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| - Let me preface: I am a fan of burgers with wacky crap on them. Sure, there are places I go when I am seeking the sort of "pure, holy" cheeseburger experience (sorry Wisconsinites who will never see a Dick's Drive-In), but mostly, I want cheeseburgers with weird toppings. To me, that is what the cheeseburger is about: creativity. And DLUX is doing creative cheeseburgers like nobody else I know of in Wisconsin, and better than even some of my favorites in Seattle.
FH and I came here during a relatively slow time between lunch and dinner (around 2:00pm-ish on a Thursday). We were greeted warmly and attended to promptly. I got one of the grapefruit-lime homemade sodas and the FH got a red velvet milkshake based on the waiter's recommendation. The soda was tasty, but probably my least favorite aspect of the meal, as the grapefruit flavor was much weaker than I expected. Milkshake was phenom, and pretty much tasted like liquified cake and ice cream.
But the burgers. The Burgers. The. BURGERS. FH got the Pimento Cheeseburger, with perfectly cooked crisp bacon and wonderful homemade pimento cheese, creating a flavorful, playful take on the classic cheeseburger. For me, however, their September burger of the month, a pear-and-brie concoction with bacon-pear marmalade was one of the best burgers I have ever had. Gooey, melty brie and fresh, fruity pears blended perfectly with their well-seasoned beef patty and fluffy-yet-sturdy bun that managed to hold together under some pretty runny conditions. I am tearing up a bit just thinking about it. The flavors worked so exceptionally well together; whoever came up with that one deserves a medal. As a caveat, the patties are cooked on the medium-well side, but I did not find them overdone or dry at all. However, for those who like a pinker burger, you may have to make a request otherwise.
And the fries! The thick, perfectly cooked fries would have been enough by themselves, but we got them in blue cheese/bacon and sharp cheddar/green onion varieties. I thought they would just be sprinkled with toppings, but, as it turns out, these fries are covered in cheese sauce. Creamy, delicious cheese sauce + amazing toppings = true french fry love. They also layer the fries with the sauces and toppings just enough so that you don't end up with too many naked fries, which I thought was a nice touch.
Oh, and for the whole thing, we paid just over $30 before tip. Are you serious?! DLUX, you make me wish I still lived in Madison again, just a little bit.
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