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Cue the chorus..... HAAAL-lelujah !
...hallelujah hallelujah....... HAAL-leEHH..lu..JAH !
Apologies to Haydn---but it seemed perfectly appropriate.
Those great burgers from years long past had been resurrected. Only NOW---at The Rail---theirs were even BETTER than ones I remember. This is a fabulous spot of which we plan to be regulars.
* * * EVERYTHING * * *
FIVE BRIGHT SHINING 24 karat GOLD STARS
FOOD.....
THE RAIL BURGER ~ (medium) with American
cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle spear, raw onion,
on toasted bun; generous size, juicy (yes!) and
packed with wonderful beef (steak-like) flavor.
SKINNY FRIES ~ great, but didn't eat many; the
burger was SO good, I ate only a few; major
epiphany: The Rail made me realize that for years
I'd been eating fries out of HABIT---only to accom-
pany mediocre (sometimes $$) restaurant burgers.
HOUSEMADE CHIPS ~ (kettle-style) ...fantastic
crunchy hard-to-resist; served with a phenomenal
dipping sauce (mayo, red pepper, and chunky bits
of blue cheese)
ONION RINGS ~ lightly battered crispy goodness!---
NOT that yucky breaded version that seems to be
the new standard
STAFF.....
BRITTANY ~ our knowledgable, friendly, super-
attentive, ever-so-likeable server
RICK ~ General Manager---but nothing general
about him; Distinctive Manager or maybe Excep-
tional Manager would be more appropriate titles.
(If I had a restaurant I'd do whatever I could to
snatch these two away.)
INTERIOR.....
Cool, casual, comfortable...very private booths, too.
LOCATION.....
GREAT NORTHERN MALL ~ Convenient and easy to
get to. Once you've been here, you'll never forget how
to get here again...and again. Near the rear entrance
of Sears. But driving by along that outer winding mall
road---with acres of lot between---you'd miss it. Unless
someone keeps up on current restaurant-related events,
they'd never know it existed---couldn't even FIND this
genuine FIND by accident. Spread the word---this place
deserves to thrive. It's THAT good.
PARKING.....
It's a MALL! It's FREE ! And the wide open range of
countless spaces means you can park that pristine new
Lamborghini Veneno safely away from others. Another
plus: no mace-in-hand dark side streets, scary back
alleys, or creepy multi-leveled cavernous echoing
garages.
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From the moment we walked in, to the moment we walked out, our entire experience was perfect. PERFECT.
I'll admit that I'm pretty particular---but I'm also fair and reasonable. If something isn't quite right, I never make an overblown deal about it. That's immature and petty---but understandable for toddlers using booster seats. (Amazing, though, how many adults still sit in them.) And instead of mentioning in a review that my water glass wasn't refilled (horrors!) or my soup wasn't warm (ULGH--- I've been poisoned!) or a server didn't wear a constant smile (RUINED it---2 stars for sure!) or I didn't get enough dressing (ALCH---CALL EMS!) believe it or not---I'll actually VERBALIZE my issue to an employee. Stupefying solution---isn't it? I've rarely had to do this---never had to here at The Rail---but it DOES work. Using common sense means any issues are quickly resolved and one never has to retaliate by writing unfair untrue or nasty low star reviews. The mean-spirited cynics that DO, are most often releasing pent-up frustrations and aggressions having nothing at all to do with anything OUTSIDE their worlds, but rather with everything INSIDE their own microscopic hateful negative ones.
For the last two decades or so, I've seen beef quality from grocers go from tasty to nasty. A number of factors contribute to this: less nutritional cattle diet, hormonal additives, less pasturing, infrequent exercise, heavy public beef demand, younger palates accepting it (never tasted higher grade---but low cost---of recent past), probably hundreds of new food spots opening weekly throughout the country, better-quality meats once available to the general public are now reserved for the $$$ restaurants and this $$ one, the advent of food networks and nearly 24/7 cooking instructional/competitive programming that continues stirring up this crazed interest in foods---buying it, preparing it, and eating it.
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Thanks to The Rail---who source their beef locally---we can enjoy a full-of-flavor burger just like the good old days nearly 30 years ago. A little more cost-wise than Five Guys, Buckeye Beer Engine, and Brown Bag, but there's NO comparison in quality. None. The Rail is worth every extra dollar---by FAR. And for an easy (heehee) way to find this spot, just remember:
NEAR SEAR'S REAR
Update... 4-5 visits since...same burgers...all 5 star encores!
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