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| - The thing about B-Spot for me, is that it touts to be a burger joint, but the B kinda stands for Bar rather than burger. They're creative, yes, but the meat of the burger itself just falls short.
Oddly enough, its the rest of the menu that shines. Apple bacon caramel milkshake? Proof that bacon is one of about 5 ingredients that go with everything. The sriracha wings are easily the best wings in Cleveland that I've ever had, and the fries are just killer.
The bartenders are always nice quick and chatty when you sit there, and for all the people complaining about not getting a regular burger is like yelling out "Play Smells Like Teen Spirit" at a Primus (or any unique band) concert. You don't go to a fancy italian restaurant and order spaghetti and meatballs. If you want a boring burger, you should have went to Burger King.
But despite all the relative praise, its all beside the point that this was supposed to be the Burgers, Beer, and Bar Spot, and it doesn't quite make it. The bar is excellent, yes, but its far outweighed by the fact that it doesn't FEEL like a bar like other quirky cleveland staple bar/restaurants do. And with all the time put into the decor, its perfectly legitimate to weigh this in (normally I couldn't care less). The beer selection is the only part of the 3 B's that holds up. However, the biggest disappointment here are the burgers. Fabulous buns, flavorful ingredients; I could still taste the fried salami and sasha sauce on my Yo! burger after the inferno of sriracha wings. But the burger meat itself just tasted like a lump of ground meat. And I'd expect a chef as well versed as Symon to know that burgers need some fat, or else they're just bland crumbly hunks of meat. I'd like to give a higher rating, and would give 3 1/2 if I could, but this is like going to see some guitar hero, and walking home from the concert saying "he was ok, I guess... but the drummer and bassist were just GREAT!"
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