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

Burger Bar

Compared to the other burgers in the city this is more McDonalds like but I love the idea that it’s a Steven Starr restaurant in the middle of Franklin Square that is basically fast food and you can sit on a park bench and eat….it’s served in a box And I hated the fries,food is below average but the atmosphere is awesome

Bun–McDonalds
Meat–salty like McDonald’s
Toppings—nice selection

it’s just a fun place to go and for around 7 bucks for a burger and fries that’s fine

SquareBurger

I must admit that most of the people who rave about the burger from here are talking about their signature burger and at over 20 bucks I just didnt think it’d be worth it so I had the regular burger and that’s my complaint it’s regular….seeing that this place is from Iron chef Garces my expectations were huge,which could be another reason for my low rating
Bun—nothin special here
Meat–very high quality but I expected that
Toppings–average

Village Whiskey

I went here today to have the Amada burger and all I have to say is Wow!!!After being let down at Village Whiskey(see review) I still had high hopes for Iron chef Garces to “blow me away” and this burger certainly did it is one of the few burgers you will have in the city that is actually seasoned,most places just have high quality beef but I like my burgers to have extra flavor…service was outstanding and at 1pm the restaurant wasn’t very crowded

Bun—very good with a slight onion flavor

Meat–Incredible!!!!….very nicely seasoned

Toppings– very good includes a fried part of a pig lol

Amada

I came in here and couldn’t take my eyes off of the hammocks upstairs,I’ve eaten at a million restaurants but never seen a hammock.Service was ok

Bun–ok bun
Meat–this is why I gave it 4 stars the meat is nicely seasoned and very good
Toppings–typical…good bacon

I will post pics later but I must say that I couldn’t believe how lousy the fries were and I only got a few of them on a huge plate which took a star away

The Continental Mid-town

I decided that this would be the first upscale restaurant on my Philly burger tour so I made a lunch reservation and came in.As it usually is with these places the service was exceptional and everyone was really nice and the place was mixed with both well dressed and casually dressed people here’s the breakdown

Bun– the bun was good and nicely toasted
Meat–very high quality but not seasonEd
Toppings–the fancy cheese and gourmet onions were adequate

good but not outstanding