"Swoony’s in Carroll Gardens is the type of restaurant where you’d want to stop in for a burger and martini on a weeknight, so it’s a good thing they nail the burger. Two thin patties are bound by american cheese, topped with pickles, and a generous amount of Thousand Island dressing that drips through your fingers. In a delightful twist, they’ve found something even softer than a potato bun to serve it on: a toasted and buttered Portuguese roll. The palm-sized roll has rounded edges, which helps solve the burger patty slippage problem, and makes it easy to squish the whole thing together and finish it in four ginormous bites." - will hartman, bryan kim, neha talreja, willa moore, kenny yang
Alex Staniloff