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| - Sigh... After spending half my life in Scarborough, I finally got a Johnnyburger & I am not as impressed as I should be. My expectations were a bit high. I think most of their clientele being middle-aged makes Johnny's a nostalgic childhood craving since this joint has been around from the 1960s or approx. 20 years before I was born & those now 50-something-pluses used to go here as a hangover cure in their rowdy teenaged years.
I love how the 5 or so guys behind the counter are in their clean, charming uniforms & paper hats ready & willing to serve you. They have a whole system down to a science for serving people very quickly along with temperature retention of the food (in spite of their infamous & frequently hideous lineups that would make Timmies & McDonald's seethe with a morbid jealous hatred).
I also find it looks very good on their part for keeping some of the same employees for decades. You know a place is a reputable success when the turnover rate is a virtual nonentity. It's fantastic they grill the buns. However, it is far too substantial for the modestly-sized patty (even if I hate wimpy, doughy, over-processed Wonder Bread-type burger buns).
It annoys me to no end that there's no lettuce. I hate iceberg but adore leaf & Romaine so it would be hard for them to get that right anyhow. Had to add some leaf lettuce at home & zap the burger for 20 seconds. Very messy. A definite 2-hand burger. If you think you can drive or do something with one hand & feed yourself with the other, be prepared to have the beast unhinge itself & spill its delicious guts all over your lap-- which makes it a huge pity there's no indoor dining area.
Pardon my hangups but WHY OH WHY is the beef so over-ground rendering the patty flat and textureless? It was almost on par with the Harvey's burger I had the other day. I also got a tiny chunk of bone which I momentarily thought was a piece of my own molar. The bone discovery was very reassuring though-- because at least I know they use real meat. It's just that there seems to be a non-egg/gluten-based binder which is holding this patty together & giving the burger an unnatural chewiness akin to chemically-molested veggie or soy protein burgers (precisely why I don't dine at Harvey's anymore). The Lick's (vegetarian) Nature Burger tasted better than this.
The $9.03 cheeseburger at Five Guys & $7? Japaburger at Eki Bento are both worth it not to eat here (even for a measly $3.05?, which was impressively economical, BTW). Cannot wait to try Burger's Priest, Holy Chuck and other gourmet burgers that put McDonald's, Burger King, & other low burger achievers to shame.
P.S. The sauteed onions were too thick, greasy & insufficiently browned. I really didn't want to say anything bad about this place but I almost had no choice. I know they are Scarborough royalty and they put us on the map but I've had too many good burgers to give this beloved landmark a better rating.
P.P.S. They are a CASH ONLY business! The prices are decent but I did not like withdrawing money from an ATM & paying bank fees for the withdrawal.
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