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| - I was really looking forward to this burger when I heard about it. Only place in Ohio that apparently grinds your burger to order. That's pretty cool. And they have a window to watch them actually do it, cool. Look/feel of the place, also cool. They had the garage door up at the bar, and the weather was perfect, so we sat on the patio side of the bar. The two guys behind the bar were also friendly, though one talked a little too much about previous bad customers, but we were all laughing about it, so we might have encouraged it. They hyped menu items after we asked about them, like the Candied Bacon (tasty). We ordered burgers, and since there was a Wagyu Beef option on the burgers, we both went with that. Made it like a $15 burger, but I've had more expensive non-Wagyu burgers. I ordered mine Medium (some pink) and my friend ordered his Medium Rare (more pink). I was going on the assumption that a restaurant concentrating on the beef and the process would have chefs with equal concerns. This was apparently not the case, as both of our burgers came out Well Done. Anyone that has ever been to a steakhouse of any repute can tell you that usually they have a disclaimer on their menu that says "We are not responsible for the quality of a steak cooked Well Done." That's because they've cooked out all the flavor/fat (which is what gives Wagyu Beef so much flavor, all marbleized with fat). To their credit, and customer service (earning them another star) was that one of the guys asked how everything was, and if the burgers were cooked correctly. We were not in a hurry, per se, but we did have somewhere to be, so we deceitfully said the burgers were great. We hadn't made it back to the car before I was like, "Was your burger totally incinerated?!" "Yeah totally, that's why I ordered it Medium Rare, like that mattered!" It was a Saturday for late-ish lunch(1:30?), and there were only like 3 other occupied tables. I dunno. For a place with the word Burger in their name, that offers Wagyu on their menu, I expected they would have a more well trained chef to make the meat shine. I was really quite disappointed. Hopefully this was an anomaly. Honestly, probably more of a 2.5 stars, but I rounded up. Check out the pix I uploaded...
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