$15The Basement
Double angus, applewood bacon, aged cheddar, caramelized onion, Basement Sauce, toasted brioche.
Welcome to the basement
Great Food.Great Drinks.Get It Your Way.
Build-your-own burgers, loaded apps, fresh salads and ice-cold drinks — served up in a fun, no-rules hangout where every order is yours to design.
Open today · 11:00am – 10:00pm Detroit, MI
Who we are
A local hangout built on flavor and good times.
Basement Burger Bar is where great food, great drinks and friendly faces collide. Quality proteins, a wall of toppings, ice-cold pours — and the freedom to build every order exactly your way.
Built Your Way
Six proteins, a wall of toppings and house sauces. Stack it, sauce it, own it — no two burgers have to be the same.
Cooked to Crave
Fresh-ground patties smashed to order, buns toasted on the flat-top, and that legendary Basement Sauce on everything.
Drinks On Tap
Rotating craft taps, basement cocktails, and spiked shakes that hit different. Happy hour hits harder.
Your Local Hangout
Friendly faces, big booths and good energy. Grab friends, bring the family, post up at the bar — you're home.
Crowd favorites
Sink your teeth in
A taste of the lineup. Order one as-is or use it as a launch pad — everything is yours to customize.
$15
$11Loaded Basement Fries
Hand-cut fries, cheese sauce, bacon, scallions, Basement Sauce.
$10Loaded Freakshake
Over-the-top toppings, whipped cream, the works.
Get it your way
You're the chef here
Pick your protein, stack your toppings, sauce it up. Five quick steps to a burger that's 100% you.
- 01Pick your protein
- 02Choose your bun
- 03Melt on cheese
- 04Pile on toppings
- 05Sauce it up
6
Proteins to pick
25+
Toppings & sauces
∞
Ways to build it
1
Legendary Basement Sauce
Come hang out
Find your basement
Big booths, every game on the screens, and a bar that's always pouring. Dine in, take out, or order online — we'll save you a seat.
800 Basement Row, Detroit, MI 48226
Plenty of parking · family & group friendly
Mon – Thu · 11:00am – 10:00pm
Fri – Sat · 11:00am – 12:00am
Sunday · 11:00am – 9:00pm
Happy Hour: Mon – Fri, 3 – 6pm — $2 off taps, $6 basement cocktails
Specials & events
There's always something on
A reason to come back every night of the week.
Monday
Build-Your-Own Night
Any custom burger + a side for $13 all night. Stack it high.
Tuesday
Wing It
$0.85 wings by the dozen — buffalo, BBQ, dry rub, you choose.
Wednesday
Shake Down
Half-price hand-spun shakes and freakshakes, dine-in.
Thursday
Tap Takeover
Rotating local brewery on the taps + $5 featured pours.
Fri – Sun
Game Day HQ
Every screen, every game. Bucket + wings + fries specials all weekend.
The regulars
Loved by the neighborhood
Don't take our word for it.
“Built my own double with pepper jack and hot honey and it might be the best burger I've had in the city. The Basement Sauce is unreal.”
“Our whole crew comes here after games. Fast, friendly, and the loaded fries are dangerous. It just feels like our spot.”
“Kids build their own burgers, I get a spiked shake and wings — everyone's happy. Exactly what a local hangout should be.”
Good to know
Questions? We got you
That's the whole idea. Pick your protein, bun, cheese, toppings and sauce — stack it exactly how you want it. See the Get It Your Way page to start.
Yes. We serve a house black-bean patty and the Impossible™ patty, plus a lettuce wrap in place of a bun and fresh salads and bowls.
We love groups. Reach out through our Contact page to book a party, team night or private option and we'll get you set up.
We do — Monday through Friday, 3 to 6pm, with deals on taps and basement cocktails.