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Is There Any Reason for This to Exist: The Ham Dogger
@Marcus Wow, I was wondering what your thoughts were on chicken, McDonalds, the Swiss, and religon. How'd ya know?
A Fantastic New York City-Style Burger from HB Burger
@Nick, @jobeth Hey Nick I don't want to turn you great review and what looks like a tasty burger discovery for us local to NYC into a food safety discussion, but you probably have more experience than I on this so I would like to hear your opinion in that I kinda agree with jobeth. It it my understaning, specifically in regards to beef, that bacteria such as e.coli are found only on the surface of the cut. So, with a steak cooked (even rarest of the rare) with an exterior char safely removes any danger of bacteria. However, with ground beef, any bacteria on the surface of the meat is effectively distributed throughout the mix when ground. Hence, you are only really safe if you cook the ground beef to a temerature all the way through that kills the bacteria. Otherwise, your rare in the middle patty can be contaminated. It stands to reason that low volume, high quality butchers exercising care in their handling procedures reduce the risk of exposure to bacteria, but it is not like you can see it. Your thoughts?
Scammer Robs Restaurants By Lying About Onions in Hamburgers
A 2009 reincarnation of the dastardly Hamburgler, no doubt.
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Went this evening with my non-burger-eating wife. I had the bill's classic with cheese and disco fries (i went to the gym this afternoon in anticipation of the fries); she had the grouper sandwich and the fried veggies.
I would say the burger is as good as shake shack in terms of beefiness and juicyness. (I should note that I am a fan of a thicker patty, so the shack is not generally in my top 5 anyway.) But, in general, if you put both of them in front of me i'd prolly grab the shack burger first.
Disco fries were good! C'mon, cheese and gravy and potatos. I did not get the sense that the fries we double fried, tho. Could be wrong. We were not too impressed with the fried veggies. Pretty standard - the carrots-tasted-like-the-cauliflower-tasted-like-the-brocolli.
Wife did like her grouper sandwich, as far as she likes sandwiches. Defintiely a fork and knife affair - very drippy with sauces and toppings.
The service was off for us, becasue I think maybe our order did not go in correctly (three tables seated after and ordered after us were served drinks and food before us). However, I will say that I think once they realized this they made efforts. The manager paid us a visit, our server kept us updated. New place, not real fancy, just a hiccup I am sure and they recovered okay.
I'll go back for lunch.