Description:
My first stop on the hunt for the city’s best burger, and it was a good one. Pickley Pete joined me, as he will usually do, and we ventured into an already expanding Columbus-based establishment (for those of you familiar with the ever popular Columbus-based ice cream shop, I would compare the atmosphere and semblance of Graffiti Burger to Jeni’s). The atmosphere was decent, with Columbus graffiti covering the walls and football on all of the TVs, it was definitely a place you could go for a quick burger on a busy Saturday afternoon. Oh, and yes, they serve beer!
The menu was fairly simple but creative. You can choose from a list of ingredients and make your own burger or you can choose from a list of their “Awesome Burgers”. Decide if you’d like a junior size or original size, add fries (yes, add. They do not come with fries) and you’ve got a hearty meal. I went with the Buffalo Blue Burger. A sucker for buffalo sauce and blue cheese, my eye was drawn to it immediately and I didn’t even look at the remaining burgers before ordering. Pickley Pete opted for the “make your own”, however, being that this is a hunt for a deliciously creative burger, I will always be ordering a “specialty”.
Now, on to the burger….What can I say? A blue cheese burger dipped in buffalo sauce. If you’re like me and enjoy the combination of spicy buffalo sauce and cool blue cheese, then this burger is for you. Proportionally it started off well, but because of the single tomato and fast food style shredded lettuce, by the time I was halfway done I was just eating bun, burger, and cheese. The meat was surprisingly tender and fresh and the flavor of the burger as a whole was spot on. Very delicious. The combination of buffalo sauce, blue cheese and ground beef sent my taste buds into a state of perfect equilibrium. The bun was typical, but I must say that if you don’t eat it fast, it begins to get soggy from all of the buffalo sauce. Lastly, the fries, stranded in a state of mediocrity, did their job and nothing more. All in all, I gave this burger a 1 on my -6 to 6 scale.
Run Down:
Proportion: 0
Flavor: 1
Ground Beef: 0
Buns: 0
Secondary Ingredients: 0
Fries: 0
Additional Comments:
Pickley Pete gave his burger a 2, though I can assure you he will be sticking to one to two words descriptions from here on out.
Next stop: Park Creek Kitchen - 'The House Burger'
Interesting. Personally, I'd go -1 for the fries being an add-on and not a standard accompaniment.
ReplyDeleteWhich Graffiti location was this?
Actually Rach, Pickley Pete and I had a difficult time deciding how we wanted to tackle that issue. It's tough, because what happens when you order a burger form a place that serves chips, unless you upgrade? And also, if the burger is cheaper (as Graffiti is, slightly) then the fry add-on isn't as much of an issue because after all is said and done it ends up costing about the same. It'd be a different story if the burger was $10 without fries.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the input though. Oh, and it was the Graffiti Burger in Grandview. Good catch! I will specify next time as that may have a bearing on how the burger is prepared.
Ha! Wondered about that after I'd posted it. Chips vs. fries vs. onion rings... by God, a $10 burger better mean fries are included...
ReplyDeleteActually, now that we mention it, I wonder if you'd consider adding price to the judging criteria? Burgers are the Old Faithful good-deal-meal; maybe that should have some bearing on the results. I've eaten $2 burgers that are damn near perfect, and $12 ones that are a snooze-fest.
*sigh*
If only I could put this kind of thought and consideration into other things. :)
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ReplyDeleteHey ya'll! Burgers!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your all-american good-deal-meal philosophy Rach. Maybe the rating system should take into account price relative to the meal. For example if you pay $5 for a burger and receives a 1 it would be reasonable to assume a burger that is $10 and receives a 2 is of the same value.
So maybe there is an overall rating system and then a "value score" too.