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| - Tough critics, first off I'm a total carnivore that have had burgers from mom and pop joints, McDs, Licks, Burger Priest .... and what governs my decisions and reviews is simple accuracy and flavor.
Accuracy in that you can get my burger done correctly every time and still have that same flavor that kept me coming back for more.
I've probably eaten here a good 14 times in the last year and a half, and I live in the burbs not downtown so thats saying something.
Reviewers say this place is trying to cash in on the gourmet burger craze but is nothing special .... I say these people are idiots that complain for a living.
If you think this place is nothing special take a look at their menu and tell me which other places gives you the choice cut of meat for you burger? Um they do, Chuck , Brisket or Sirloin .... oh and you can cook it the way you would eat a steak (though I don't think they do blue, I don't eat blue).
Haters will say but that doesn't change the flavor, hell yeah it does --- unless you been eating steak and foie gras in your daily life, then I'll understand why flavors escape you.
Blue Cheese, Smoked White Cheddar, Pineapple, Avocado, Caramelized Onions, Pears, Roasted Red Peppers, Jalapenos, Portobello mushrooms, fried egg, garlic aioli , chipotle aioli, dijon....
Menu: http://burgershoppe.com/images/menus/Diner_menu_2011.pdf
Most would say oh but any Gourmet Burger place worth their salt would have these ingredients ... and you'd be right, but its not whats in your pantry its how you use it. The different burger combos are gold, simple gold.
Their fries are fish & chips style with skin, amazing (though a bigger portion would be appreciated). Their onion rings are fantastic, I think they use Japanese bread crumbs cause its not the heavy oil soaked batter that most places use. Its crispy, light, with good onion flavor not overpowering, still fried so a bit oily but not half as much as its old batter'ed cousin.
Now do I finish off this great meal with a pint of Sapporo or a glass bottle of Coke, I dunno what it is but there is something to the way coke cools in a glass bottle and tastes that just can't duplicated in plastic. And I really applaud a burger joint for offering Sapporo, nice crisp, clean taste that cools you down and not harsh aftertaste.... just lingering flavor of the burger you just ate.
This place granted looks like a shoebox but its got heart, so all the haters can suck it. Though I will say this if the owner is reading, accordian style glass front so when its summer you can open it up and have a flow from the patio to inside seemlessly.
EDIT: 07/18/2014 Man this place has gone downhill...they used have the choice of ordering sirloin burger, but they took that off the menu. The last two times I came here just got worse. Don't bother going here anymore.... I'll give it maybe one star, at the most!!!
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