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| - Looking for a late night bite to eat we stopped into this place around 11:30pm on a Friday. Pretty slow but still serving food and that's exactly what we were looking for. They had a decent beer selection with some good locals on tap.
We started with an order of deviled eggs topped with bacon. Deviled eggs aren't always my first choice in appetizer but add some bacon and I'm down with pretty much anything. They were eggcellent! The filling was almost a bit spicy with black pepper and then the crispy piece of bacon on top was a welcome addition.
Because I have health insurance, I opted for the Central Burger as my entree. Bacon with fried mac n' cheese on a burger... sounds heart-stoppingly delicious right? I expected the fried mac to be a crunchy cheesy layer smeared over the burger. Instead, it was a patty of mac n' cheese, then breaded, then fried, and was the same size, if not larger, than the burger patty itself. Add some lettuce and tomato and that bad boy is about 6 inches tall - becoming a task to eat.
I love the idea of this burger but, the execution fell a bit flat. I love burgers, I love mac n' cheese, and I love bacon - which leads one to believe that I would LOVE the central burger. Unfortunately, the whole thing became too dry between the bread and the fried patty of Mac. With no melted cheese, it was like putting pasta on a burger. I think it would do better with a creamy mac n' cheese to add some flavor and moisture.
Although I wasn't in love with my burger, I enjoyed Joe Hoopers and our app was excellent. I would give them another try for sure.
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