Burger Hunt

Dairy Lane Café

Dairy Lane Café

319 19 St. N.W.

Burger: Dairy Lane burger ($13.25). A half-pound Alberta beef patty served on a toasted Kaiser, topped with bacon, mushrooms, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mustard and mayo.

Sides: Choice of soup, salad or home-cut fries.

Atmosphere: Dairy Lane seats about 20 and does so almost perpetually. I can't remember a visit when I haven't had to wait for a seat, a testament to its popularity.

Menu: They're only open for breakfast and lunch. There are two soups, four salads, five burgers and seven other sandwich and wrap options on the lunch menu. Breakfast is also simple, with about 12 total options. The pork burger sounded great, but this is an adventure about beef burgers, so I'll have to head back to try that another time.

Decision: Truth be told, I love breakfast with all my heart. Maybe even more than burgers. So while I was familiar with Dairy Lane's offerings, I had never ventured past the breakfast.

This was a really good burger and will complicate future trips to Dairy Lane. The cheese was melted onto a fair-sized patty and anchored the mushrooms and bacon in place. The produce was fresh and chilled. The kaiser was fluffy without being weak, completing a great-tasting burger.

Next up: Parkerhouse Grill & Wine Bar, 131 6 Ave. S.W.

Please email burger suggestions to darelleats@gmail.com, and post your own opinions at ffwdweekly.com.


Comments: 2

fang wrote:

Oh man, I'm going to have to go get a burger today. I've heard their pork burger is great. A friend of mine always gets it. Another friend of mine always gets the DLB (the one you reviewed).

I also quite like their veggie burger - is it blasphemous to admit that in a comment on a column about all beef burgers?

on Jan 28th, 2010 at 7:30am Report Abuse

Leah* wrote:

This is actually the only place in town that I will wait in line for. The staff are great and give you coffee while you wait. They have an environmentally friendly mandate and much of their food is organic. Organic diner food! I have never had anything even close to a bad experience here and that is saying something. Also, the chicken and pepper sandwich is the greatest and there are 3 kinds of hot sauce on the table! BEST!

on Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:37am Report Abuse


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