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| - South Street Burger Co. is a child of New York Fries, who are moving out of french-fry territory into the expanses of this new 'higher-end' burger culture, probably hoping to compete with the likes of Hero burger, Fatburger, Licks (does Licks still exist?), etc, etc...
This is one of their several newly-opened GTA restaurants, opened this year with the addition of the new wing to Vaughan Mills. They have a bunch of restaurants in the GTA, one in Calgary, oddly enough one in Dubai, but, despite the name, none in New York or any in the United States whatsoever for that matter.
Their menu includes, of course, New York Fries' signature french fries and poutines, alongst with burgers, salads, milkshakes, I think there was some sort of chicken sandwich too...
Like its competitors, South Street tries to further an image of highly 'customizable' burgers, so they have a fair amount of options on the toppings...along with the standard cheddar cheeses you could also opt for goat cheese, pepperjack, or brie, they have a wide variety of different sauces (tho not as much as Hero burger, I think), fair selection of toppings, different types of mayo, different types of mustard, even different types of ketchup (regular or spicy) to choose from...
I ordered the veggie burger on a whole-wheat bun, with mushrooms, goat cheese, lettuce & tomato, chipotle sauce. Was 14 bucks for the combo (they charge $1 for cheese and same for mushrooms! When did it become the standard to charge extra for cheese on a burger!)...so, about the same as any other burger place of similar class.
The employees were overtly friendly and cheerful to such a degree that it became somewhat icy, it was obvious their good-naturedness was contrived and forced, but don't hold me fast to that conviction as I'm not the best judge of people's temperaments. Just my impressions.
The patty was decent, the bread was surprisingly good, the goat cheese was tasty, very creamy, and they were quite generous with it, toppings are about what you'd expect...
All in all 'decent', nothing spectacular, but hey it's just a burger place in a shopping mall. You usually get what you expect with this sort of thing.
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