The Burger Joint

Last night after my first yoga class in years – my friend, Sarah, and I went to the Burger Joint in Dupont Circle for dinner. Yes, after downwards facing dog and all that, we should have gone next door to Sweet Green. For lunch I was suppose to go to Ray’s Hell Burger but the stars weren’t aligned for that to happen. So after daydreaming about those juicy burgers that Obama has made famous (bastard for exposing this local burger joint to the touristing masses) and being denied, I couldn’t imagine having anything but a burger for dinner.

She had a classic cheese burger, I had their burger of the month “In Guac we rock,” and we split an order of their onion rings.

I am one of the most easy going picky eaters that you will ever meet. If there is something that I don’t like, I will just eat around it. My hatred of all things onion is pretty legendary, but I love the flavor of onion brings to everything. So how does a hater of onions eat a onion ring? One bites into the ring and then slide out the onion. And BGR Vidalia onion rings are perfect for that. It’s cut and battered like you would get in a steakhouse, not like Burger King. They were quite tasty and I do like them a lot.

I love they fact that they ask how you would like your burger done, but it would be nice if my medium rare didn’t come out as medium done though. Sarah’s medium was actually medium. The “In Guac we Rock” burger is basically a burger with guacamole, tortilla strips, tomato, and a “hint of lime.” I asked them to add lettuce to it. It was just okay though. The meat was a bit over cooked so the guca balanced out the lack of juiciness. I couldn’t taste the lime. And the tortilla strips were just in the way. I think for the price tag of $9.99 – vs the hamburger $6.99 – there wasn’t enough guac to make it worth it. I’ve eaten at the Bethesda location before – their famous “The Greek” burger – and I kinda felt the same way there as well. Good but not worth the price tag.

Though a common snack that I have at this join is their roasted corn. But then again, I have an unnatural love of corn. And it just kills me that in DC 6 ears for $1 is considered a good deal. But it’s just a simple snack of an ear of corn that’s roasted with a brush of oil and sprinkle of salt. Nothing fancy but I love eating it while waiting for the Georgetown University shuttle.

I would go again, mostly because of the convenient location and the decent food. Good burgers, but I’ve had more amazing ones.



The Burger Joint
http://www.bgrtheburgerjoint.com/
locations in Bethesda, Dupont Circle, Alexandria, and Arlington

Food: B
Service: B
Value: C
Price: $10 - $25
Overall: B-