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| - Difficult to write a review of this place because the customer is actually responsible for the toppings and appearance of their food, so am I commenting on my own work or theirs?
First visit in late April 2014 5pm easter sunday. The place was about 1/5 full. Took about 8 minutes from order to service. You place your order at the front register and pay. They hand you a cup, straw and an electronic flashing light pager. You get your drink and find a seat on your own.
when your sandwich is ready the pager goes off, you walk back up to near the register and collect the plastic basket with your food. Next comes two small bars with condiments: peppers, onions, pickles, Pico, relishes, lettuces, tomatoes, ketchup, mustards, mayo. Paper towels on rolls at the tables.
My total bill for 1/3 lb burger with a drink was about $7.50. The glass stays in the restaurant. They clean off the tables. I left no tip since there is no table service and everything else was self service.
The burger was cooked correctly to order (medium), it was juicy and had an actual beef flavor despite my toppings.
As far as the basic burger goes, it's about identical to Red Robbin or Five Guys. Slightly faster than Red Robbin and slightly cheaper. There is a choice of burger patty sizes, so the Fudd's burgers are mostly larger than the others but you get to choose.
On the fudd's website, the name: "legendary Build Your Own® market fresh produce bar" is a huge exaggeration. It's small and looked picked-over, some of the pumps were empty, and elderly folks in line can mean you'll be waiting minutes to complete your sandwich.
The menu board is confusing. All it's really trying to do is upsell you extras to up the price. You don't need to look at the menu at all, just know what size patty you want, how you want it cooked, drink or not, fries or not, and that's it. I go in and say: " I want a one third pound patty, cooked medium, no cheese, small drink, dine-in please." If you're a normal burger purist, all of everything else you may want is on the condiments bars.
Despite the negative findings I think it's a good value and a well above average burger.
Summary: very good burger, average steak fries, mediocre service, slightly pricey, good location, stupid name, not fast.
Update: Been back here about six times. The register lady is sometimes way over the top fake friendly but otherwise the burgers are still good.
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