DoorDash’s 2026 Top Burger & Hot Dog list
Newport joins DoorDash’s national list of top burger and hot dog spots.
Award or recognitionAwards, recognition & good words.
From neighborhood favorites to national burger lists, here’s the coverage behind Mad Mike’s Burgers & Fries in Ohio and Kentucky.
Explore every recognition and notable mention in our collected archive. Each story has its own page, date and source, including older records preserved by the restaurant.
Awards & recognition
Restaurant Guru: Best burgers in Hamilton
A 2026 Best burgers certificate for Mad Mike’s Hamilton.
Award or recognitionKentucky’s pick in FastFoodClub’s Best Fries in Every State
Fresh-cut daily, fried to order and served hot and crispy—Mad Mike’s Newport earns Kentucky’s spot in FastFoodClub’s guide to the best fries in every state.
Award or recognitionBest in the Neighborhood: CityBeat 2024
Part of the 2024 Best of Cincinnati Northern Kentucky neighborhood burger list.
Award or recognition2022 Best of Hamilton: Hamburger Restaurant
A Hamburger Restaurant category award recorded in our September 2022 announcement.
Award or recognitionNextdoor Neighborhood Favorite, four years running
Our 2020 announcement records a fourth consecutive neighborhood recognition.
Award or recognitionNextdoor Neighborhood Favorite 2019
The preserved 2019 winner notice names Mad Mike’s Burger.
Award or recognitionBest in the Neighborhood: CityBeat 2019
Mad Mike’s made the 2019 Best of Cincinnati list.
Award or recognitionKentucky’s pick in Tripadvisor’s 2018 burger list
Newport was Kentucky’s selection in Tripadvisor’s 2018 state-by-state burger list.
Award or recognitionCityBeat Best of Cincinnati 2018
Part of CityBeat’s 2018 West Side neighborhood burger results.
Award or recognitionBest of Butler 2015: Best Burger winner
The local newspaper’s Best of Butler section named Mad Mike’s Burgers its Best Burger winner.
Award or recognitionCityBeat’s neighborhood burger results, 2015
Included in both the Northern Kentucky and West Side neighborhood burger results.
Award or recognitionA Northern Kentucky family favorite in 2019
Included in the Northern Kentucky Best Burger results in Best of Parenting 2019.
Award or recognitionIn the news & around town
A LINK nky team comfort-food pick
Mad Mike’s appears among the LINK team’s go-to Northern Kentucky places.
Notable mentionIn the Newport neighborhood on FOX19
Mad Mike’s is mentioned in coverage of Newport’s entertainment district.
Notable mentionPride of Zeus in CityBeat’s Burger Issue
A signature Mad Mike’s burger makes an indulgent Greater Cincinnati roundup.
Notable mentionThe Goliath in CityBeat’s over-the-top burger feature
Grilled cheese meets burger in a CityBeat Burger Issue selection.
Notable mentionA burger stop featured by Travel Butler County
A Hamilton restaurant feature that gets to know the food and the people behind it.
Notable mentionFOX19 / Cincy Weekend burger spotlight
Our March 2018 archive celebrates a Cincinnati-area burger feature.
Notable mentionCincinnati Magazine’s 45 Best Burgers selection
The American Outlaw appears in a Greater Cincinnati burger guide.
Notable mentionPolly Campbell’s Burger Hall of Fame
Mad Mike’s burgers and fries earned a place in food critic Polly Campbell’s Hall of Fame.
Notable mentionAn early visit from Cincinnati Bites
One of the early independent reviews in Mad Mike’s story.
Notable mentionNewport in LINK nky’s burger guide
A Newport stop in a local writer’s guide to Northern Kentucky burgers.
Notable mentionAmong Enjoy Travel’s 25 best burgers in Kentucky
Mad Mike’s Newport appears in a statewide burger guide from Big 7 Travel.
Notable mentionKentucky’s stop in Far & Wide’s state-by-state burger guide
Newport represents Kentucky in Far & Wide’s nationwide burger collection.
Notable mentionThe Goliath in Butler County’s burger guide
Hamilton’s grilled-cheese burger makes the tourism bureau’s local burger picks.
Notable mentionMad for Mike’s: an early CityBeat review
CityBeat’s Anne Mitchell reviewed the Rockefeller and hand-cut fries in our first year.
Notable mentionSignature burgers in CityBeat’s 2016 dining guide
The Rockefeller and Goliath appear in CityBeat’s Where to Eat Later guide.
Notable mentionNewport in CityBeat’s budget-friendly dining roundup
Mad Mike’s Newport was a stop in a 2019 guide to affordable Cincinnati-area dining.
Notable mentionHamilton in CityBeat’s 2019 Burger Issue guide
The Rockefeller, Hawaii Five-O and Goliath feature in a Greater Cincinnati burger guide.
Notable mentionA reader pick in Family Friendly Cincinnati’s burger guide
Readers and a contributing writer named Mad Mike’s among their burger favorites.
Notable mentionA Newport burger pick in The Prompt Magazine
Contributor Ariel Cross chose Mad Mike’s in a conversation about favorite burgers.
Notable mentionPlanning a visit to Newport?
Find Mad Mike’s in Visit Cincy’s official visitor directory ↗, then use our Newport restaurant page for today’s hours, directions and ordering.
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