Cody B.
Yelp
To begin, I believe I am within the upper percentile of Snarf's supporters, so I am generally patient with this venture. If you don't want to read a lot, please refer to my attached picture, which was sold to me as a "veggie burger" for like $14. You got me!
I will do my best to elaborate.
The food here is good, usually, maybe! I can't eat beef, so I really only have their black bean situation to refer to, but it's great sometimes. Lots of char, great toppings, a little greasy but not Wet. I have enjoyed it before a few times, although never without some kind of Incident. One time, the woman working chased me out to the parking lot to tell me they forgot my tomato slice, and carried it out to me in her hands! I thought it was kind of charming, but incredibly weird and a little gross.
The fries and tots are good too when you want that kind of food. My best guess is their burgers are also good!
I think this place has hit the somewhat common point in the value equation where the quality of food no longer matters because the acquisition experience is so cursed. This location is next door to a Snarf's Sandwiches, technically in the same building, but somehow manages to be like a literal Hell version of the Snarf's atmosphere. I'm saying literal because the place is not ventilated! It is so smoky! It's like those tiny 1 room test houses that firefighters train on, but dirtier somehow. Part of that may be because it is filled with food and grease and has to keep its doors open constantly (because smoke) which open directly next to a dumpster and vermin. Not good!
It is nice on a late night, though, on the little benches, yano. Outside in the summer. There is some magic. Eating tots & fries, or a single fry encased in half of a head of lettuce, maybe a milkshake.
On the topic of Hell, I have been wondering - how does management decide who works in Snarf's and who has to work in Snarfburger? Is it punishment? If anybody has insider info on this, I really would like to know. I would just ask, but I have actually never been in the restaurant while it was not experiencing some kind of operational crisis.
Okay, let's talk about the veggie burger. I was served a single french fry wrapped in what appeared to be the store's entire supply of 'berg - very wet 'berg! The attached picture is actually what was given to me.
Was it an error or was somebody being an asshole? Maybe all of the fillings, uh, slipped ..out? There was a bit of onion in it, and like, some crumbs as if it was once assembled. Where did the fry come from (no fries in order). Who knows, but Snarfburger you know where to find me (next door, eating at Snarf's).
I don't know what happened - it was a pickup order and didn't see it until I got home. The shear quantity of lettuce actually had it weighing and shaped about right in foil. I'm willing to take a little responsibility on this, because I ordered a veggie burger in a lettuce wrap (an objectively annoying & confusing thing to do). But, hey, don't serve something you think is bad on your menu?
The order had a $4 upcharge for avocado and chiles. I mostly was craving tots, and wanted to feel less guilty about eating a ton of tots. Whatever, fuck me I guess.
You know, I really think the upcharges should be looked at differently. Give me a veggie burger with all the veggies on it! Leave the cheese off, who cares. Why is cheese never an upcharge, but chiles and white mushrooms are? This is more of an industry criticism, but it really is pretty annoying. I don't think it even reflects a financial reality. I don't know.
That's all I got. At the end of the day, it's $14 and an uncle-tier joke. I'm sure I'll be back here for more tots when I'm less miffed, but I cannot recommend.