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| - We had been hearing a lot of good things about Fresh & Meaty recently so decided it was time to give it a try.
First, it is great to see something doing well on that corner of Cedar & Lee which over the past 10 years seemed to be just a bad location for a food business. Parking always seemed a deterrent to me but this is not actually a problem as there is off street parking behind the building off of Cedar.
I would give a 4 star rating if based purely on the food. I like 5 Guys and will still go there but these burgers are simply better. Thicker, juicer, & well seasoned. The big plus for my wife is that they have a turkey burger which she gave high marks to. The fries where also good but had a couple undercooked. Admittedly, I prefer thinner crispier fries so I am neutral on this. Finally, the value is fantastic. For a $0.50 up charge the special included the burger, fries, and a drink. Much better value than 5 Guys.
The thing that dropped the rating for me was the service and wait time. Yes, the burgers are made fresh to order but the 30 mins from order to getting food was excessive. I will say we were there on a Friday evening and they were busy (which, again, is fantastic for this location), but the process behind the counter just seems so disorganized with the counter help sort of tripping all over each other between call in orders, counter orders, and other tasks they also seem responsible for. Which brings me to my second knock on them. We watched one girl at the counter go directly from handling money, to putting a fries in the fry basket with bare hands and then back to the cash register. No hand washing, no gloves. Gross. At the moment I accept this as an unfortunate oversight on her part and not the accepted practice there because I did see others wearing and changing gloves.
We will return because, man, that was a good burger! But... We will probably call ahead to avoid wait.
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