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| - I can't call this THE most pretentious place in all of Calgary, but I think it's up in the running. What makes it personally offensive is that they're pretending burgers are some sort of gourmet specialty. They aren't. The best burgers are soaked in grease, covered in cheese and flavour. And enough fat to clog your arteries.
This place sells you a frozen pub patty you could buy anywhere for $10 and then proceeds to charge you extra for freak toppings like field sprouts and avocado. I know every female probably thinks this is fantastic, but it's not. That's not what hamburgers were made for.
The setting of this crime is bizarre as well. It's an ultra-modern theme with booths and open tables amongst clean, anti-septic walls and windows. It gets expensive when you order a beer and a side of fries (expect something like $35 for two) and I personally feel you can get better for the price. Go to Fat Burger and bring your own field sprouts because that at least is a real hamburger patty....
In fact, one afternoon I showed up just to ridicule the place. We had a beer and watched some baseball (they do have decent tvs behind the bar and ice cold beer) and then a line up started. I'm sure the servers don't deserve any abuse, but those fools who waited in line for 20 minutes deserve whatever they get. I was finally able to talk two older ladies out of the place, suggesting they'd feel better about themselves after the meal someplace else.
You know, I could see spending money on a really good burger, but this just isn't it. If they were homemade and tasted completely different from every other place, then fine. I just want them to stop pretending the hamburger is something fancy to fawn over. If they get real, I might go back. In fact, their fries aren't bad. Maybe they can call themselves a special fry joint who happens to have burgers. Yes, I think that sounds better....
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