this place is busy!! a new franchise for the city. i got two burger and an order of cajun fries.
the staff work fast and its cool to watch them putting the burgers together as you wait. there are free peanuts. serving size of fries is VERY generous. after filling the cup with fries, they add an additional heap on top...whoohoo!
the 2 burgers was part of a 'BURGERS study' tonight. my friends and i sampled burgers from five guys, burger priest, st.louis, hero burger, and chuck burger (from hamilton). ratings scales in hand (we are total nerds) the five guys burger came out at the top for 2 people. i rated the hero burger the best (love their patty) while other considered its flavouring artificial. the st. louis burger was surprisingly good considering its not really a 'gourmet' burger', more of a pub place. burger priest gets special mention for the chunk of fried breaded cheese added to our burgers...very tasty but incredibly heavy.
all in all, I thought the five guy burger was average but their fries were the bomb. for the best burger in town it really does depend on your taste preferences! I would go to hero for an easy but quality meat fix. and i would save burger priest as a treat!
there are a few other places we wanted to try but sadly the stockyards was closed by the time we were picking up our food. another good place ive heard about is burger press. will keep these two in mind for future studies :)