Burger: The 1/2 lb Kingburger with cheese and a fried egg ($17.96 for a combo with onion rings and vanilla shake). All Fatburgers come with your choice of standard toppings: mustard, relish, onions, pickles, tomato, lettuce and mayo. You can also choose bacon, fried eggs, chili, mushrooms or cheese at an additional cost.
Sides: Homemade onion rings, chili in a cup, skinny fries, chili cheese fries, as well as milkshakes in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry or the current feature flavour. Word on the street is that banana will be the upcoming feature flavour (at the 32 Avenue N.E. location, at least).
Atmosphere: An old-school diner that’s flush with bright reds and yellows. It makes me imagine a drive-thru, or waitresses on rollerskates bringing the food to your vehicle.
Menu: Burgers are the focus, but they also offer salads, chicken sandwiches (Americans don’t use chicken burger like us Canucks), turkey and veggie burgers.
Decision: This was the best burger to date. It’s a little pricey, but you can dump the sides if you’re looking to save a few bucks. The meat tasted like beef (unfortunately rare these days), which makes sense — Fatburger serves only fresh AAA Alberta beef north of the border. The produce was nice and chilled. The fried egg was there mostly for novelty (and to piss off my doctor), and while it wasn’t bad, it didn’t add much to the burger.
Comments: 14
pianoboy wrote:
on May 17th, 2009 at 2am Report Abuse
fang wrote:
I agree that I'd like to see the author try something more unique. In the first article of his series the author posted their email address and asked for recommendations.
I recommended he try Boogies Burgers - dunno if they received it or not.
What would you recommend?
on May 17th, 2009 at 4:07pm Report Abuse
pianoboy wrote:
I'm personally a die hard Peters fan. Here's a few others that I've tried and liked, or would like to try:
Rocky's Burger Bus
CB Drive Inn (Northmount)
Inglewood Drive In
Burger Inn (17th)
Buzzards
Cheers.
on May 18th, 2009 at 12:18am Report Abuse
fang wrote:
The Salt Lik has pretty decent burger too - probably close to the top of my list.
on May 18th, 2009 at 10:44am Report Abuse
mattmasters wrote:
on May 19th, 2009 at 5:53pm Report Abuse
darelleats wrote:
my current burger list has somewhere around 25-30 places to visit. high-end, low-end, chain or whatever, i want to try them all.
fang, i did get your email -- thank you! anyone else who would like to offer suggestions, email me at darelleats(at)gmail.com.
cheers and thanks for the input.
darell
on May 19th, 2009 at 11:07pm Report Abuse
M.Simoens wrote:
Would you be willing to tell us what burgers you are going to hunt down next?
That's some homework I'd enjoy :9 <-- licking lips
M.
on May 20th, 2009 at 8:51am Report Abuse
Drew Anderson wrote:
on May 21st, 2009 at 2:21pm Report Abuse
Merry wrote:
on May 21st, 2009 at 4:54pm Report Abuse
fang wrote:
That way you're just letting us know a week before hand. Those of us who are interested could visit the establishment ourselves and make up our own minds before we read the review - then we could contribute the review without having a preconceived notion that would be instilled by reading the review _before_ going to try the burger.
on May 23rd, 2009 at 5:24pm Report Abuse
Drew Anderson wrote:
On Thursday, Darell's Burger Hunt will be about Kane's Harley Diner in Inglewood (1209 9 Ave SE, 403-269-7311). He tried the Springer Burger. Enjoy. Let's see how everyone feels.
Myself, or Darell, will keep you updated a week in advance of where the hunt will go.
on May 25th, 2009 at 11:42am Report Abuse
fang wrote:
on May 25th, 2009 at 7:01pm Report Abuse
J_marshall wrote:
on May 26th, 2009 at 11:57pm Report Abuse
dank wrote:
-Chris-
on May 27th, 2009 at 10:53am Report Abuse
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