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My friend and I stopped in here after a movie and I have to say this is one chain that I would whole heartedly recommend to anyone, with the possible exception of people with ADD. I'm not sure they could deal with all the choices on the menu!
We were quickly seated and our server gave us a quick menu 101 lesson (starters here... sauces here... burgers and salads over here... one gazillion toppings and combinations over here, etc). I could have taken 20 minutes vacillating over my selections, but my friend was growing impatient, so I plunged in for their small burger with blue cheese, grilled onions, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, and a side of barbecue. Generally I like my burgers medium-rare, but medium is as low as you can go and in reality, their medium is more on the MR side so I was happy. We split the Frings and for my shake I chose to combine the Chocolate Chocolate with White Chocolate Raspberry.
There was a bit of a wait for the meal, but our server was very attentive and let us know as progress was being made. Considering that there were no free tables either inside or out, the wait wasn't really that bad.
When the food arrived I was in burger heaven. Yes, yes, yes this place would likely win the award for most non-healthy option, but when the juices started working their way down my arm and then one perfect drop plopped on to my right breast (ever so slightly exposed in one of those trendy little numbers) my first thought was literally to try and lick it off. Quickly assessing the age of the children at the next table, I decided that probably wasn't the most appropriate response. Sadly I daubed the little drop away... And thankfully, each table has their own role of paper towels, so there was no need to bother our server with a pesky request for additional nappies!
The shakes were heavenly, the fries were twice fried (as all good fries should be), and the onion rings were some of the best I've ever had.
They have a great web order system that I checked out as soon as I got home, but parking is so unbelievably unavailable at the Tempe Marketplace that I'm not sure this "run in and grab it" approach will really be of much use at this location.
You can definately get in and out for under $10/person, but if you are going for sides and a shake, it will run you $13 and up, depending on the size of burger and drink. Considering the other options for burgers at TMP, I would strongly recommend piecing together a paper towel suit of armor and diving in to Cheeseburger Cheeseburger!
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