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| - New restaurants are fun, but they almost always fail. They're too complex, too hipster, or sometimes too rat-infested.
I went to the Scottsdale Burger bar with a healthy amount of skepticism, hoping it wouldn't be a pretentious, snobby $18 kale burger joint with visible rodents but thinking it was probably just too good to be true.
I was wrong. It is fantastic and I'm gonna try to break down just why I liked it so much.
I ordered a double bacon cheeseburger and a chili / cheese dog, onion rings, and a Pepsi. Because I added mushrooms and extra cheese, the burger was a bit more, but it was still less than 10 bucks, a steal in my opinion.
The overall feel of the place is like a diner, with plastic and stainless-steel and the food is delivered on trays, so if you're thinking of this for a romantic night out, you might want to reconsider.
Bread should be complimentary to a burger and not overwhelm the flavor, and this was perfect. The patties were about the same thickness as In-N-Out and were charred a bit, but moist, with good flavor.
There's a good selection of sides, from peppers to relish, four different cheeses, so you can pretty much build whatever burger you like.
The onion rings were crispy and tasty, but that's not why you go to a burger joint. It's all about the burger and they nailed it.
I haven't said anything about the hot-dog, because I was too full to eat it. By the time I'd finished the burger and about half of the onion rings, I was stuffed.
I had a bite just to see what it tasted like and the hotdog was excellent, with a nice crispy skin, but I just couldn't do it. My eyes were clearly bigger than my stomach.
The staff was SUPER nice and asked a ton of questions about what we liked and what they could do better, something you just don't see in most places.
The short answer is that the food rocks, the staff is great, and there were no rats, so five stars, congratulations!
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