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| - I have to preface any review I write about a burger shop by saying that for me it is hard to find a bad burger at a one location mom & pop dive and it is hard to find a good burger at any chain restaurant. There is something more than the meat and bun, it is the love and need to pay the rent that goes into a burger in the small joints that makes it special. I will also say that the worst way to impress me with a burger is to make it 6' tall with every known thing that should never be added to a burger so that any possible taste of ground beef is lost forever under all the add-ons. The absolute best burgers I have had in my life are in tiny out-of-the-way shops where the owners are aged far more than the beef, with a bun, a burger and some mustard. I'll go for lettuce, tomato, onion and (yeah I know, some people hate it, ketchup). And I ALWAYS test a new place with their plainest burger on the first visit and maybe next time, if there is one, will try something fancy.
All that being said, what about this small one-location place called Wally Burger in a far corner of a Target parking lot? To their credit they have been around for a while (not many Phoenix restaurants can say that) and they are consistent. This was my 4th visit and instead of a burger I made a last-minute choice to go with a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich (pictured).
The sandwich combo came with some nice crunchy ripple fries (probably from frozen) but deep fried just right and a 20 oz fountain drink. I suspect they load the ratio of syrup to water in their drinks a little richer than fast food places because my orange soda had a nice satisfying taste of orange.
The sandwich, though not huge, was absolutely perfect ... something so close to what you would find in Philly that you probably wouldn't want to quibble. The bun was just slightly crusty with a warm soft interior, loaded with real meat (yes, I even found a tiny bone fragment), loaded with sautéed onions and green peppers and the gooiest cheese you can imagine. It was the lunch special of the day and the total cost was almost exactly what McD's would charge for a Big Mac, fries and a drink.
What I love about Wally Burger is there is no pretension. They never seem to have many customers but most likely it is because of their odd location (I hope this review helps people discover them), but they are just nice kind good people. I so want them to move just a little to some location where they can be seen from a main street (but never open more locations). But on the other hand I also so want them to just stay exactly like they are so they are always my little secret.
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