Burger Joint

Jesse:

Food: 4 out of 5 stars

     I ordered a Niman Ranch natural beef burger without a bun, garden salad with balsamic vinegrette, for $9.45. The price of their burgers continue to go up and tonight I realized that the burger patties were becoming thinner as well. But both the salad and the burger were very tasty. 

     I have been eating at Burger Joint for many years and it continues to be one of my favorite hamburger joints. It’s also a favorite of the teenagers in my life, in spite of all the other great hamburger places nearby.

     I love, love the interior of this place. It is by far the “coolest” hamburger shop I have ever eaten in. Well, Ok, Hamburger Mary’s was better, but Mary's is sadly, long gone. 

     Burger Joint also has the best music of all the hamburger joints I’ve haunted over the years. Awesome hits from the 50’s thru the 80’s. Makes you want to dance or at least sing along. It’s my theory that the great music is also a great digestive aid, which is quite necessary at a hamburger shop.

     Their bathroom is sweet too. Nice lines and colors aesthetically, and always clean. 

     I would highly recommend this restaurant for when you experience a hankering for hamburgers, fries and a good milkshake.

     Bon appetite!

Mary:

One of the favorite photographs I've taken is of the neon green and maroon back of a booth, with mustard and ketchup bottles on a formica table-top, shot through the window. It's of Burger Joint. And the experience of eating there matches the good feeling I get when looking at that picture. Burger Joint is the place to go for a full gustatory, visual, auditory treat. If you're Jones-ing for a good burger and fries, this is definitely one of the top places to go to in the city. It's got a retro feel with the formica table tops, booths, oldies playing on the sound system, and good burgers and fries that satisfy that multi-decade continuum that is "the memory of burger eating."

What can you say about burgers and fries? That what you order should satisfy your memory of all good burgers that you have had. Burger Joint definitely does. The fries are fat, a little on the soft side, and very tasty. The burger was cooked to my medium rare specification. The lettuce was crisp and so was the tomato slice (a slice of tomato that looks like it is dying of anemia is a definite appetite suppressant).

Burger Joint definitely satisfies.

Shirley:

The Burger Joint
Burgers and milkshakes and fries, oh my!
I like the Burger Joint. No matter what I order, it's good. Especially the milkshakes. I don't have them often, but they are so good.

My burger with cheddar was right on medium, just the way I ordered it. The bun, onion, tomato, piclke and lettuce were fresh and tasty.
The chrome trimmed 50's style booths and tables, the half-tone comic-like graphics on the walls and the doo-wap music create a fun, comfortable atmosphere.
Go there, eat there, try a milkshake and have a good time.