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| - The great Gordon Ramsay takes in an American institution with BurGR. At first glance, I worried if the nefarious one made my favorite comfort food "froo-froo," but my worry was short lived.
BurGR was packed when I arrived, but I wasn't surprised given they had big TV's and an NFL playoff game was on. I got lucky though, and a seat opened fast.
Despite the line, service was a really comfortable pace. I never felt rushed once. I quickly got a cold Innis & Gunn Ale, and set about to planning my order.
I eyeballed the Blue Burger which was topped with arugala and Maytag blue cheese. But a good burger joint should be able to take requests and so I asked for the one thing that would make this burger heavenly... Bacon.
To my surprise, the bartender told me they didn't offer pork bacon, but rather duck bacon. [insert record scratch sound here...] What?! Duck bacon?!
The bartender implored me to give it a shot... I'm glad he did. Once I got the burger, I was amazed, and a fan... But, getting the burger was the difficulty... I get they were slammed, but the order took a very long time. I always saw Gordon get angry about service time on TV, so I had to take a little off for that flaw.
With my burger I also got the onion rings, and like the burger they were perfectly done and surprisingly sweet. My only other criticism was my dessert, toffee ice cream push pops. Having seen these on reviews, I was let down a little in the presentation. The GR logo on the push pops was a chintzy sticker, which appeared to have been applied by someone who didn't really care that the decal was skewed and bubbled. In GR land, a signature menu item shouldn't look cheap. I also found the pop itself very unsweet. This was more a British flavor, which seemed out of place on the menu of an American-style burger joint.
On the whole I enjoyed BurGR and would dine again, and recommend. I feel BurGR is a fun spin on an American favorite.
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