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| - "Bro, I'm hungry!" announces my poker bud.
"What the?" I start, watching him look over the 'healthy' options.
"I gotta stay in shape" he says.
"Ummm..." I trail off as I look him up and down, his swimmers physique hidden behind 30lbs of good old American excess.
"Hey, round is a shape." he continues as he orders a double cheeseburger.
Skinny Fats, home of the HAPPY (pre new year, yay!!) and healthy (post new year, boo) menu. To their credit, the boo menu is tasty.
Straight to it, familiar food. Nothing fancy. Nothing over the top. Solid but not perfect.
The turkey burger (cranburkie) is well made. Good texture of the burger managing to stay moist with the addition of cranberry and topped with a cranberry yogurt and loads of peppery arugula, semi ripe tomato, and sharp red onion. OK but desperately needing more salt to bring out the turkey flavor. The naked Chix (pan roasted chicken breast topped with a mango salsa and sweetened mango basil sauce with a side of cilantro yogurt) is well made. Well cooked chicken, the salsa and sauce could use more spice heat to balance the mango flavor. A side of Yummus (rosemary hummus) with it's inherent creamy richness and herbal finish pairs well with the selections.
From the HAPPY menu, props to the Sweet Cheese Us, a great take on the Philly cheese steak (thin slices of still juicy beef with cherry peppers, deeply caramelized onions, portabello chunks, and a slightly spicy pepper jack, cheddar sauce slathered generously atop). The Cherry Popper ( 1/2 lb, juicy, dripping burger topped with cherry peppers, a spiced up slaw, pepper jack, and a dripping fried egg to cool it all down in a sweet bread roll) not far behind. Messy and simply good eats.
One thing, avoid anything "truffle" (ie truffle fries). Synthetic truffle oil. Ack.
All told, cool concept and vibe designed to hide one's foodie intercessions. Hey, no one's telling on you.
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