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| - For once, the parking lot wasn't jammed when I passed by, so I got a chance to try it. Worth the wait.
Central concept is a build-your-own burger via a list of items to be checked off, ala Happy Dog. My choices included guacamole and a fried egg. The egg was slightly more gummy than runny, but still that in combination with the guac proved too much for the rye bread I'd chosen; should have gone with the bun.
A good burger overall. None of my add-ons (which also included pickles, raw Vidalia, lettuce, tomato and an aioli) overwhelmed the taste of the meat itself. Me, I prefer more assertive pickles, which is why I really like the pickle bar at the B Spot. But everything was ample.
Fries with "Irish" ketchup were a little spicy, which I like.
I started with the day's special, a cheese-potato-bratwurst soup. Either my tastebuds are fading or the soup, like the burger, didn't have any one dominant note. I liked it, but a brat is a fairly mild sausage. It needed something extra -- a sharper cheese, maybe -- to set it off. And temperature-wise, it was warm but not hot.
The service was, if anything, too friendly -- I'm not a shake-hands-with-your-server guy.
I waffled between 3 and 4 stars. From my one experience, it would be a 3 or a 3.5. But the menu earns extra points for being creative, in the same way that the Wild Goose (same owners) gets creative with pizza. In a county full of sameness, creativity should be encouraged. I only worry that the almost complete lack of customers at lunchtime on a Saturday does not bode well.
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