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Louis Lunch â The First Hamburger in America. I visited the birthplace of the American hamburger. Louis Lunch, open since 1895, invented the hamburger in 1900 when a patron demanded a quick lunch and Louis Lassen slapped a few steak trimmings between two slices of white bread. Thus, the hamburger was born, and very little has changed since that fateful day.
A century later, the Library of Congress officially credits Louisâ Lunch for selling the first hamburger in the States. 1904 The hamburger makes its national debut at the St. Louis Worldâs Fair, thanks to a burger stand by Fletcher Davis of Athens, Texas. 1916 A fry cook named Walter Anderson creates a short, squat bun specifically made for hamburgers. Five years later, Anderson cofounds White Castle, the worldâs first burger chain.