The brothers
Two brothers. One argument. One flat-top.
Founded 2021 · Portland, OR
6
Minimum crust
index served
index served
10
Maximum sear
on request
on request
Maillard Bros. started because Theo and Sam Maillard could not stop arguing about crust. Theo wanted his patties crusted to the point of fracture; Sam thought a little give was a virtue.
They settled it the only honest way: a flat-top in a borrowed garage, a scale, and a notebook where they scored every patty on its sear from zero to ten. The notebook became the crust index. The garage became a window.
Five years later they still argue, still scrape every patty by hand, and still refuse to serve anything under a six. The name is a chemistry joke that happens to be their surname, which they take as proof they were born for this.
Char is not a defect here. It is the whole point.