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| - This place probably doesn't need another review, but I have to at least add my five stars. It was the best damn burger I've ever had. The whole place is brilliant: A thorough, clever, hilarious concept carried through from the building exterior to the little red devil's pitchfork through the center of the burger. There is serious attention to detail in this place, and not just in the aesthetics, but also in the food. I could not believe that my medium-done ("pink") burger didn't bleed all the way through the bun, didn't fall apart, didn't drip cheese all over the place, didn't soak the onion straws on it... These people are paying attention not just to flavor and doneness and mouthfeel, but to how the WHOLE thing works together, how easy it is to eat, etc.
I made my own burger, my friend got the "Meat Your Maker" and raved about it from beginning to end. Also the best burger he's ever had.
The fries are tiny (in length) but huge on flavor. The chips, I'm pretty sure, are homemade, slightly thicker than Lay's, with good body, perfectly salted.
We got a pretzel milkshake and thought it was perfectly sweet (not too much, not too little) and beautifully thick--but not so thick you couldn't get it through a straw.
If it's any indication: We left there at 9 pm on a Sunday night. Burgatory was still so backed up people were waiting half an hour for a table. Four doors down, the 5 Guys was E-M-P-T-Y. And rightfully so. I can't see that place lasting another 6 months with Burgatory right next door.
We drove 5 hours from Blacksburg, Virginia to visit Pittsburgh this weekend, and on the way back, we had this conversation multiple times:
"Dude, we should totally take one day over the summer and drive up to Pittsburgh, eat at Burgatory, then just drive back down."
"Let's do it."
[1 hour later:]
"They should build one of those Japanese bullet trains straight from Virginia Tech to the Burgatory in Pittsburgh. I would totally go there at least once a week."
"Dude, we'll just drive up there."
[1 hour later:]
"I'm hungry."
"Let's go back and hit the Burgatory one more time. Come on!"
"Dude, I have GOT to finish my thesis. But over the summer, for sure."
"What we need is a Japanese bullet train."
"Totally."
You get the idea.
You people who live there: I envy you.
You people bitching about the wait: Shut up already, you spoiled, whiny babies. Whip out your cell phones and entertain yourselves for all of 30 minutes.
I WOULD DRIVE TEN HOURS JUST FOR A BURGATORY BURGER
AND
I
WOULD
BE
HAPPY
ABOUT
IT
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