Local Burger named one of Bon Appétit magazine's Top Ten Eco-Friendly Restaurants

"Fast food meets slow food at Local Burger, which offers buffalo, elk, pork, and veggie burgers, in addition to those made with grass-fed beef." Read the Full Article

"Lawrence resident changes eating habits"

Daniel Fisher, reformed fast food junkie, proved that he didn’t have to eat less to lose weight and improve his health. Fisher, 29-year-old Lawrence resident, participated in Local Burger’s documentary study, "Localize Me." Read the Full Article | Read the Results

Hilary Brown Named #48 in Outside Magazine's Big Ideas and Visionary Giants

"For too many Americans, the local-foods movement means eating at the closest McDonald's. Hilary Brown, 38, a chef with an environmental bent, split the difference with Local Burger. Her fast food restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas sells about 200 burgers a dat made with grass-fed beef and organic in-season vegetables sourced from nearby farms." Read the Full Article

Local Burger Goes Gourmet

Local [Burger] Goes National in Gourmet magazine's 2007 Restaurant Guide of best farm-to-table restaurants. Review the Full Guide

Local Burger Reaps What it Sows in MyMIDWEST Magazine

"A Kansas college town revels in the latest food revolution - eating locally." Read the Full Article | Read the Magazine

Local Burger Showcased on Sundance Channel

Local Burger goes national – on TV, that is! Local Burger made its national television debut on May 15, 2007 on The Sundance Channel! The "EAT" episode of "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" features Lawrence's own Local Burger and Homespun Hill Farm. The show is part of Sundance Channel's new original primetime series, The Green, which is hosted by award-winning environmental journalist and recent Lawrence addition, Simran Sethi. Download a copy of the show from iTunes. (You must have iTunes installed and running first. Don't have iTunes? Download it here.)

Local Burger Hosts Screening and Presents "Miles Awards"

Local Burger hosted a fabulous affair Monday, May 14, 2007 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas, where it screened The Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" and "Localize Me" for the public for a $5 donation. Local Burger also honored its farmers, ranchers, and suppliers with the first annual Miles Awards. Proceeds of the well-attended event went to the Joe Welsh Foundation.

"Local Burger, Global Impact"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Lawrence, get ready to see your green side. Film crews from the Sundance Channel arrived Tuesday night to begin two days of filming the folks and the food at Lawrence’s Local Burger, 714 Vt., for a new series of earth-conscious programming to debut in April." Read the Full Article

"No Place Like Home(grown)"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Hilary Brown used to love croissants. But four years ago, she was diagnosed with an allergy to gluten, a mix of plant proteins found in wheat. She also learned she was allergic to dairy foods." Read the Full Article

"Burger Time, Sundance Channel serves up Local Burger to national audience"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Internationally renowned environmental journalist Simran Sethi was debating whether to move to Lawrence. After stints anchoring the news for MTV Asia and MTV India, Sethi was back living in New York, where she was developing a show with the Sundance Channel. Yet her boyfriend was heading to Kansas University to pursue his graduate degree." Read the Full Article

"Fresh-food dieter eats his way to health"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Thirty days of fresh food can do a body good. At least, that’s what worked for 29-year-old Daniel Fisher. On Jan. 25, the self-proclaimed fast-food junkie quit his habit, replacing chain restaurants with Lawrence’s Local Burger. The downtown restaurant specializes in locally grown, organic meats and produce." Read the Full Article | Read the Results

Local Burger and The Future of Food

A must see movie, Local Burger is proud to sponsor Lily Films' The Future of Food, a Films For Action presentation, at Liberty Hall on Monday, June 4, 2007, $2 at the door.

Local Burger in the May issue of Body + Soul

Thank you Body + Soul magazine (from the publishers of Martha Stewart Living) for mentioning Local Burger as a Sustainable Eatery on page 24 of your May 2007 issue!

"Local Farmers & Restaurants Team Up for Good Food"

"A smiling face is half the meal, according to an old Latvian proverb, but locally grown food is gaining ground. At the Local Burger restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas, local farmers names are listed on the menu, identifying who raised the beef, pork, turkey, elk and other meat items served at the restaurant. At Rudy s Tacos in Waterloo, Iowa, a large color poster featuring the restaurant s local growers is displayed for customers to see as they wait line to order." Read the Full Article | Subscribe to the Farmers' Market Today

Go Organic! Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Sustainable Table is traveling across the country with "The Eat Well Guided Tour of America." While visiting Lawrence, the group will team with Local Burger and Films for Action to present Rural Route Films' "Go Organic!" film series, a collection of short documentary films highlighting positive sustainable and organic practices that are growing in momentum in communities all across the country. The event starts at 7 p.m., Aug. 23, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., Lawrence. Learn More

Local Burger Featured in Kansas Alumni Magazine

KU alum Hilary Brown and Local Burger rate a "Rock Chalk Review" in the KU Alumni Magazine. Read the Full Article

Local Burger featured on Ethicurean.com!

"In her two years in business, Hilary Brown has gotten more publicity for her Local Burger restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas, than your average restaurateur can hope to get in twenty. But, then, Brown isn’t your average restaurateur, and Local Burger isn’t your average restaurant." Read the Full Article

YERT Stops at Local Burger

Your Environmental Road Trip stopped at Local Burger on December 15, 2007 as part of its year-long eco-expedition through all 50 states. YERT chose Local Burger due to its commitment to sustainability, along with our delicious, local, and organic food!

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Local Burger to Host Bill Kurtis Book Signing

Local Burger is thrilled to host renowned journalist and Kansas native Bill Kurtis, along with Michelle M. Martin of Discovering History, on Friday, November 30, 2007, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., where he will sign The Prairie Table Cookbook, for sale at the restaurant for $29.95. (Great gift idea!) Come meet the authors and sample Bill's award-winning Tallgrass Beef from his Red Buffalo Ranch.

What a Way to Go, Monday, November 5th, 2007

Local Burger is proud to sponsor Films for Action's screening of this thought-provoking documentary in which a middle class white guy comes to grips with the demise of Western lifestyle, described by Jan Lundberg at CultureChange.org as "perhaps the most important media message of our time." Join us Monday, November 5, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, $2.00 at the door. For more information, visit FilmsForAction.org.

Burger Queen Hilary Brown Interviewed by Sprig.com

Read what she has to say on the Washington Post's new "Gorgeous and Green, Organic, Eco, Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Living" blog, Sprig.com.

"In our supersized world of super fattening fast food, Hilary Browns Local Burger restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas, serves up delicious burgers that are healthy alternatives to mass-produced mystery-meat patties." Read the full interview

Best Healthy Burger of 2007 says The Pitch

"Hilary Brown opened her popular Local Burger in Lawrence in 2005. Now her place has a following of fans who prefer local grass-fed beef (without added antibiotics or hormones), buffalo meat, elk meat or an all-natural turkey patty served on an organic bakery bun and topped with Kansas-made cheddar." Read the Full Article | See All of The Pitch Best of 2007 Awards

The Ditty Bops Lunch at Local Burger

The Ditty Bops recently lunched at Local Burger and shot some great footage. Check it out on YouTube!

"Green Screen"

"Lawrence activist group Films for Action have teamed up with national non-profit Sustainable Table to screen the Rural Route Films' "Go Organic!" film series. The touring festival features a collection of animated and documentary shorts dealing with how what we eat—and how it’s made—impacts our bodies and our environment." Read the Full Article

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Local Burger to be on Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska

Stay tuned for details on when to watch Local Burger on an upcoming episode of PBS' Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska.

Udall Legacy Bus Tour Stops at Local Burger

Thirteen Udall Scholars and other members of the Udall Legacy Bus Tour flattered Local Burger with a visit on July 12, 2007. After arriving in their biodiesel bus, the service-minded citizens enjoyed a local, organic, and - of course - delicious dinner. The ULBT chose Local Burger because of its commitment to sustainable food and business practices.

"Fast-Food Culture Attacked — Slowly, But Steadily"

"One of the most-talked-about, new culinary movements is really one of mankind's oldest. The "Slow Food" movement encourages people to savor their meals while knowing exactly where the food came from. That means strong emphasis on fresh, locally grown food." Read the Full Article from the Topeka Capital-Journal

Local Burger in the June issue of Vanity Fair

We’re moving on up! Look for Local Burger on page 99 of the June 2007 issue of Vanity Fair as part of a story on Robert Redford's The Green, a new weekly primetime destination on The Sundance Channel dedicated to green living.

Local Burger in the April issue of The New Yorker

Not Broadway, but close! Look for Local Burger on page 15 of the April 30, 2007 issue of The New Yorker as part of a story on Robert Redford's The Green, a new weekly primetime destination on The Sundance Channel dedicated to green living. LB NY!

"Divine Diet"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Tim O’Brien, surrounded by fruits and vegetables near a busy Lawrence thoroughfare, feels close to God. The garden at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, which O’Brien helps to organize at 1234 Ky., is a little piece of cultivated earth amid a plain of pavement. There are hollyhocks, tomatoes, sunflowers, tomatillos, grapes and many other plants in the garden, which is divided in 3-by-10-foot sections among church parishioners." Read the Full Article

"Local Farmers Market to Feature Grilled Fare"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Vegetables are being cut. The meat’s marinating. Now all Hilary Brown needs to do is cook it up for all to eat. "It’s going to be fun," said Brown, set to grill during today’s Lawrence Farmers Market. "I’m really not doing anything. This is really to showcase all of them — the producers." Read the Full Article

"Local Burger owner joins 'Jayni’s Kitchen' for healthy meals"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Join “Jayni’s Kitchen” this week for “Local Burger: Cooking Fresh, Organic and Local Foods. Host Jayni Carey and Hilary Brown, of Local Burger, 714 Vt., will prepare the following recipes: Quinoa Millet Pilaf, Roasted Root Vegetables, Mixed Greens with Sweet Apple Vinaigrette, Organic Elk Rib-Eye Steaks with Savory Shallot Sauce and Dark Chocolate Peppermint Sorbet." Read the Full Article