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Well first of all I was excited to eat at Bobby Flays place so I had high expectations but that shouldn't a affect my review. I ate at the Lake Grove restaurant. I ordered a blue burger medium rare, a dark chocolate shake and onion rings. The burger was actually raw! and the bottom half of the roll was not usable because it was saturated and I was unable to pick it up. I sent the burger back and this time I got one that was well done. They can't seem to get the cooking process right. Even that bottom half of the roll was wet. The shake was nothing more than ice cream stirred up to be soft, it was too thick to drink, and surprisingly for that price ($5.00) it was pretty small. The onion ring order was also small for the price and not so great, not crunchy or that tasty, rather bland. I have to say for the value, the whole meal was definitely not worth the price and the atmosphere was very cold and uninviting. I will definitely not be visiting this place again and I will not recommend this place to anyone either. I can honestly say that burger king is better than this place. Sorry Bobby, I think you better visit this location and straighten out your good name.

Missed this the first time around.

First Kenjialtci, I had to check if that wasn't something I posted. I couldn't have written it any better. Especially the part about well done being very juicy. Truth. If you have a burger well done, on a flat top griddle, and the thing is dry, its because either its beef that is low in fat, comes in pre pattied by a machine, or the dumb ass "cook" in the back it pressing the SNOT out of it with his stupid spatula. Great job Ken.

Second, I'm not saying I know for sure, but I find it REAL HARD to believe that ANY health department, AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD LOVE TO, would EVER be able to pass a "regulation" on how someone can order food. They tried it with eggs, it got booted. Me thinks Mr. Flay is saying that to kinda say "hey, we would love to cook it rare, but we cant" I think hes afraid of getting people sick. Which surprises me because I think most of this "I got sick from undercooked burger" isn't really food poisoning. If you buy quality beef, grind it ON PREMISE, its gotta be almost impossible to get food poisoning. I'm not saying IMPOSSIBLE, but real close to it. I'm just not buying his answer.

ANd his "proprietary" thing.....I got a feeling he doesn't want to say because he's using a product like whiz or whirl. Its a butter tasting oil. In food establishments, this product would burn and can be held at room temp without hardening. I think its fine, but he probably sees it a low class or something, thats why he didn't want to mention it.

Recently visited Bobby's burgers! It left me flat...they are sissy mary burgers! The Good Steer a mile down the road beats them hands down..and you get fries or onion rings with them! If you love a real burger..don't bother..Bobby this is Long Island...We take our burgers seriously! Go visit the Good Steer! They have been in business for over 50 years and still going strong..bet you can't pass it without stopping in!

I sought guidance from the Talmud.
' To say too much is to say nothing ', so my commentary is to kvetch about the frozen french fries. So the young prince is so lazy or uninspired that he thinks his customers don't deserve fresh, hand cut fries ?
He should realize that 50' away in the Food Court is a Nathan's which has
delicious ones and could be sneaked in by an irate customer who feels insulted by the drecky ones he serves !
The more I type the angrier I become, he thinks we're fools, and I thought he was a classy guy. Ego blemishes judgement. He should talk to his Rabbi also about the small portions of everything. What a long conversation that would be !!

I wished, I waited and hope springs eternal . . . . . however the Iron Chef was not to deliver on his promise.
God, I hate disappointment. Actually I have been to BBP on three ocassions, always varieing my order and never being very pleased. Too
many flaws. Perhaps I'll wait a year to return. It was stated earlier 'hope springs eternal'
By the way, does anyone know what ever happened to Jackie Malouf ?