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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.
Apparently, the rolls were used as a serving implement because the white gloves typically given to customers to handle the sausages kept getting stolen. 2. CHEESEBURGER: PASADENA, CA â 1926 Hamburgers were based on meat patties eaten by nomadic Mongols under Genghis Khan in the 12th century. The humble cheeseburger, however, owes its inception to a cheeky, 16-year-old kid in Pasadena. Back in 1926, Lionel Sternberger, the son of the owner of a little sandwich joint called The Rite Spot, decided to slap a piece of American cheese on top of a burger patty as it was frying.