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| - Feeling the brunt of a Post-hiking appetite, I stopped at Fuddruckers on the way home from Mount Charleston. This was my first stop in a Fuddruckers since 2011. It hasn't been easy to stop in a Fuddruckers when this is the remaining one of two in Las Vegas (the other one is in the Orleans).
The remaining freestanding Fuddruckers stands in the Target-Sear's Grand Shopping Center to the southwest of the 215 and Flamingo Road. It is a large restaurant served by a larger parking lot reaching to Target. Inside, there are numerous seating areas between walls covered by Las Vegas and Hollywood nostalgia pictures. The decorations include pics of Elvis Presley and a mural mimicking the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign that says "Welcome to Fuddruckers Las Vegas" sign. Closer to the entrance there are two arcade machines including Ms. Pac Man. The wall decorations and two arcade games come in handy to keep your mind occupied when it takes at least twenty minutes for your hamburger to be ready.
Fuddruckers is similar to the higher priced self service hamburger restaurants. You order off a menu at the counter, pay exorbitant prices, then pick up the food when the buzzer goes off. The menu choices included burgers, a chicken sandwich, Buffalo burger, shakes, and Americana food. The menu breaks down the burger choices between 1/3 and 1/2 pounder. An additional $4.59 upgrades it to a meal.
At the counter, in a restaurant filled with families and teenagers, I ordered the Works burger. The 1/2 pounder version costed me $8.04 before the value meal. I paid an additional $4.59 to enjoy my burger with fries and a Coke. After paying Regina $13.66, she explained the Fudruckers process. When my buzzer went off I would pick up my food at the counter. There are two Coke Freestyle machines to fill up the glass. There is a topping bar to the left to top off my sandwich.
When I picked up the food twenty minutes later, I was confident that the cooks in the open kitchen made it fresh. At Fuddruckers they leave the top bun open to show the inside of the sandwich. The open top bun that is supposedly made in house fresh every day showed a burger with bacon, Swiss cheese, and mushrooms. That was before my trip to the toppings bar. Courtesy of the toppings bar, I added tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños on the side. I passed over the pickles and lettuce. When all was said and done, I was biting into a thick burger that was good yet nothing exceptional. I'd detour from the burger to work on the potato wedge fries. By the time I left Fuddruckers after a five year hiatus, my post-hiking appetite was momentarily gone.
In conclusion who knows if it will be another five years before I return to Fuddruckers. In all honesty for the $13.66 I exchanged for a self-service restaurant burger combo, there are far better dinners that I could have brought for around that price range.
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