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| - There are few things better in life than a fine hamburger. So when I saw the Burgers 2 Beer location going up near my work in Cleveland, I was eager to give them a shot.
I gave them plenty of time to work out the new store kinks before making my debut at Burgers 2 Beer. The day I walked in they weren't too busy, it was just before 1pm.
The place has the industrial rock feel (as soooo many places do nowadays) when you walk in and it's rather confusing as to where to go. There's a Subway-type line past a glass case where there are condiments and waaaay at the end of the line there's a register. Nobody directed me, so I just walked down toward the register.
I had snagged one of their menus that were placed near the big menu board at the entrance, but once you were down near the register, you couldn't see the big board anymore. I read the selections from my little menu as two ladies placed their order in front of me. Pricy. Lots of fancy-named burgers with non-traditional toppings, hrmm... Okay... Lets try the Vampire Hunter (garlic spread, pepperoni, smoked gouda and chedddar with caramelized onions, sounds good enough).
When it was my turn, a bored cashier took my order. I was suspicious when they didn't ask me for the temp. I get it, you can't order a Medium burger at McDonalds or Burger King, but for the price I paid? Come on. The burger came with fries and my order (I added a small fountain drink) came to 12.90. I swiped my card and there was a spot to add a tip? There was a tip bucket, too. Uhm... okay... I'm all about taking care of my server, but simply bringing my food to me because I have a plastic numbered tent on the table doesn't qualify as being waited-on.
Anyway, my burger arrived curiously fast and I ascertained it probably came from a warming drawer. I took my burger to the condiment station where they have a small pickle-ish bar with dill spears, chips, pepper rings, peppers and slaw. I grabbed a pickle, some pepper rings and a little slaw along with some ketchup for my fries.
My burger was well-done. Meh. The cheese wasn't melted... in fact, it was in that greasy pre-melt stage. Overall, the burger's general taste was okay... not bad, but certainly not worthy of the price they're asking; the fries were rather good, though. I didn't finish my burger. While eating it, it dropped like a stone in my stomach, and now, four hours laster, it's still sitting very heavy.
Between the disinterested cashier, the well-done, super-expensive burgers, the played-out industrial rock/sheet metal decor and general lack of quality in the product, I won't be back.
BSpot serves an unbeatable burger for about the same price, cooked to order, with real servers, and a real pickle bar, go there, avoid B2B.
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