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| - We are on the hunt for the BEST BURGER in Toronto! Stop #4: The Burger's Priest
Of all the restaurants that were suggested, The Burger's Priest garnered the most excitement. That excitement grows as the first thing you see is the excessively large, broadway-esque, and well lit "the Burger's Priest" sign. As you walk inside, the decor is nice and simplistic, but for some reason there are bible quotes on the walls, some in English, and some in what I think is Arabic. Why? I don't know, and I'm not going to question it further. The one annoying decor detail is their confusingly small tables and stools. I'm not a six year old. Please give me a real seat.
I stayed off the secret menu for my first go, and ordered The Priest, which is a cheeseburger with "the Option". Without question, the Option is special. Originally this was intended to be a vegetarian replacement for a regular beef patty. It's two roasted portobello mushrooms that are breaded and deep fried. But get this; in the middle of those two gentle mushrooms is a gooey... sloppy... and probably sinful amount of cheese, that immediately makes you get a little emotional. All that being said, and despite my infatuation for the Option, it overwhelms and violently outshines everything else. If there were other flavours that they were trying to showcase, mission unaccomplished, because all I got was a cheese comma with a gentle, meaty caress. Lastly, I should say that the bun is nothing special.
The fries, which I assume that they make in-house, are pretty damn nice.
Is this going to take the title as best burger in the T.O.? Not this time, but they made a respectable attempt, and I'm really happy that I went.
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