Updated with Map: A Peek at Burger Week, 7 Days of $7 Burgers

Update: We've added a map to all the $7 burgers at the bottom of the article.

Sometimes we like to throw parties here at the Observer. Other times we like to declare weeks dedicated to one of our favorite food groups. Case in point: Burger Week.

We've orchestrated an entire week of juicy, cheesy deals on burgers all across North Texas. The theme is toasted buns and house-ground beef, special sauces, pickles and candied bacon. All for $7 each.

Burger week starts Monday, March 20, and runs through Sunday, March 26. You'll use this Burger Week Passport to traverse the city and visit different restaurants, both new and old, from classic drive-ins (Dairy Ette) to swanky hot spots (The Finch, and Ebb and Flow).

The passport doesn't cost anything, it just allows you to get the deals and map out your journey. But by using it you'll receive points for each burger you buy, which can win you some prizes. Flash it at the restaurants so they know you want the Burger Week special.

We recently picked a spot to get a sneak peek. The Grind Burger Bar is tucked away inside a mixed residential and retail area in Lewisville (2500 King Arthur Blvd.); there is a second location in McKinney (7500 W. Stacy Road). It's a place we'd otherwise have never found, which is something else we like about Burger Week: trying new spots.

The Short Stack Smash is their Burger Week special (pictured at top). It's normally $12.50, but with your passport it'll be just $7.

This tall burger comes with a pillowy soft old-school bun, two smash smash patties with two slices of cheese and a house "fancy sauce." While it has height, there's not an excessive amount of girth here, so maybe you could eat two — or not feel awful after eating just one. Being completely transparent: this was one of the best burgers I've had in a while. The layers of the cheese oozed together with meat, and there was this sauce over it all. With the crisp LTO mixed in, it was stellar.

The Grind Burger Bar has big sports energy on one side and a more laidback, partially open-air lounge on another. It'd be a great place to grab a burger (or two) and beer and watch a game.

Also, don't sleep on Hamilton's candied-bacon burger. This the restaurant at the bottom of the Lorenzo Hotel, south of downtown (1011 S. Akard), which we recently added to our list of prettiest places to dine in Dallas.