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The Burger Shoppe Does Burgers Best
Stopped into the Burger Shoppe with friends last night looking for some fast food done right. I'd had one of their organic beef burgers in the past and it was fantastic, so I figured a full visit was in order.
Got the quality, got the flavour, but also (for better of for worse) got some serious grease on the side.
A hungry bunch, we order up a classic burger, cheeseburger, chick(en)burger, and baby burger with sides of both the fries and onion rings.
All the burgers were awesome (and yeah, I had a bite of every kind, so imagine my dreams last night). The baby, classic and cheeseburger are all fresh beef patties and get a sloppy double thumbs-up from everyone at the table
Compared to the organic beef, I can't taste the difference. If you've got the extra dollar go ahead and spring for the healthier beef, but either way, Burger Shoppe only serves fresh, never frozen, and you can taste the difference in both flavour and consistency compared to other burgers.
The "all-white-meat" chickburger is also really juicy and, as expected, a lighter tasting choice. Added a little salt n pepper to perk it up a bit, but that's just me.
The sides I didn't enjoy as much.
The Burger Shoppe advertises the use of only trans-fat free oil, and that's what you get -- and lots of it.
While the fresh cut fries are a nice cross between New York and shoestring style, they were just too oily. Either they should be thicker so they dont wind up soggy, or we need to be getting these out of the deep fryer a little quicker. Ask for extra napkins.
The onion rings are the same story. They looked great... huge, thickly-sliced onions, battered and fried to a dark crisp, but that crispiness was just an illusion. Pick it up and if it doesnt slip out of your hand first, it'll fall apart as you eat it.
If you can stomach the grease, dig in. If you can't, stick with a burger-only order. No regrets there.
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For another look at the Burger Shoppe, see how it fared in our head-to-head battle with Riverside foe, Dangerous Dan's.
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all for all...this place SUCK in service wise. Forget about the quality of food...they've lost me as a customer already!
We went last night and they have changed substantially--the meat is sourced from a new supplier (Rowe Farms?), the buns are new and more substantial, and the onion rings were picture perfect. The price has stayed the same, although the meat is now 100% organic (previously an extra cost).
My wife and I had a sweet meal for $20 all in--I recommend to those who have had a so-so experience at this place before to give it another try.
i laughed and laughed when i saw the "chef" who was cooking the burgers...if anyone could look the part...she nailed it. a vegan cooking my burger!!!! aaarrrghh!!! no!!! it was seasoned wih nothing but s & p while it was cooking and was no great shakes when all was said and done. i asked for it med. rare...but since the vegan was cooking it for me..it came med. well...
yikes!
i'll never go back but for about $12, i get to tell the story of the vegan burger chef forever!!
Apparently the burgers are much better than before. They had an older gentleman behind the grill who was awesome.
Pay attention to what i ordered and stop trying to suggestive sell me other bullshit i never asked for you stupid idiot!