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| - The Blue Moose has a great location, right across from the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, and within the Scottsdale Civic Center/Library area, just a few steps away from Old Town Scottsdale. However, that is where its advantages end. Yesterday, my (adult) son and I stopped by for a drink and a something to eat -- a burger, to be precise. We rode bikes all the way up from Tempe on the Greenbelt trail, and were thus both thirsty and hungry. I had promised my son a good place to go for a burger -- intending to take him to Blue Moose, as I had been to Blue Moose a few times before over the years. "The veggie burger is really great," I told him -- "Let's get that!" The way I remember it, it was every bit as thick and juicy as a beef burger, with a fresh warm bun and lots of lettuce, tomato, cheese, and pickle. Well, it had lettuce, cheese, tomato, and pickle, but the so-called burger itself was about 1/8 inch thickness, and way less that the circumference of the bun; in fact it was kind of hidden within all the toppings.
It was not good (but we ate it anyways because hungry, had to ride all the way back home, and didn't want to make the waitress Andrea have to do re-work, at least not at first). It was not bad, but it was not worth the $9.00, and was nothing like the way they used to make this burger -- it used to be a stand-out -- and we are not even vegetarians.
The french fries were acceptable, hot, plentiful.
The service was friendly, but when we did ask Andrea about the burger being not up to standards, she went to talk with her manager, and then came back with non-information that they had not changed recipes, or something like that. She did not offer to remove it from the tab, but did offer another beer. Long story short, as infrequently as we go out, it should be really good where we go to splurge on a simple thing like a burger, veggie or otherwise.
Sorry Blue Moose, we will not be 'herding' from you again.
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