After our visit to Bob's Hamburgers we decided to start visiting small burger joints around town, but only because we don't have much to do. And we like burgers! We went to Burger Inn which is a local franchise with three locations, one on MacLeod Trail, 4th Street just off 17th Ave but we went to the Bow Trail location which is pretty close to where we live.
The Burger Inn sign is pretty plain, but under the name they have a banner with outlines of the different animals. It's funny and would be funnier to make an outline of a human and tape it on their sign.
Burger Inn's main claim to fame is the the variety of different burgers they sell. If they can (legally) put it in burger form and sell it, they do. In addition to the usual beef and chicken they also have free range beef, wild salmon, elk, ostrich, buffalo, lamb, wild boar, turkey and meatless. Of course after going there we just couldn't get a plain old hamburger, so I got the ostrich burger and Cody got the buffalo burger. The ostrich burger did not taste like chicken, it's not white meat and actually looks like a regular old beef burger. I guess it was okay, it was a bit dry though. Apparently, the 4th Street location sells Kobe beef burgers in different 4, 6 and 8 oz patties ranging in prices from $12 to $16. Yes, $16 just for a burger!
For some reason they don't offer combos so you have to buy the burger, fries and drink all separately. They obviously make more money that way, as it cost me $9.21 for my ostrich burger, large fries and a can of Diet Pepsi. The ostrich burger was on the cheaper burgers too. The fries were pretty good, they cut the potatoes into fries with the skin still on.
The old lady that was working there was kinda weird. There were some Hutterites in there that she obviously knew and she was talking with them and going on about her digital camera and the size of the SD card and about how all the pictures she had were of her dogs. When your food is ready you don't get it on a tray or anything, it comes on a paper plate. So we went up and got out plate of fries and the plate with the burger on it. The lady was like "Here's some ketchup!" and slaps some ketchup packs on the counter and then "Here are you napkins!" and throws the napkins down on the counter. I was a little put off and replied, "Gee...thanks". It seemed a rude, but she was old and European! If you wanted extra napkins, ketchup, or any condiments of any kind you won't find them. They must hide them all behind the counter which is pretty smart because you won't have people wasting stuff.
Burger Inn wasn't bad, the price was a bit high, but the variety they offer is a nice change. I may eat there again, but there are so many other place to check out.
2 comments:
if you see any called samonella suprise make sure you steer clear.
what is the famous burger place on the west end of town? the vw club always went there.. it might be too main stream though. They always said there were lineups to get food..
Peter's Drive In on 16th Ave is pretty big, that might be it. In the summer there are always huge line ups. The burgers and shakes are supposed to be the best. I ate there once a long time ago and didn't see what the big deal was about. It was good, but I'm not going to wait in line for it.
Also, some 15 year old girl went there on her birthday and got E. Coli from a shake because some employee didn't wash their hands. She was in the hospital for weeks and it really messed up her kidneys and she was on dialysis and stuff. All for eating a marshmallow milk shake? I'll pass!
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