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.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Not in my opinion; for me its always the shabby looking shacks that have the best burgers. Mostly were the locals go

[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Oldschool ones

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Lol I was JUST showing this to my wife and adding, and they use "aioli" on everything haha

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I lived near a bison farm for a while, bison meat is just amazing, much juicier than beef.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Bison is worth the price tag for sure. These places only pretend to have that kind of power.