And its name is always like some suburbanite place: The Yard, Patio Patties, Culdesac Restaurant & Bar
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Facts. We have a burger place like this that people love for some reason, but I swear they most the mid-quality burgers for $20+. It's crazy that people keep going there, imo.
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The beer menu is on a chalkboard all the way across the bar and you can't see it.
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I can already hear the stomp clap music
So the city I live in has a few of these and they're some of the best burgers in town, for fairly reasonable prices.
There's a fucking war on here for the best burger and I'm so happy for it. We don't fuck around with burgers.
They're so good and reasonably priced that the first time I saw this meme I was a little confused. Like yeah the aesthetic is kinda lame but that doesn't change the food. Maybe the stools aren't comfortable but like, there are regular tables. Like what's the problem??
Then I went to another city.
My friends, I am so, so, sorry. You don't deserve this. Good burgers aren't hard, they're really not. Just stay home, invest in a griddle. Even if it's just a small one for your stove top, you can make better burgers at home. Make friends with a local butcher, he won't steer you wrong. I don't know what caused that trend but I know the only way to stop it is to stop going.
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Sed Porttitor isn't even that good, I dunno why they need it on their menu a half a dozen times.
I'll have the burger whose contents are stacked too high to eat comfortably and spill out when you try to bite it, please
With a wooden stick in it half the height of the burger, if you could.
The stick is so it doesn't fall apart on the way to the table, after that it's your responsibility
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+ chef wearing black gloves
And a beard.
Described like half of all restaurants.
I went to a place like this once. Had a bison burger (?) and it was avtually fucking delicious. The fries were just "fries" but they weren't bad in any way. Above average in flavor and consistency.
I'm guessing most places like this are garbage and the one time I went, I got lucky.
Most of them are mediocre. Most burger places were mediocre, and then the American gastropub trend saw burgers being made nice as opposed to diner food or bar food. They could also charge more money because they were making nicer food.
Eventually a bunch of the mediocre places shifted to try to also be nice, but mostly just increased prices, changed decor, and started using the word aioli more than mayo. Oh, and pretzel buns on burgers that got taller without being bigger and are cumbersome to eat.
In the plus side, if you like a Swiss burger with a garlic aioli, a burger with a fried egg on it, or a burger with 2 pieces of bacon, a spicy BBQ sauce, and fried onion strings and you're in the mood for some fries with bits of peel on them and a garlic Parmesan butter, then you know exactly what they're going to put in from of you and exactly what it'll taste like.
Mediocre. Not bad, but definitely not the best you've ever had.
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I lived near a bison farm for a while, bison meat is just amazing, much juicier than beef.
It just the generic “burger place“ design. I haven't seen a burger restaurant that doesn't look like this.
So it logically follows that all the bad ones will look like it
Oldschool ones
Yeah the good burger places look mostly like this too. Or they did, and everyone copied it.
A lot of em make good burgers, too. Just not $35 with fries level good
Not in my opinion; for me its always the shabby looking shacks that have the best burgers. Mostly were the locals go
I hate $20 prices for burgers as much as the next warm blooded American but they are usually great. It’s a burger after all. That said it’s all about that bun!
I live in northern VA and all the burger and bbq joints look like this, mostly.
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Bison is worth the price tag for sure. These places only pretend to have that kind of power.