In our ongoing search for the best burger in town, I am happy to report that we have another candidate from a MOST unexpected source! So the story goes:
A few Sundays ago we were getting ready for the week and musing about how good it would be to have a great burger before the work week started. I texted a good Friend an asked for something in our neighborhood as I didn't feel like driving across town. my inquiry for the best burger close to the "hood" (we live in Midwood) was to go to the Crepe Cellar in NoDa! I thought she had misread my text for a moment but she followed up with details before I could ask about how I also needed to have the fries topped with brie and pesto. A little bit shocked (and wondering how much champagne said friend had intaken that day) we pile din the car and off we went. Now I have been to the CC for brunch on multiple occasions and found it to be divine... but to think that a crepe joint might have the best burger was still not computing. We actually found a parking spot out front and were greeted and seated by he pleasant staff in a matter of minutes.
As a brunch patron I never realized that what was on the rest of the menu and I sure didn't have a clue that they had a great beer list!!! We ordered a really great Scottish IPA (a SIPA? LOL) on draught and the fried brussel sprouts for an app... happily both were amazing!!! I kept saying I was done with the brussel sprouts and kept going back in for more. While gorging ourselves on said brussel sprouts we ordered our burgers and when they arrived and we cut them in half you could immediately tell that this place was not playing around!!! The meat was beautiful and cooked perfectly on the rare side of medium rare. The fries (as mentioned earlier with the Brie and pesto) also were crazy good... and may be contenders for the best fries in the city as well!!! All in all we were pleasantly shocked to death and will make the trip back many times in the future to enjoy these crazy good delicacies again!!!