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| - I've been hearing rumblings of a new burger joint called LUSH in North Scottsdale and had two of the most important ingredients yesterday to warrant a visit; Hunger and time! My trusty pal "Mikey" (she'll eat anything), and I jumped into the car and drove on over to Lush Burger located in DC Ranch Crossing (southeast corner of pima & legacy boulevard) 18251 north pima road, for what we call "a Derty feed").
The first thing I noticed on parking in front was that the patio set-up looked like any number of Scottsdale clubs with long, low couches and bright colors. I wondered if this was a burger joint of just another place to "be seen." Walking inside you immediately come upon a fast-food style counter with LED TV style menu boards that are becoming the "must have" item for hip new eateries and a bubbly teen welcoming us to Lush.
After the above mentioned teen gave us the rundown on how things work at Lush (order with her, find a table and then everything becomes full service), we had a look at the menu. There were several burger offerings with "chic" names including the 'Money" (Kobe beef of course, and should have been "$$$" instead of "money" at $12), and the "infusion" (a 100% Angus beef patty infused with green chile's and pepper jack cheese $10), and of course the obligatory potato offerings including 50/50 fries (half sweet potato and half regular) and their signature Truffle fries (chives, white truffle and parmesan).
I ordered the truffle fries, the Infusion burger (the "chef" suggests medium), and a Sonoran Draft root beer. We found seats along the counter that were covered in black and white cowhide and waited for our food. After a while, another bubbly staff member arrived with baskets of fries smelling vaguely of truffle, followed by tasty looking burgers.
The fries were hot, skinny and crisp which I love, but didn't really have the truffle flavor that I was looking for (okay, it was there but very faint and none of the staff seemed able to tell me what they used though I suspect truffle salt), a "B" then. On to the object of this review, the Infusion.. . I applied a bit of the chipotle aioli, grabbed up my burger, took a bite and promptly got drenched with all of the juice running out of it, down my arms and splashing off of the plate.. While this definitely indicated that it wasn't a dry overcooked burger and I love a little mess with my meals, I thought this a tad much.
Let's talk taste. The burger was juicy as I've said, and it had good taste and texture but I wasn't getting the flavor of the green chiles and the pepper jack that it was infused with was only vaguely present. I would have to say it was about a 7 on a scale of 1-10.
The service was great with cute girls doting over us and eagerly supplying us with whatever we might need and the place is definitely worth a second visit (they are working out the kinks since they've only been open 24 days or so), but I would say this isn't my favorite burger joint (it's actually almost too nice to be referred to as a "joint").
One notable piece of the puzzle was the Sonoran Root beer on tap served in a properly chilled glass. With just the rite amount of vanilla combined with smooth, creamy root beer goodness, this root beer (at $4/glass), was worth the trip by itself.
Check them out on twitter.
Over-all, I give Lush Burger a 6 out of 10. If your looking for a place to be seen, have a decent meal and chill, it's not a bad option but if your looking for a GREAT burger, you'll have to keep looking. (I happen to know where to find one).
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