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| - Wildburger is at the Wildfire Casinos, which are the unloved step-children of Station Casinos. I'd like to say this is a stretch, but saying Wildfires are casinos is like me having a bundle of $1 bills and calling myself a bank. But the gaming is neither here nor there, as this is a review of their new "Wildburger" restaurants.
As the unofficial official burger tester of the 702, it was only inevitable I'd be attacking this new burger place. When I got there, I was greeted after a few moments at the podium, where I was asked if I knew what I wanted or if I wanted to look over the menu. A menu, says I, where I was then told, ok, read it over, and when you're done, come back up to the podium.
Really? Errm... ok...
So I look over the menu, and the crispy chicken sandwich looks good to me, even though I was going in for red meat.
I head back to the podium, put in my order (crispy chicken with bacon on wheat bun, fries, and a soda) and went back to where I seated myself. And I took the empty glass they gave me to soda land. Diet Mountain Dew is always a plus, so good on them for that.
The food came up in decent time, and it was good. I would even go so far to say it was pretty good. The chicken breast was crispy, the toppings were fresh, the bacon was crisp, and the fries had just the right amount of seasoning. It's no Holsteins, which is now the bar that all other burgers must aspire to, but it's not disappointing.
What IS disappointing is that not once after the food was dropped off was I even acknowledged. Not even an "is everything okay?" along the way. I find this mildly annoying. I was also annoyed that there were about three TVs in the restaurant, and not one was turned to ESPN2 so I could watch Friday Night Fights. I only mention that because I would have liked to ask someone if it could be changed (and "no" would have been an ok answer), but I was the invisible man.
This definitely could have been a 4-star place, with a little attention. Or, leave it all self-serve, and dial the price back a bit. I don't mind doing my own wait-staffing if it's for a decent price and I don't have to tip. Otherwise, charge a little more, but cater to my whims.
I know that sounds very 1% of me, and I'm sorry. To balance it out, I'm pretty sure the 1% doesn't go to Wildfire "Casinos."
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