakes round out the order.

A James Beard America's Classic and a north-side Milwaukee ritual, Solly's is where the butter burger — now copied statewide — was born and is still made exactly the same way.

The award record

Every award, on the record.

Each Centurion Award is its own dated annual record, and staying current means clearing the bar again each new year. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.

2025 Centurion Award

Best Butter Burger in Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →

Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.

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Location4629 N Port Washington Rd, Glendale, WI 53212
In business since1936
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