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| - I've had worse burgers, and I've had better burgers. Given all the talk about how amazing Holy Chuck Burgers was supposed to be, my expectations were quite high. They weren't quite met. While the burgers aren't bad, they also didn't blow my mind. That said, the service is friendly and attentive, and the space is quite pleasant, allowing both for contemplative people watching, or sharing food with friends.
The animal feed features a slightly waterlogged heavily breaded mushroom cap. The filling lacks the saltiness you'd expect from feta & cream cheese blend but the lemon aioli (I didn't taste any herb) adds a nice acid top note that makes it palatable.
The smoky cow features some well executed bacon and the mozarella is a nice touch. The smoke on the sea salt is undetectable and made the eating experience a little too salty for my palate, given the existing salt in the bacon and smoked cheese. I wished for complexity and didn't quite get it. A little sugar (maybe on the bacon, or BBQ sauce) may help matters.
All the burgers come on soft white buns that remind me more of wonderbread than I'd like. For burgers this greasy, something with a higher protein content and more structure would be nice, as opposed to something that takes on the texture of sodden cotton batting after a few bites.
The fries are thin cut, crisp and very well salted. It's great if you're just ordering fries, but if you're adding a burger to them, be prepared for sodium overload. The veal cheek vino chili sounds promising, but like the smoky cow fails to deliver on the complexity you'd expect from it. It's not bad chili - the texture and viscosity is pleasant, but like everything else at Holy Chuck Burger, it failed to blow me away after promising to.
The milkshakes are pleasantly thick. The strawberry was pleasantly fruity, but the Bacon, Fudge Sea Salt version lacked the fudgy richness I'd have liked to see from it. There is however plenty of bacon.
Why they didn't get five stars:
1. Sodium overdose. It's rare for me to feel completely dehydrated after a meal, but after this, I felt like I'd been at a salt lick for much longer than I'd wanted.
2. Overpromise & under deliver - while this may be unfair, because I chose to believe the hype, and so more my fault than theirs, I wasn't blown away and I was told I would be.
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