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| - The first time I went to Coal Burger it was due to very poor planning on a Saturday night. It was the only place without a long waiting list, and we had a movie to catch. The menu and prices were unspectacular. None of the salads looked too interesting but I figured at least I was having a relatively healthy meal. I liked the diet cherry cola.
The friend I went with actually really liked her salad the first time and asked if we could go back. This time I decided to try the organic, non-antibiotic, free range, etc. etc. etc. chicken sandwich and sweet potato fries. The chicken sandwich was, in a word, disgusting. It had those black grill lines that cause cancer and was also covered in flecks of some terrible seasoning powder. I scraped off some of the black stuff, gingerly took a bite, and was totally grossed out by the texture.
Apparently you can't assume that a grilled chicken sandwich is going to be a grilled chicken BREAST sandwich (yes, I just put the word breast in all-caps). The grilled chicken sandwich is a chicken patty made from ground up chicken, like a giant chicken mcnugget minus the breading. It was pretty horrific.
I swiftly traded the chicken sandwich for a veggie burger. The manager came over and gave a whole spiel about how they've had a really tough time finding quality organic, antibiotic-free chicken breasts that are reasonably priced, so that's why they're serving this awful thing. Like the chicken sandwich, the veggie burger also had tons of charred parts. It also didn't really stick together like a veggie pattie should. At least the sweet potato fries didn't let me down.
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