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Happiness - 4/5
Zinburger is fine. I feel a gourmet hamburger walks a very fine line. On its own, hamburgers are easy to make and incredibly delicious. Typically, I find that gourmet placed add too many ingredients, play with the meat too much, use buns that are ill-fitted for hamburgers, and in so doing, ruin the brilliance of a burger. I have been to gourmet burger joints that have elevated, but more often than not, they careen down the chasm of bad burgers in their belief that bigger is better. Zinburger teeters on the edge of too much tinkering.
The meat is always loose, wet and lacks much in the way of flavor. The buns they use often seem overwhelmed by the massive amount of toppings that accompany most burgers. The toppings themselves are typically unnecessary (to be fair, you can build your own burger).
What Zinburger does really well is virtually everything else. The milkshakes come in a good portion and are very delicious (and look great). The regular fries are forgettable, but the zucchini sticks, sweet potato fries and especially the absolutely delicious truffle fries are worth the extra price. The beer and wine list is nice and the bar is well set-up. There are always plenty of kids around, so they are very kid-friendly too.
The managers are always very nice and receptive. We ate there recently and my mom felt her meal was undercooked. With no questions asked, the manager gave us 25% off our meal. And the restaurant was jam-packed, so she surely must have been busy dealing with far more problems than my mom's unreasonable definition of "well-done." Yet she took the time to make us feel special. If only the food were as good as the service.
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