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| - Disappointed. That's really the only word that can sum up my experience at Holy Chuck. Had the Signature burger and some of the Raging Bull fries, while my girlfriend had the Village Bahahastard.
First, the fries. I absolutely adore spicy food; can't get enough of it, but this wasn't good spicy...it was vinegar+chilli overload. So much of it in fact, that it was all you could taste. Absolutely no other flavours. 1/5
The Holy Chuck Burger wasn't much better. On the plus side, the meat was cooked perfectly and was incredibly tender. On the down side: pretty much everything else. The bun was dreadful--it's like spending all of your money on a beautiful house, then decorating it with plastic furniture from the dollar store. If this is "the best burger in Toronto", god help us all. 2/5
Third, the Bahahastard was just boring. The cheese was overwhelmingly greasy, salty, and just way too much. One slice would've probably been alright, but having two just killed the burger. Part of the allure of eating a gourmet burger is in tasting the high quality of the meat--this absolutely destroyed that. Again, the only redeeming feature was the meat, what could be tasted anyway. A generous 2/5.
If these ratings seem a bit harsh, it's because you're holding yourself out as a gourmet burger place--one of the best in fact--in Toronto. Compared to a Burger King or McDonalds, this might be a 3.5, but for a gourmet joint, this was nowhere near good enough.
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