Larry Ray Reed
Google
Flavor: B
Service: A
Tea: D
Solo dining: A
This place appears like it’s a lean-to shed of a rundown old corner store building that now houses a boutique, barber shop, and burger stand (airport-hair-care-tire-center vibes). Before I could get up to the window, a woman leans out of her truck and asks “You haven’t been here before, have you sir?” I acknowledged that she was right and then she just said “Well everything is good, everything.” Endearing level 10 though not exactly helpful. I got the “El Big Boy” at my order-taker’s suggestion. It’s hard to say no to bacon, maple syrup, a fried egg, tots, grilled onions, and cheese. All of those flavors came through in a teamwork-makes-the-dream-work kinda way, except the syrup which I couldn’t detect. And the burger itself was flavorful too… no toppings carrying the flavor load here. You could even see the black pepper in the burger patty. My heart fluttered a little. But with all this greatness, the burger was too dry for me to love it. So I’m giving it a B on flavor because juiciness impacts flavor. Cooking the burger a little shorter and making that egg over-easy so the yolk oozes out could be game-changers for this promising creation. The perfectly-cooked-and-seasoned crinkle-cut fries and the “dream sauce” (akin to Chick-fil-A sauce but lighter and better) were great complements. Drinks are limited to can Cokes or a few flavors of agua fresca. I got the watermelon which was a little intense for my taste. If you’re dining “in” you’re sitting at picnic tables on a screened-in porch (and sweating in all the places if you’re there on a summer afternoon). I was there when we had the perfect number-of-parties-to-number-of-wall-fans ratio so everyone could sit in front of one and no one had to die. I did notice one smart mama sent her daughter to order and wait so she could stay in her air conditioned vehicle until her burger was ready (#reasonstohavekids). Perhaps I’d give this spot another chance on a cooler day. Cheers to Frozen Dreams for serving up upscale burgers in a not-so-upscale part of town!
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