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| - Oh why do people trash Max and Erma's? 'Cause it's a chain, and that's the cool thing for foodies to do? *sigh*
Order a Garbage Burger like I did this past Sunday afternoon and stifle yerselves. Geez. The meat is butcher-fresh, the bun is bakery-new, and it is stuffed to capacity with hickory-smoked bacon, cheddar, Swiss, American, mozzarella, caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms, guacamole & marinara sauce. It is a mishmash. It is a monstrosity. It is manly. Eat one or go hide and weep in your expensive loft.
Honestly, M&E's does a mid-rare burger quite well, better than many independent restaurants I might add. I'm pointin' yer way...August. Henry's...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUOM1aK_jc
And of course, who can't order some of those patently fantastic chocolate chip cookies? Does M&E have any other dessert worth ordering? Their barrel-shaped, Tootsie Roll-ish, choco-chunks puncuate the balmy, ductile baked dough and take you to a simpler time. Unable to resist digging in hastily, each one became...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5W8DepgUy4&feature=related
And serving them on a baking pan just forces me to crack a smile. Did your mother do that for you as a kid on a rainy day? Mine did.
The BBQ Chicken Quesadilla is a fine way to start the meal as well, its avocado ranch dressing being the highlight, the quesadilla itself merely serving as a vessel for the sweetness and tenderness within.
We found nothing shabby about the joint, and the service was friendly and on-point.
Come on with it. I ain't afraid of yinz.
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