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| - After hearing lots of good things from a trusted friend, I decided to give this place a shot. I went with a pretty basic double burger w/cheese & bacon and while I've certainly had worse burgers, I don't know that I'll be in a rush to come back. Here's why:
Cost: My burger came to a little over $11 and I could deal with that. Meanwhile, the $3.99 fries were not $3.99 fries. Basically just stubby chip-stand fries. For that money you'd want something like the seasoning at Gangster Burger or the duck fat fries at WVRST.
Noise: Maybe this means I'm an old man now, but the combination of a small space with a too-loud stereo and relatively noisy kitchen counter made it tricky to hear the softly spoken cashier and, occasionally, my dining partner. To their credit, they knew how big to go with hollering my number when my order was ready.
Not a Great First Impression: The system has a little kink that'd be easy to remember on subsequent visits, but was a little bothersome on the first - especially with the noise level making it tricky to catch the explanation that they have one basket for taking your number and a second, on the other end of the counter, for depositing it. I'm not sure why they don't just have both baskets behind the counter for the cashier to sort out.
The Burger: Hearty, for sure, but greasy to the point that you'll actually need most of the two dozen napkins they give you. Greasy to the point of having a bit of a food hangover afterwards. Maybe that's your jam, but it isn't mine. The meat was tasty and the bun pleasingly soft, though.
So yeah, not garbage by any stretch, but there's a handful of small annoyances that combine with the glut of choice for burgers in the immediate area - let alone Toronto - to leave me in no rush to return. Within less than five minutes walk of here you can hit BGM or Gangster Burger for a better premium cut, or hit up the almost-adjacent McDonalds or Hero Burger for something lower quality, yet still filling. Maybe they'll improve, I hope they do.
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