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Zaitzeff: The Best Damn Burger I've Had in a Long Time
Anyone have a sense of how the East Village location compares to the Wall Street one?
Zaitzeff: The Best Damn Burger I've Had in a Long Time
Oh also, forgot about the restaurant itself. Flies everywhere, rats running around on the street outside.
Zaitzeff: The Best Damn Burger I've Had in a Long Time
Gotta disagree with you guys. Tried it yesterday and the cash spent to enjoyment ratio was not good. First, the good: didn't know the meet was grass fed til i read the review today but the meat did have a nice, distinct flavor. I liked the cheese too, although it was ridiculously expensive for the slice. The portugese bun was also really nice. The mixed fries were not bad either. OK, the bad: way too expensive. I got the quarter pound burger with cheese. 10$, for a burger with seemingly less meat than 2 5 guys patties. The burger itself was not one of the better griddle cooked burgers ever, it was almost mushy on the outside. And I'm not an anti-griddle guy at all (JG Melon is my favorite). Pretty weak, all in all 30 dollars for dinner.
Zaitzeff: The Best Damn Burger I've Had in a Long Time
I ordered from there this week. The burger was very good. The bun really makes it. I had the sirloin. I sort of question whether they actually serve Kobe beef. The price difference doesn't seem that much.
Zaitzeff: The Best Damn Burger I've Had in a Long Time
Jersey Warren:
I could not agree with you less. With a name like yours I am surprised that you cannot appreciate the very fine griddle cooked offerings of, for example, White Manna. But beyond that the list of iconic griddle cooked burgers is long and legendary - JG Melon, PG Clarke, In N Out Burger, Apple Pan, Pie N Burger, All American Drive Thru, Shake Shack not to mention half of the burgers in George Motz' Hamburger America book.
Personally I prefer griddle cooked burgers but my vision is not myopic to the point that I can't also appreciate a nice flame grilled one.
Zaitzeff: The Best Damn Burger I've Had in a Long Time
Quote: "Griddled Patties: The burgers are made on a tiny flat-top griddle in an impossibly small kitchen area."
That does it for me right there. I'd never walk in the door of this place. In my opinion (and I've cooked thousands of hamburgers as a restaurant cook and backyard griller) and eaten tens of thousands, it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to cook a halfway decent — much less excellent — hamburger on a "flat-top griddle." Good hamburgers must be charbroiled (or charcoal broiled). A gas char-broiler is alright, but the key is that FLAMES must lick at the hamburger, imparting the characteristic charred exterior and smoky flavor. No flames, no hamburger worth eating. End of story.
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Anyone have a sense of how the East Village location compares to the Wall Street one?