The Ramen Burger finally gets a permanent home

Last Summer, the world was introduced to the Ramen Burger at Smorgasburg, and it went absolutely bananas. Like, Gwen-Stefani-lyrically-spelling-out-the-word bananas.

And now, after about a year in the making, the Ramen Burger has a permanent, strangely punctuated home: RAMEN. Co, a Financial District joint that's fast-casual-ing the intrepid burg.

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There's nothing too fancy here, just a modern, sleek space slinging the signature Ramen Burgers along with Ramen non-Burgers (more on that in literally one second), and actual ramen.

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One of those new ramen-bunned beauties is the shredded beef -- the flavors are much the same as the burger, with its "secret shoyu sauce" and scallions topping both, but the texture differs and makes for a new experience.

Ramen Burger
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It's not all beef, all the time, though: it's also putting tender chicken breasts in between ramen bread, so you can keep it light. Or have two!

Ramen Burger
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The regular ramen here is all named for specific shops that inspired him. This is the Brooklyn Ramen with a tonkotsu broth, pork belly, black garlic oil, soy sauce, scallion, mushrooms, and fried onion.

Ramen Burger
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And since there's a chance it's going to be one billion degrees with 400% humidity any time now, it's also got broth-less, cold ramen as well, served with pork belly and topped with cucumber, crabmeat, scallions, spinach, mushrooms, and naruto fish cake. Feel free to also put a burger in it.

Andrew Zimmer is Thrillist's NYC Editor and he is incredibly hungry for ramen now. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.