Since this is my 100th yelp review I wanted to do something special and I decided to venture down to Atlantic City to check out celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and see how his burger is,I enjoyed watching his old tv show and saw him make many great things so my expectations were very high!!!….so let’s break it down

bun—not good!!! not soft and very seeded
meat—the only reason it has 3 stars it was very moist and tasty
toppings–nothing special and the cheese wasnt that great

they tell you that this burger is a half an hour wait…..are you kidding??? it isnt really that great to be waiting so long,the final outcome is that this restaurant was a real dissappointment although I will give credit where its due and say that the meat on this burger is good but then again so is the meat at Johnny Rockets and thats much cheaper

Wolfgang Puck American Grille

I came here to try their burger after reading about it on the burgerdelphia blog and I must say that it was pretty awesome!!!! I will now create a new word that I would love to hear my fellow yelpers start using….this burger was very blue cheesy which in this particular case is a good thing,I had a great food conversation with the extremely attractive girl working at the bar and everything was great,now here’s the breakdown

Bun–an above average bun
Meat–I thought the meat was pretty awesome and very high quality
Toppings—very blue cheesy(not that there’s anything wrong with that)

Square 1682

I’ve been here a couple of times for their Sunday brunch and I must say its pretty amazing and includes caviar…the lunch time burger is not amazing I asked for it medium well done and it came out very well done the toasted roll was also too toasty(is that a word lol) heres a breakdown

Roll– almost burnt
Meat-burnt
Toppings– weird mushroom
As expected when I go to these types of places the service was incredible but it can’t make up for a bad burger

Lacroix Restaurant at The Rittenhouse

I’m Gonna make this review quick because I hated everything about this place although unlikE a lot of other people I didnt wait in much of a line so I’m just gonna break it down

Bun–McDonald’s
Meat–cheaper than McDonald’s
Toppings–had the hot?? And it was a bunch of red crap that we will call peppers I also had a concrete?? And it was nothing special what makes me most upset is the bill came to 12 bucks and Wendy’s is much better and it would’ve only cost me 2.00

Shake Shack

I went here with high expectations for their lunch time burger even though I had no reservation they allowed me to sit at the bar.The service was excellent as I would expect from this type of place but unfortunately the rest of my experience was boring and here’s the breakdown
roll–anything special here it’s your basic roll
Meat–high end as expected but unlike Amada it’s not seasoned enough for me
Toppings–just cheese,lettuce and tomato although the cheese was good

The Capital Grille

I walked by here twice and it just looks like a place you wanna try out so I went in and saw a guacomole burger and decided to add it to my burger tour not only breaking my no chain restaurant rule but also breaking my one burger a week rule because I had already reviewed two so far this week…this place is huge and basically meant to cater to the after work crowd
Bun–supermarket seeded bun
Meat–surprisingly good
Toppings–the guacamole on this burger was awesome
In the end this is basically a TGIFridays type of burger with a great guacamole topping and 10 steak fries

Fox and Hound

I was given this place by a friend who said it would be a great spot to add to my burger tour so even though I’ve never heard of the place I set out to conquer it and I must say the Kobe burger is pretty awesome.
Bun– nice with a slight hint of sweetness
Meat–very high quality and great
Toppings–the only thing preventing this from being 5 stars the bacon is pretty awesome but I like more options

For the record the fries at every place I’ve been on the burger tour have not been good including the upscale restaurants so that is why I hardly mention them in my reviews

Varga Bar

My burger tour had taken me to the Rouge a couple of weeks ago and I accidentally walked by the Rouge and saw somebody eating this outside so I went back to the Rouge but I was determined to add this burger to my collection after seeing it and I can sum it all up with 5 letters S-a-l-t-y here’s the breakdown
Bun- above average seeded bun not oven fresh though
Meat–salty,salty maybe over seasoned
Toppings-not so special onions and cheese

The fries are just horrible,they taste like they’re out of a bag then very heavily salted,didn’t even finish them even after knowing this was a 20.00 sandwich combo fries were so bad I don’t think I’ll be back.

Parc

Consistently great burger that is much better and half the price of some fine dining restaurants in Center City
Bun–inconsistent roll
Meat–very good angus beef
Toppings–many to choose from nice selection

Starboard Side Tavern

I live in Bala Cynwyd and took the long annoying ride on the 1 bus to get here so I walked in annoyed thinking that this better be good,service was great I got the onion rings and asked to have them first as an appetizer when they came out I was stunned to see how many they give you,it was easily enough for two people although the taste of them and the dipping sauce didn’t blow me away they were still good.Now for the burger I chose avocado and fried egg for my topping,this burger is amazing!!!

Bun—plain,boring—this would be the best burger in the city if not for this boring bun (I know I’ve tried most of them lol)
Meat—awesome!!!very nicely seasoned without being overpowering
Toppings—many to choose from,great selection

I haven’t had a burger that was so much better than this one except at Rembrandts at 23rd and Aspen that any burger lover from the Northeast would need to travel anywhere but here check out their happy hour specials

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