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| - Saw this place featured on TV and thought they have an admirable concept: freshly ground prime quality local beef. I looked for their menu online and while the burger descriptions definitely sounded very yummy, these are some of the most expensive burgers I've ever seen... ranging from $11 to $15 - that's just the burger. Fries and other sides are extra. I have a deep appreciation for restaurants who serve quality local-centric ingredients, and these are described as gourmet burgers, so I figured that these contribute to the pricing. So... I ended up going there to try it.
When you walk in, you're greeted in a very cool lounge setting, more of what you'd see in an upscale bar/lounge. The bar sits behind the lounge area with TV's viewable at every angle. The bar opens up to an outdoor patio. Seating for diners are sectioned off to the other side. Very cool decor... they have chandeliers made from wine glasses, and others made from meat grinders. If you walk towards the back of the restaurant, you'll see the open kitchen and their walk-in cooler has a window where you can see where they freshly grind the burgers at. Pretty cool! And outside in the patio, they have a small garden where they grow some of their own crops for use at the restaurant.
Onto the food and service. We ordered appetizers, wings and fries. The garlic parm wings were very good; I would recommend them for wing-lovers. The fries were nothing special... ordered the truffle fries and they were just regular fries with some kind of dip. It was okay. Someone in our party also ordered the grilled ceasar salad. I don't think they really knew what they were ordering. The salad literally came grilled. So weird because the lettuce was wilted and soft. Not a salad I'd want to eat. Anyway... after our appetizers, our server didn't come back for the longest time to take our order. When we finished our appetizers, we had to flag her down to take our order. So service was a bit slow, and there weren't even a ton of people there on this Sunday night. I ordered the Triple Truffle Burger. Their menu describes this as:
"That means Truffles X3. Truffle Salt Seasoned Burger, Petite Pecorino Cheese, Sautéed Mushrooms & Truffle Aioli on a Truffle Butter Bun"
Sounds really yummy, right? I ordered mine medium, so I wanted some pink. Our food comes. Burger comes on a plate with one pickle chip. The burger is not very big... about the same size as you'd find at your everyday fast food joint. When asked, our server says they're about 8 oz. It seemed like I ordered from the kids menu. I finished my burger in about 12 seconds. Yep! Aba dee, aba dee, that's all folks! No, but really... I tried to take some time to enjoy the taste, and unfortunately, I just found nothing special about the "taste" of this burger. They claim and advertise that their goal is...
"...to serve the most satisfying burger on earth."
... but I just found very little satisfaction with the burger. It was small, I don't feel that it was seasoned well - kinda bland, and I asked for medium and mine was more well-done. I've read other reviews pointing out the incorrect temperature. Perhaps their cooks just need better training. After fries and wings for apps, I figured the burger would top me off. Nope! I was still hungry... so I got a large Kit Kat milkshake. It was a chocolate milkshake with chunks of Kit Kats in it. The chunks were too large to suck into the straw, so I almost had a brain hemorrhage a couple of times trying to suck up those Kit Kat chunks. $6 for the milkshake... nothing special. Spend your money on something else.
The owner, Michelle, came around to the tables to greet customers, which was nice. I always like to see that, especially in local establishments.
Overall? I've found much more satisfying $5 burgers in a hole-in-the-wall joint. Seriously - no joke (see my other reviews). Would I come back? Maybe. But I wouldn't be dragging my friends back here to satisfy any cravings.
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