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Edinburgh Live
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Sean Murphy

We tried El Perro Negro's 'Best Burger in UK' winner and can see why it took crown

When El Perro Negro first opened in Glasgow in 2018, it quickly garnered a cult following and regularly topped blogs and polls as the city's best burger.

And it wasn't long before the burger specialists, led by founder Nick Watkins, were gaining national attention, so much so that when they entered the National Burger Awards in 2019 with their signature Top Dog burger they smashed (no pun intended) the competition and took the crown for the UK's best burger.

A feat they then repeated in 2021, seeing off competition from 14 other top burgers from around the UK, all of which were cooked, served, tasted and judged at a live final in London – and they are even back in the running for this year's final with a new burger, the Big D.

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