Templeton Convenience Store is a corner store with a burger kitchen on Main South Road in Templeton, on Christchurch's western edge, holding a 3.2 Google rating and taking orders through Uber Eats.
Convenience-store burgers are a quiet New Zealand tradition, and the good ones are cooked to order rather than left under a heat lamp, which means a short wait and a better burger for it. The classic version is the works: a beef patty with egg, beetroot, cheese, salad and sauce stacked in a soft bun, the combination that has kept corner dairies in business for decades. Regulars tend to phone ahead at dinnertime, when the fryer is busiest. Simpler is often safer too, and a straight-up cheeseburger cooked fresh will beat an overstuffed novelty.
For Templeton locals after a hot burger without the drive into the city, this Main South Road shopfront keeps dinner close to home.