The only good thing is that most of those places have some sort of black bean or veggie burger.
I’ve tried a lot of these veggie burgers and tbh at least where I’m from most of the time they kinda suck. I’ve had a few really really good ones but mostly they tasted mid.
I agree on most of them being kinda mediocre but at least I can always get something when my friends are in the mood for burgers.
It’s the most hit or miss thing I can get as a vegan. It’s either a really great in-house, well seasoned patty. Or just a morning star frozen thing with grease as it’s only seasoning.
And even then, you need to ask if it contains egg.
It can be hit and miss from my experience as well. We have a bar and grill place that has a black bean burger and the fucking patty is 1/2 lb and an inch thick. The burger tastes good but it’s way too much bean and it ends up being a chore to eat. We have a fast food place that has a black bean burger that is pretty thin but you get a lot of veggies on it and it is all pretty balanced. We have a local hipstery joint similar to the meme posted that has amazing food all around but they have a beyond burger and a black bean burger and it’s actually nice to have that option but they also always have like 3 other vegan options.
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.
Bison is worth the price tag for sure. These places only pretend to have that kind of power.
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.
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
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.
it’s all about that bun
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of culinary science…?
Everything else is just a really good sear and not overdoing the toppings too much. Don’t even need fancy beef, just 80/20 chuck can deliver top notch results.
I lived near a bison farm for a while, bison meat is just amazing, much juicier than beef.
+ chef wearing black gloves
And a beard.
Described like half of all restaurants.
Portland 2005, except it’s damn near impossible to get a bad meal in Portland. Best food I ever had consistently in my life.
Portland, TX has some pretty shitty food fyi
All I know of Texas food is Burnt Ends and a Whiskey scene that’s just over the fucking top insane with no end in sight.
No brisket or BBQ? That’s a shame.
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Half the staff are wearing wool beanies in dead ass middle of summer
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Sides are a la carte, fries come in a metal cup with newspaper-style wax/parchment paper
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The bottom bun is falls-apart-soggy by halfway through
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Claims to have a huge selection of craft beers…all IPAs, a stout, a sour, and PBR
run by four interchangeable lumbersexual white guys in their mid 20s who are having the time of their lives and one white chick in her late 20s who is just so over it.
This is so like… 2014
yeah that’s about the last time i walked into one of them places.
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Burgers are served on a scaffold board/shovel/roof tile
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Coleslaw is always referred to as house 'slaw.
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Menu prices omit the $ sign/£ sign.
Eg. Triple cooked fries 4
Menu prices omit the $ sign/£ sign.
“Gourmet bacon and cheese burger - 15”
15 what? Pence?
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Lol that is so spot-on I can’t believe the parallels never occurred to me. One exception though, I really had good burgers in such a place in Haarlem / NL.
You forgot the black gloves! Those are required by law.
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“We put three different kinds of rubbery bacon on top of it and you better believe we’re charging you a premium for every one”
Funnily enough, I’m Spanish and the meme is somehow also accurate here?
Yeah I guess the trend as been imported to Europe in general, French here.
Although in France some aren’t bad, just mid. The problem is they are ALL overpriced.
I’m Indian, it’s accurate here too in most cities lol
Australian and it’s accurate here. I suspect the trend is common wherever there’s a market for hipster burger places
Exactly the same in Canada, the black metal bar stool, light, fixture, black brick, wood, etc. It is a starter pack for burger restaurant.
Don’t forget the smugness. These types of places always have such smug staffing, like they think they shit gold or something. It’s like bitch please, you’re demanding someone pay a day’s wage for you to fuck up ground beef. Fuck off out of here with your foofoo bullshit burger.
Worst place I ate brought the raw burger to you next to a boiling hot slab of rock. I was expected to cook my own burger the way I liked it. Well fuck you, I’m paying you to cook my meal. Plus it just seemed disgusting to have raw meat at the table anyway
Is this like American hot pot?
Australian hot pot, you have to catch the sheep yourself.
It’s not a restaurant but the sheep looks kinda hot.
And the opposite of this, if the menu is plain text and pictures of food that were taken with a digital camera from 2009 then its going to be fantastic
Burger place with yellowed ceiling tiles and a laminated menu? That shit is gonna be good.
Because these places are passionate about food. The fancy ones are passionate about money and profit. I see it all over California, it’s absolutely true.
I’ll have the burger whose contents are stacked too high to eat comfortably and spill out when you try to bite it, please
UK: Is there any other way?
at the point where your cutlery becomes necessary to eat your burger unless you pig-trough it you have failed at making a burger
With a wooden stick in it half the height of the burger, if you could.
And your choice of IPA, Hazy IPA, West Coast IPA, XPA, or lemon squeezed on ice and a dash of ginger ale.
The stick is so it doesn’t fall apart on the way to the table, after that it’s your responsibility
Burgers need to be wider, not taller.
When I’m the King I will mandate this.
You have my vote.
Sure thing, is an inch-thick slice of tomato okay or did you want thicker?
Craziest Burger and shakes I’ve ever had were in Boston.
Adding Portland to my list now.
I love BBC.
Havent heard of this place though, Ill check it out
I also love BBC. Never been to Boston, though.
BBC is the best! I love their radio stations.
It comes out with a dull ass steak knife stabbed through the top
Sed Porttitor isn’t even that good, I dunno why they need it on their menu a half a dozen times.
You gotta try the Proin Ultrices
At the risk of playing into the stereotype: But what about Ut Gravida?
Yeah but only the #2 dessert ut gravida is any good. The #2 ut gravida main dish is for suckers.
SED PORTTITOR
true, but even mid burgers are a fave from where i’m standing
But you can get a mid burger for way less than $30
Yeah! McDonald’s is only charging $20 per burger these days!
McDonald’s doesn’t offer quality like mid burgers.
I was joking. I guess that wasn’t clear. Agreed, McD’s is negative quality. Serving up Fallout 4 Pink Food Paste.
Seen this meme tons of times and I never noticed the menu was lorem ipsum
