Matthew P.
Yelp
10 years ago I would eat here every couple weeks with a group of friends. Yesterday a couple of that old school crew met up here for a walk down memory lane. It was just as good and consistent as i remember years ago,
You start off walking in with two options. Go to the bar area which has regular tables, and a nice long bar to have full service, or get in line to order counter style. Counter style you get a pager when your burger is up, and then visit the 'burger bar' for all your fresh toppings and sauces. Full service your burger comes with lettuce, tomato, onion by default. This is in additional to special items such as sauteed mushrooms that come on the special burger of course. Your waitress/waiter will be happy to get you other toppings, or you can run over to the station yourself.
The first thing about Fuddruckers is that my burger is always perfectly cooked, and cooked to my order. I've had flawless medium rare every time. I almost always get the 1lb burger, and it's so damm juicy. Keeping the same thickness, but going wider is the key to maintaining a perfect cooking of such a large patty. The second best thing is the in house made bun, that is FLAWLESSLY toasted on the inside. There is this perfect line between over toasted, and just 'looking brown' to seem toasted. They hit the mark so well!
The same area making the in house buns, is making fresh cookies. If you like cookies, and haven't had these you must stop in. Cooked fresh all day, they are crispy on the bottom, and slightly gooey near the top. Reese's peanut butter, chocolate chip, sugar, and oatmeal raisin. There are also rice crispy treats. The cookie counter is accessible just to the right when walking in, and has it's own register. When in line for burger service you can order a cookie with your meal / combo, and you get a voucher ticket to get a cookie at the cookie counter. Easy!
They have seasoned potato wedges that are very good, but I crave the onion rings. I'm torn on 4 or 5 stars. I've never had bad service, or bad food. The food quality is great, the bun is great, the cooked to order is great. For what it is, it's awesome. They've expanded the menu to include chicken sandwiches, and salads.
If I'm at a restaurant and I'm feeling a burger I'll order one, but if I'm still in my car craving a burger, I come here. Slider cravings are a separate category ;)