Fatburger - the last great hamburger stand!

The first time we visited Vegas, we had a Fat Burger. I think you might remember this picture:

 

ooh what a blondie! 

I’m not sure if any of you remember me going on about these burgers from Fatburger with sizes that went up to 24Oz – yes 24OZ of beef?!

So this time when we headed to Vegas on our route to Vancouver it was on our list of places to visit. We walked all the way up the strip from the Flamingo to be faced with this rather disturbing site:

 

Noooooo!!!! Why God why??!!!

We were terribly upset to say the least. 

After looking on their website to see if there was another Fatburger in Vegas we could visit we realized… Vancouver. 

They have not one, no not even two, but three, yes three in Vancouver.

So what started off as a very saddening revelation of not getting our Vegas treat, we had at least six months of the ability to eat Fatburger when we chose. Hoo bloomin’ ray!

So what makes Fatburger so special. OK apart from the fact that you are able to get a burger that is 24OZ, hamburger people are said to develop a cult-like devotion to Fatburger. 

Well I can tell you it’s true. Devotion. 

Fatburgers are made with real beef burgers made when you order it with FRESH, LEAN BEEF; dressed to your specifications with the best quality condiments.

We were slightly worried that after nearly two years of eating a Fatburger we may have built this amazing taste sensation up in our heads. Especially now as we have had tasted some pretty awesome burgers since living in North America. Would it stand up to what we we remembered it to be?

Dum dum duuuum…

We headed to the Fatburger on West Broadway. It was a lot smaller than what we had expected. But still we shuffled in and ordered.

Dave ordered a Bacon and Cheese and I chose the California burger.

We were given our number, filled up our drink container with root beer (we have both become slightly obsessed with root beer) and we waited. 

Burgers were coming out and we were salivating. Finally our number came.

Well tell me what you think, I think these pictures show their glory…

The California Burger, with lashings of guacamole, maple bacon and cheese.

Dave's bacon and cheese with homestyle fries.

Sorry the lettuce got in the way a bit but Dave wouldn't let me take any more pictures as he needed to bite it.

Ahhh. I don't know why we were worried. Fatburger lived up to what we had remembered. 

Devoted.

Next time though, I will be attempting the 24oz burger (I heard you get a Tshirt).

Next time.

Dangerous Dan’s fulfils my need for beef… on a Sunday – Halleluiah

So we rode on our bikes out to the Toronto beaches and were going to treat ourselves to a Burger’s Priest as we had heard so much about it, but the Priest goes to Church on Sunday – pah! So we were mighty disappointed.

On our ride home we were foaming at the mouths for a burger, but had built up the anticipation so much we didn’t want to just settle fro something sub-par. That’s when we stumbled upon Dangerous Dan’s on the corner of Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East – who claims to have the best burger in Toronto and you can sit in – score!

The place is awesome, old car chair diner seats, signs that insult vegetarians and an open kitchen to tease you with the smell of flame grilling meat mmmm. The menu has everything you can thing of from steak dinners, ribs, wings, breakfast and of course, burgers! There is even a symbol against certain foods: Recommended for Medicinal Cannabis Users (intended as humor only).

You can have a 24 ounce bulls balls burger, or a "McEwan" with 10oz NY steak freshly ground into a hamburger patty, mixed with beer, shitake and oyster mushrooms, camembert and brie cheese along with a 4oz pan fried Lobster Tail drizzled with clarified butter. As much as I really wanted to have a go at one of those amazing challenges, we opted for cheese and bacon burger, fries and onion rings.

We ordered at the counter and waited hesitantly, while playing trivia with the Simpsons character poster next to us. [I really think Dave should choose the Simpsons if he ever were to go on Mastermind]. Out came a desert for someone – deep fried mars bars, they looked amazing. I was so excited.

The burger came. They were pretty busy so the service wasn’t too fast. Long enough to build to the suspense, but not too long I started to eat the ketchup.



Wow. I admired it for a while (and took some pics to share).

Then I dived in. It was all I wanted in a burger. The beef was moist and cooked just right. There was the right amount of crispy bacon and cheese and the bun held together well. Fries were fat and crispy, but would have preferred skin on. The only thing I thought wasn’t up to scratch was the onion rings. They were a bit too greasy.

$5.99 (cheese & peameal burger)

Overall pretty frickn awesome – best burger I have had in Toronto so far.

I want to go back to attempt something off the Double D menu and some chocolate salty balls…

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