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Best Burgers in Eagan (2026)

Seven restaurants across Minneapolis. Compare neighborhoods, price tiers and what to order, then read the full reviews.

Hodan Abdi
By Hodan Abdi Staff Writer · Top of Minneapolis · Updated October 2026 · How the score is built
Best Burgers in Eagan (2026)
THE MINNEAPOLIS DINING GUIDES 7 restaurants
Compare all 7 restaurantsNeighborhood · price · score · first order
In the same order as the guide. Scores are out of 10; dollar symbols show the listed price tier.
RestaurantNeighborhoodPriceScoreWhat to order
01 Jensen's Food & CocktailsEagan$$$6.9Popovers with honey butter
02 Ze's Diner EaganEagan$$Eggs
03 Lone Oak Bar and GrillEagan$$Bone-in wings
04 Mason Jar Kitchen & BarEagan$$Minnesota hot dish
05 Junior's Cafe & GrillEagan$$Country fried steak and eggs
06 Union 32 Craft HouseEagan$$Wings
07 Copper & RyeEaganBulgogi bowl

7 restaurants · In guide order

1 Jensen's Food & Cocktails Yelp

Jensen's Food & Cocktails

New American · Eagan · $$$ · № 43 on the List
Insider Score6.9

The popovers with honey butter get top billing here, though the kitchen's steak and lobster bisque carry the room just as far. This is a supper club style menu scaled down for a neighborhood crowd, and the bar seats fill with regulars who order the same three things every visit. Burgers play a supporting role to the comfort classics.

What to orderPopovers with honey butterLobster bisqueSteak Restaurant Reservations Call Directions
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Popovers and Steak, Eagan's Comfort Standby

Popovers with honey butter

The popovers arrive warm and pull apart for the honey butter, a standard opener before the heavier plates.

Lobster bisque

A rich, cream-based bisque built around lobster, the kind of starter that signals the kitchen's classic leanings.

Steak

The steak anchors the menu, a straightforward order for a room built around New American comfort rather than novelty.

Jensen's Food & Cocktails runs on a simple premise: give a suburb a supper club feel without asking anyone to drive into either downtown for it. Eagan is not Minneapolis and not St. Paul, and a room like this earns its keep by knowing exactly who walks through its door on a Tuesday versus a Saturday. The popovers with honey butter arrive as the calling card, the kind of starter that gets ordered a second time before the entrees land, and their presence signals a kitchen that wants a guest settled in before the real menu starts working.

Lobster bisque follows the same logic: rich, familiar, unafraid of cream, the sort of soup that reads as an occasion starter without needing an occasion. Steak closes the arc, positioning the room in the New American register that borrows from the chophouse without committing fully to one, priced for a night out rather than a Tuesday drop-in given the upscale tier it holds. What ties the three together is comfort executed with some care, not innovation for its own sake. The room's character leans local and regular-driven, the kind of place where the same faces book the same tables and the staff knows the order before it's spoken.

That consistency matters more in a suburb than in a neighborhood with five competitors on the same block; Eagan diners are choosing this room repeatedly, not sampling it once. The price tier suggests a kitchen willing to spend on the bisque's shellfish and the steak's cut, and the popovers suggest a front-of-house that understands the value of a small, memorable ritual before the main courses. This is not a room chasing the Twin Cities' chef-tier conversation, and it does not need to. It is built for regulars who want quality without theater, a supper club instinct relocated to the suburbs and given a cocktail list to match.

Map showing Jensen's Food & Cocktails© OpenStreetMap
HoursMon: 11:00 AM - 8:00 PMTue - Thu: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PMFri - Sat: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PMSun: 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Address3840 Rahn Rd
Eagan, MN 55122
Insider tip

Order the popovers immediately, before anything else lands, and pace the bisque as a course rather than a starter to share. The steak is the reason for the reservation; treat the rest as the reason to linger.

2 Ze's Diner Eagan Yelp

Ze's Diner Eagan

Diners · Eagan · $$

Eggs, hash browns, and pancakes are the draw at this diner, with a private lot out front that makes the stop easy before or after work. Consistency is the selling point across visits, and the room stays busy enough for business brunch. Anyone chasing a burger will find better options elsewhere on this list, but the breakfast plate holds up.

What to orderEggsHash brownsPancakes Call Directions Scored from the full review record 3448 Denmark Ave, Eagan, MN 55123 · (651) 330-1790
3 Lone Oak Bar and Grill Yelp

Lone Oak Bar and Grill

Burgers · Eagan · $$

Bone-in wings get ordered on repeat here, and the burger holds its own against them for anyone building a weekly sports bar habit. The room reads nicer than a typical bar, useful for a happy hour or a work send off with a few rounds of appetizers on the table. Service is friendly even when the kitchen has an off night.

What to orderBone-in wingsBurgerAppetizers Call Directions Scored from the full review record 3010 Eagandale Pl, Eagan, MN 55121 · (651) 789-2081
4 Mason Jar Kitchen & Bar Yelp

Mason Jar Kitchen & Bar

New American · Eagan · $$

Minnesota hot dish anchors the menu, and it draws diners looking for that specific comfort food rather than a burger fix. The kitchen treats classic Minnesota fare as the whole point, not a novelty, and the room reads as a genuine neighborhood restaurant for the south metro rather than a themed stop. Order the hot dish first.

What to orderMinnesota hot dishClassic comfort foodNeighborhood staple selections Call Directions Scored from the full review record 1565 Cliff Rd, Ste 1, Eagan, MN 55122 · (651) 340-7809
5 Junior's Cafe & Grill Yelp

Junior's Cafe & Grill

Diners · Eagan · $$

Country fried steak and eggs is the dish regulars name first, with a portion size built for the diner crowd that wants breakfast to last past noon. The room runs laid back and welcoming, closer to a classic greasy spoon than a polished brunch spot. Pancakes and hash browns round out a menu built for volume over subtlety.

What to orderCountry fried steak and eggsHash brownsPancakes Call Directions Scored from the full review record 1340 Duckwood Dr, Ste 7, Eagan, MN 55123 · (651) 686-5100
6 Union 32 Craft House Yelp

Union 32 Craft House

Sports Bars · Eagan · $$

The self-service beer wall is the operational hook, a card system that lets a table pour its own pints while working through wings, nachos, and a burger built for sharing. It sits near the Vikings headquarters and pulls a group crowd built around the tap wall more than any single dish. The burger is solid, not the headline.

What to orderWingsNachosBurger Call Directions Scored from the full review record 2864 Hwy 55, Eagan, MN 55121 · (952) 807-9777
7 Copper & Rye Yelp

Copper & Rye

Comfort Food · Eagan

The bulgogi bowl is the dish most diners order and the one with the most mixed record, landing well for some and too salty and saucy for others. The steak and a basil gin cocktail round out a comfort food menu with accommodating service for larger groups. It is a casual room worth trying with tempered expectations on the bowl.

What to orderBulgogi bowlSteakBasil gin cocktail Call Directions Scored from the full review record 730 Vikings Pkwy, Ste 100, Eagan, MN 55121 · (952) 582-4375
What to know before choosing a restaurant

The top picks: Jensen's Food & Cocktails, Ze's Diner Eagan, and Lone Oak Bar and Grill, with all 7 rooms ranked below.

Eagan does not have a dedicated burger counter carrying the whole city, so the real burger map runs through the bars and comfort kitchens that put a good one on the menu alongside wings, hot dish, and Sunday breakfast. This guide sorts those rooms by what actually shows up on the plate, not by name recognition.

Frequently asked

What is the best burger near me in Eagan?
Lone Oak Bar and Grill and Union 32 Craft House are the two rooms on this list built around bar food and burgers specifically, both with a sports bar setup for groups. Neither restaurant paid to be listed here; placement follows the Insider Score, which weighs the public review record for each room.
Which Eagan restaurant is best for a group with mixed food preferences?
Union 32 Craft House and Lone Oak Bar and Grill both handle groups well, with shareable appetizers and a sports bar setup that suits a crowd ordering different things. Mason Jar Kitchen & Bar is a calmer option if the group wants Minnesota comfort food instead of bar standards.
Where should I go in Eagan for breakfast or brunch?
Ze's Diner and Junior's Cafe & Grill both cover breakfast, with Junior's leaning into bigger portions and a diner atmosphere and Ze's offering a more standard brunch setup with easy parking. Both show up here on the strength of their Insider Score, not any paid placement.
Is Copper & Rye worth trying in Eagan?
The bulgogi bowl and steak get a mixed but generally positive response, with service consistently rated as accommodating even when a dish misses. It is a reasonable casual pick for a group, though the food record is less consistent than the other comfort food room on this list, Mason Jar Kitchen & Bar. No restaurant on this guide pays for placement; ranking follows the Insider Score.
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The data first, then the verdict

We start with the review record, not a press release. Every room here is a real kitchen with a strong rating across a meaningful number of reviews, ranked on our 10-point Insider Score. We weight consistency over time and the rooms locals return to, not the ones tourists pass through once. The list updates as the data does. How we work →

About the writer
Hodan Abdi
Staff Writer · Top of Minneapolis

Hodan Abdi is a Staff Writer at Top of Minneapolis. Raised in Cedar-Riverside two floors above the Somali mall her aunt worked in, she now lives in Eagan and covers the whole metro ring. She writes the guides, sweeps the suburbs, and covers the Somali and East African tables as the beat she knows best.

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