Oh, Anacortes. Your spacious main street, your quaint shops, and your various options for burger critique. I believe this is the fourth burger we have eaten in Anacortes on the record, and well, at least the beer was good.
It was a breezy, rainy weekend, and Kurt and I were looking for a place with a burger for us to consume. Unfortunately, we still haven't gotten it together to make a list of the places we have yet to eat a burger and plan that out, but I figure, hey, it will happen when it happens.
We decided on H20, a place we have frequented often for a beer when we want to watch a game, but not a place we have found to be particularly reliable for the food they serve. This visit would be no exception.
I ordered the H20 burger, which came with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and melted smoked cheddar, (for .85 extra), and Kurt ordered a pasta dish.
H20 is an interesting place; sparsely decorated and spacious with images of different forms of water on the walls, they do a lot of house-infused liquors, and very often have some decent beers on tap. They also have bands, do different tasting events and show movies on Monday nights. It is a pretty cool place to grab a beer or cocktail to be sure.
The burger came with a chunky steak knife sticking out of the top, on a square white plate (wondering when this trend will die), next to some delicious smelling golden fries. As per our agreement, I ordered the burger M, but it came out quite well done. the vegetables were fresh and delicious, the bun was perfectly grilled, and the fries were completely yummy. But, as Kurt stated, "the hamburger patty ruined the burger." And he was right. There was a strange taste to the meat, like it had either been frozen too long, or it was just too old. Either way, it would have been a whole different scene if the meat had been fresh and cooked to the proper temperature. Then again, if the meat was as old as I suspected, it was probably safer that it was cooked to the temperature it was. The scores were as follows:
KURT:
SARA:
The burger was priced at $8.99, which is less than most burgers in pubs and bars cost, even with the additional .85 cents for the cheese. The burger was sourced from Sysco, a food service company which provides restaurants, pubs, and bars food nationally.The burger would have scored much higher if the meat had been prepared well; if it had not tasted strange, because really, everything surrounding the burger was quite well prepared.
It was a breezy, rainy weekend, and Kurt and I were looking for a place with a burger for us to consume. Unfortunately, we still haven't gotten it together to make a list of the places we have yet to eat a burger and plan that out, but I figure, hey, it will happen when it happens.
We decided on H20, a place we have frequented often for a beer when we want to watch a game, but not a place we have found to be particularly reliable for the food they serve. This visit would be no exception.
I ordered the H20 burger, which came with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and melted smoked cheddar, (for .85 extra), and Kurt ordered a pasta dish.
H20 is an interesting place; sparsely decorated and spacious with images of different forms of water on the walls, they do a lot of house-infused liquors, and very often have some decent beers on tap. They also have bands, do different tasting events and show movies on Monday nights. It is a pretty cool place to grab a beer or cocktail to be sure.
The burger came with a chunky steak knife sticking out of the top, on a square white plate (wondering when this trend will die), next to some delicious smelling golden fries. As per our agreement, I ordered the burger M, but it came out quite well done. the vegetables were fresh and delicious, the bun was perfectly grilled, and the fries were completely yummy. But, as Kurt stated, "the hamburger patty ruined the burger." And he was right. There was a strange taste to the meat, like it had either been frozen too long, or it was just too old. Either way, it would have been a whole different scene if the meat had been fresh and cooked to the proper temperature. Then again, if the meat was as old as I suspected, it was probably safer that it was cooked to the temperature it was. The scores were as follows:
KURT:
- Flavor: 5
- Juiciness: 6
- Vegetables: 8
- Bun: 9
- Source: 2.5
- Synergy: 6.5
- Value: 8
SARA:
- Flavor: 4
- Juiciness: 7
- Vegetables: 8
- Bun: 8
- Source: 1
- Synergy: 6
- Value: 7.5
The burger was priced at $8.99, which is less than most burgers in pubs and bars cost, even with the additional .85 cents for the cheese. The burger was sourced from Sysco, a food service company which provides restaurants, pubs, and bars food nationally.The burger would have scored much higher if the meat had been prepared well; if it had not tasted strange, because really, everything surrounding the burger was quite well prepared.
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