The Main Course

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

BareBurger

Manhattan, NY
www.bareburger.com



The Order: Pesto Red Pepper Burger with Beef, medium rare. Creamy Havarti, roasted red peppers, baby spinach and BareBurger pesto mayo.
Side Order: Onion Rings + Fries Combo ($4.5), Curry Ketchup dipping sauce ($.40)
$9.95 + $4.5 + $.40 = $14.85
Drink Order: Founders IPA, Raspberry Vanilla Shake



Despite the friendly waitstaff, the pleasant company, and the laid-back atmosphere, this was an intimidating place in which to order. This may have been due to having been really hungry by the time I arrived at BareBurger. So after thinking that I had it all together to order, all of a sudden there are all these other options that I didn't realize were available. Type of bread, side, sauce, etc. When I finally ordered, the service was extremely fast.

The place wasn't packed but it was surprising just how fast the food came. The first few bites of the burger were average. But then I started tasting all the seasoning. HOLY CRAP is this burger good. Cooked perfectly, delicious, juicy, I can't say enough about this burger. It was gone in a second, before I realized I hadn't taken a picture. Left with a pile of onion rings and fries, I dug in. The fries were definitely better than the onion rings, and definitely better value (you get a lot more fries for your money). They don't need any sauce, but you should really order one or two sauces to try, as they are excellent.

The dipping sauces cost extra but are AMAZING. Curry Ketchup and the BareBurger Special Sauce (they gave this one to us for free). Both were entirely worth it, interesting, and really different from any other sauces I'd had before.

I ordered a milkshake for after because, well why not. A decent selection of flavors, though they were out of blackberry. Really quite good, and not too overwhelming with the raspberry flavor.

BareBurger has a decent beer selection too. Their draught craft beer selection is available in pints, 25oz and 60oz, and they carry a lot of seasonal beers, though our waiter didn't seem all that knowledgeable about the beers they had.

This place is well worth the visit. I'll definitely be going again.

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