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| - Don't confuse this place for a mall restaurant. Okay, so it's attached to the mall and it's a restaurant, but it's more than that. The Rail is a burger/bar that offers a concise, affordable menu, a plethora of booze, clean, sleek decor, and just enough character to not get lost in the burger joint crowd. That character revolves around local. The meat is local. The booze is local. Everything is local.
The best thing about this place for me was the service. We sat at the bar because we didn't want to wait for a table, and all of the bartenders were really nice, attentive, and pretty much on the ball in every way. Not only that, there was a ridiculous amount of servers around the whole restaurant. It's refreshing to see a properly staffed restaurant that doesn't stretch a handful of servers too thin across a bunch of tables.
For the food, I went with the "Crouching Burger, Hidden Bacon". A giant beef patty topped with a flat fried wonton and pulled pork, with a few strips of bacon tucked underneath it all. It's the "meatlover's" of burgers, and it didn't disappoint in that regard. The pulled pork, good. Bacon, good. The patty itself was tender, flavorful, and juicy, although a bit undercooked. One bite and the bun was already soaked through and dripping into a puddle on my plate, so that wasn't very fun, but it was still very delicious. Also, it definitely could have used some veggies or sauce to contrast all that meat. Still though... a much, much better burger than B-spot, oh no he didn't.
I also had a side of sweet potato fries with chipotle mayo. These were alright, but the fries were overcooked. For dessert, we shared a nutella crunch milkshake that left me wondering where they got the nutella and the crunch from because it certainly wasn't in the shake. Don't get me wrong, it was a good milkshake, but it really just tasted like chocolate cereal that melted into the milk. My guess is they just blended up a bunch of the chocolate wafers they use to top the shake and mixed it into a regular shake. If they did use nutella, they didn't use enough of it.
Overall though I enjoyed my meal and my experience here. I'd definitely return for more burger action and to try out some of the brews.
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