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| - The Rail seemed like an exciting concept. B Spot hasn't come to Akron yet and Metro Burger is inconsistent. I loved the decor and the logo and I had high expectations for the food.
Alas, it wasn't meant to be. While the room is nice and the service friendly, it all goes downhill from there pretty quickly. First off, the names of the burgers. You would think that a burger called the Greenwich Pig would have some sort of pork element, right? I did, and so did my server who informed us that it came as a burger with pulled pork and that it was great. When my burger came without any pork, I asked and it turned out that the server had this dish confused with another one. When your own staff is confused by your inexplicably named menu items, its clear you didnt put much thought into your concept.
The burger itself: Overcharred and dry. Definitely not the medium that I ordered...this was clearly well done. It was also supposed to come with grilled onions and did not. The blue cheese overpowered the taste of everything and the only bit of meat flavor I got was the char. The spinach was a nice touch, and the bun was good...but it was far too big for the teeny tiny burger inside.
My better half had a ho-hum Brie-L-T. These guys do not know how to cook bacon.
The thin cut fries were decent, if a bit salty. On the plus side, the onion rings were pretty great and earn The Rail their 2nd star in this review - but I dont go to an upscale burger joint for onion rings alone.
Finally, the price. These guys want to play in the gourmet marketplace, but their food wouldn't even earn them a 3rd star at half the price.
This is a tremendous disappointment and another reason why the Akron food scene is a depressing bore.
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