Best damn burger in town!

Those aren't my words, but the words printed on the window of Tommy Burger Bar on MacLeod Trail SW. Tommy Burger Bar is near Southland Drive on the opposite of MacLeod Trail from Cash Converters and Dollarama. Cody spotted the sign last time we were there and when we went back on the weekend we decided to try it out.

Even though it is right off MacLeod Trail you can't actually get to it from MacLeod Trail which is pretty stupid. You have to go around and take a side road and come in the back. When we walked in the place I knew right away we where in for trouble for two reasons; 1: It was nice and 2: There were servers. I knew it was going to be expensive.

The inside was clean and nice and I guess what passes for "hip" nowadays. They had table and booths, plus a bar with seats. We got seated at a tall table and I sat on the bench seat Cody got a chair. Our server, Ashely(?) wearing a low cut top, brought us our menus. You could choose from several house burgers or start with a basic burger and add your own fixins at a price. I went with the basic Tommy burger($6) and added jalapeno bacon ($1.25) and aged cheddar($1.25). Did I mention that there is no such thing as combos? You could add sides of fries, poutine, onion rings or a bunch of other stuff I didn't pay much attention to. I got some fries and a diet Coke. Cody got some house specialty burger, fries and a milkshake ($6).

While we were waiting we watched TV on several LCD screens positioned around the place. I was sitting facing the bar and there were four TVs probably 40" spread out along the length of the bar playing soccer and baseball. Yeah! The food eventually came and then I ate it. The burger had a huge skewer in it which I guess was to hold it together. For some reason it a pickle skewered on the top of the bun, but shouldn't it be inside the bun? Anyway, the burger itself was pretty good. The patty was pretty big and juicy and the japalpeno bacon was awesome. The fries came inside this tall conical metal thing with paper on the inside. It was high to reach inside and when you got near the bottom it was hard to fit your hand inside to grab remaining fries.

We finished our food in good time and then Ashley(?) brought us the bill which was just under $35! I'm just a cheap old bastard, but $35 for two people to eat hamburgers seems pretty expensive. I guess I should've paid more attention because Tommy Burger Bar does gourmet burgers, so they can get away with it. Plus since they had servers you also gotta figure in the tip.

I'll admit that the burger was pretty good as were the fries and Ashley's(?) cleavage, but the price was too much. The whole thing was way different from all the other burger places we've eaten in, mostly it was nice and clean. It just didn't seem right. It's gotta be old and rundown and filthy. That's called character! Also, it helps if you don't get your hand stuck in the fry cup trying to reach the last fry at the bottom. Visit the Tommy Burger Bar website and e-mail them and complain about the fry containers. They do have a Tommy Boy burger which is a double burger, so don't bother suggesting it. Chris Farley's estate should sue them.