Burger-Chan

burger-chan is a counter-service gourmet burger concept that draws inspiration from Asian flavors. The “chan” in our name is the Japanese diminutive suffix expressing cuteness, and it rhymes with “John.” Many of our sauces are made in-house, and we use fresh ground chuck for our patties. We serve some burger classics and some innovative items, but hopefully will never be labeled as “gimmicky.” More than anything, we want people to be blown away by the flavors we build. The food we prepare is thoughtful and time consuming. A focus on good ingredients, hard work, and not taking shortcuts have guided our success. Back in April of 2016, Diane and Willet Feng opened burger-chan, nee Kuma Burgers, in the underground food court of Greenway Plaza. While Willet originally wanted his first restaurant concept to be a Singaporean eatery, his friends David Buehrer (Greenway Coffee) and John Peterson (The Rice Box) convinced him to take over a second-gen burger space in Greenway. From 2016 until 2020, burger-chan not only won a steady stream of customers, but also won accolades from food critics like Alison Cook of the Houston Chronicle and Eric Sandler of CultureMap. burger-chan was on Alison Cook’s Top 100 Houston Restaurants list from 2016-2019, and came in at #25 on CultureMap’s 2019 Top 100 Restaurants in Houston list. For the past four years, burger-chan predominantly served the office workers in Greenway Plaza. Due to the pandemic, we permanently closed the Greenway Plaza location at the end of 2020. In 2021, we will open our flagship brick-and-mortar location in the Galleria-area.