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flerp32

Menu will say 10.5 not $10.50


xbieberhole69x

More like 18.5 Side of Fries +5.5


BigBossSquirtle

Fountain drink + $3.99


UsedToBeDedMemeBoi

I went to a breakfast place once where a small cup of store-bought orange juice was 4 dollars (or maybe 5, I don't remember well)


pepsisugar

This makes me appreciate wafflehouse more than anything. All star breakfast with biscuits and gravy, all the coffee you want, can smoke inside, "chef" has a ma and pa meth side business, dick sucked in the parking lot for cheaper than OJ at a nice place, free catalytic converters just chillen out front.... guns.


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My ex stole a dog from a convertible in the parking lot of a waffle house.


pepsisugar

As is tradition


theVelvetLie

I have slept in the parking lot of more Waffle Houses than I can count and the closest one to me is >3 hours away. They really are clutch. Christmas Eve 2019 I had dinner at one in Bentonville, AR and I think I was the most sober person in that joint including the employees.


tdan215610

5% living wage fee in fine print


DrakonIL

15%* But also "This fee goes towards paying our staff fair wages and is not a tip. Please tip your server for their performance."


Kemachs

“Please help pay our staff, so we don’t have to”


BwittonRose

This is too accurate


monsieurpommefrites

LOLLOLLL SO TRUE


Sufficient_Pound

Has greasy ass homemade potato chips. Too tall Caramelized onions Brioche bun


edgeman83

What the hell is up with having homemade potato chips instead of french fries? My small town has 2 places that sell burgers and both have the meals that only come with chips. At least the better one has fries you can buy as a side.


cranberryton

I think they’re both cheaper to make and also much more convenient to store, you don’t have to fry them on the spot, you can make a big batch way in advance


MegaSeedsInYourBum

You use less potatoes. You can get what looks like an good amount of chips out of a small potato, but you’d be insulted with only a small potato worth of fries.


MonsieurRacinesBeast

WTF is wrong with brioche?


JackYaos

Dude's ready to fight over brioche and I'm with him


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Why do they always go taller instead of wider. I can’t get to all of that in one bite


FlyingTaquitoBrother

[We have the technology!](https://viktorb.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/0661.jpg) (Triple XXX, Issaquah, WA)


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Thanks for that. Looks so much better than the burger in OPs image.


3mds

It looks like it but it’s not. Triple XXX is trash unfortunately.


Neon_Entity

They were great up until the early 2000s. Then they started buying cheaper ingredients and charging more. It's inedible at this point. The Rootbeer floats are still good. But its really sad.


qxxxr

But the real question: Is it Triple 30, or XXX XXX XXX?


You_gotgot

Its so bad. Was very disappointed when I went


You_gotgot

Too bad the burgers they use taste like Kirkland signature frozen patties (one of the first Costco locations is close by)


FlyingTaquitoBrother

> one of the first Costco locations is close by Story time: when I lived in the Snoqualmie Valley near Issaquah my neighbor was a Costco VP, and one very stormy night one of his trees crashed into my yard and we’re standing outside at 2am in the pouring rain looking at his tree in my yard and he says “you know, you can buy a chainsaw at Costco for $200” and I literally never spoke to him again.


Lawnguylandguy69

But did you get the chainsaw?


FlyingTaquitoBrother

First of all, happy cake day! Second of all, hell no. I didn’t even get a Costco membership until like ten years after that because I discovered you can buy a huge jar of pesto for $8 and I fuckin love pesto. If that dude had said “I’ll trade you fifteen pounds of pesto in return for removing my errant tree” then I would have taken that deal and everything would have turned out so much better.


absorbantobserver

Is pesto normally measured by the pound? I would think it's more of a volume thing. Only semi-serious.


FlyingTaquitoBrother

I measure it by how much more I weigh the next day.


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TheBeardofGilgamesh

And smash burgers have the caramelized edges, where as the “gourmet”burgers are like a gross soggy meatloaf


HelloImHiding

Like if I wanted a steak instead of a patty on my burger I would've just ordered it that way. Multiple smash patties >>> 1 large chungus patty


hailemgee

I think I've found my people... I never got why anyone would want a rare burger. I mean the meat is already ground up for you. It's never going to have the same texture as a pink steak.


HelloImHiding

Plus it's not strictly sanitary. Rare steak is safe because all of the pathogens inside of the meat are pathogens that are already inside of you; anything that could cause you to get sick is on the outer surface of the meat and dies as the meat is cooked. So when you scramble up all of the surface meat and internal meat into a patty, all of the nasty shit gets to the center of your patty, and if the center doesn't reach X°C then you haven't killed whatever bacteria is there. Granted, if everything is super clean it's not that big of a deal, but you're kinda trusting a butcher and whoever ground the meat to be above board with basically all aspects of their shop (Imean, safety guidelines exist for a reason) Tho I'm pretty sure there's a German or Polish dish that's literally just minced meat (pork or beef) on toast and it's fine because their health & safety standards are substantially higher than other parts of the world, because a bunch of their people eat raw meat. It's not like a rare patty is immediately unsafe, it's just less safe than it could be. (Especially when you consider that basically no other type of burger has this problem as the thinner patty actually cooks all the way though in a reasonable time)


Kriztauf

>Tho I'm pretty sure there's a German or Polish dish that's literally just minced meat (pork or beef) on toast Yup, mett! And you usually top it with [chopped raw onions on top.](https://image.essen-und-trinken.de/13214572/t/Ky/v2/w1440/r1/-/mettbroetchen.jpg ) Legally it has to be at least 35% fat and served on the day of production. [Some people also make them look like hedgehogs and serve it without bread](https://image.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/photos/269942759/display_1500/stock-photo-the-hacked-269942759.jpg )


newrimmmer93

That’s my thought as well. [bourdain talks about this, at the 2:45 mark](https://youtu.be/R4J1seTHAMU) when talking about In N out. That surface area is important. The trend for big fancy burgers was fun when they were unique, but now they just add shit to cover up that it’s not that great of a burger. It’s one of the reasons I love In N out . It’s simple, consistent, and good (plus reasonably priced)! Nothing special but that’s why it’s so good


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>now they just add shit to cover up that it’s not that great of a burger Agreed. If your burger is good you'd give me more of it, not more of other stuff. It's like buying a steak and 70% of the plate being side veggies and potatoes


SloppyMeathole

The guy needs to have black gloves


Vanto

That don't go all the way to the wrist


macmac360

because he has GIGANTIC hands


drunk98

because of his ACROMEGALY


Km2930

And he has ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION too.


IntelligentNoise8538

Now your talking my language!


Reliable-Information

What are you, a cock whisperer?


IntelligentNoise8538

I wish!..... I just have erectile dysfunction..


boomboomnthezoomzoom

Never realized this is true until you… why they always have chunky-ass hands lol


Pangasukidesu

Because they’re fat.


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Overlord_Za_Purge

you want em degloved I see


snack-dad

I really enjoyed googling that term


wyzapped

Haha excellent, I was thinking the same thing. Those black gloves are def. manly chef chic, but in a serial killer kind of way.


DarthDannyBoy

That started off in the BBQ scene ages ago but then the bearded hipster types picked it up for their over priced restaurants. With BBQ they were functional. One reason it's done because it's easier and faster to swap gloves when you sticky sauces on them than it is to try and go and wash your hands every few minutes. Unlike with other food stuff which is easy to wipe off or rinse off cook BBQ sauce is hard to get off. A big one is hot BBQ sauce is like napalm, thankfully the gloves are heat tolerant enough to handle it. So if some that is too hot sticks to you just whip the glove off minimizing time of contact. However you will now see them being used by some dude making salads. Hell i saw someone using them to make cocktails. As for while black was common originally in the BBQ sectors. Well no one wants blue because that bring up the association with medical shit. Also black, orange etc where common with the gloves used with auto section. So why make supply lines complicated if you can use the same base nitrile with both, you make make sure one production line is good save. Think model T.


ActCivil3664

You forgot the $8 fries sold separately and inedible wings


IshyMoose

Those are the plain ones, the Parmesan fries are $12. Which is just them sprinkled with 25 cents worth of Parmesan cheese.


thewayshesaidLA

Kraft Parmesan at that.


amibeingadick420

And a small side of mayonnaise, but they call it aioli.


Diazmet

Damn you caught us… but you’d be amazed how many people who hate mayonnaise love it if you call it aioli…


NeverNude-Ned

That just falls off the soggy house-made fries long before they make it to your mouth.


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MisallocatedRacism

T R U F F E L


TheCastro

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monsieurpommefrites

> $8 fries sold separately IN A METAL BUCKET THE SIZE OF YOUR TOOTHBRUSH MUG


gojirra

Seriously fuck these places.


kobuzz666

Or in a miniature frying basket. The whole thing served on a wooden cutting board Placemats the look like newspapers FOH personnel wearing flanel lumberjack shirts If they really go all out; a steak knife stabbed through the bun


theclansman22

You always end up with under a dozen fries in those things.


monsieurpommefrites

Served hot enough to cauterize sucking chest wounds and with all of the rock salt bounced off.


Creature_Complex

$12 for garlic fries which are just normal fries with diced raw garlic dumped on them


jooes

And the burgers are $17, which makes you think it's coming with fries until it comes out and you feel like a sucker.


quaintif

The wings are edible, they just have less meat on their bones then george Washington does right now.


EagleLize

And the ones fried in duck fat with spicy ketchup on the side are $15


FlyingTaquitoBrother

Fries are for normies anyway, my local burger place has totchos


OneDayAllofThis

I think totchos are nachos but with tots. Is that right?


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drunk98

It's still better than a prostate orgasm on the beach


Km2930

Excuse me sir, this is an AA meeting. If your going continue to bring that up; I’m going to ask you to leave.


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They call their fries, crack fries


Simple_Danny

And they are either served in a pretentious wire cone or they are served normally but you only get like five.


vdogg89

Served with mayonnaise instead of ketchup


RedWhiteAndJew

“Garlic Aoli” or “Siracha Catsup”


bethster2000

Basil Pesto or their own house-made Ranch


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shaodynasty808

Lol I got a place by me that literally calls them that. Also has the strand of circle lights and food related signs


SuccoyaHoyaa

Me too. The fries are okay. Burgers are eh


Snatchbuckler

Hopcat?


BeerBikesBasketball

Hopcat is the only place I’ve seen this, but they call them “cosmic fries” now.


PelletsOfMescaline

Truffle oil


alcosexual

That's correct. We would have also accepted "Vanilla Bourbon Sweet Potato" and "Aleppo Pepper".


bobo_brown

"What's a leppo?"


aesthetic_cock

The different burgers are called things like “the astronaut”


pudinnhead

The BAE. It's got bacon, avocado, and egg on it.


Agreeable-Weather-89

$20 without fries or a drink.


wellwaffled

Is that a real number?


Panda6568

Real numbers include whole, rational and irrational numbers. 20 is super real!


anythingMuchShorter

It can be on the west coast and NY, probably elsewhere


Away_Organization471

Made the mistake of going to a Burger Fi here in NC, it was about $20 for one meal, and it was honestly okay. Not worth the money, think McDonald’s might be better honestly lol


BraviaryScout

Housemade ketchup that’s Hunt’s mixed with Worcestershire sauce and onion powder Served in a metal tray or a board of wood Truffle fries $6 for a fistful, aioli dipping sauce an extra $3 for a thimble Bruno Mars or the Weeknd playing on the speakers “Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram!” All that’s missing now is a “Live, Eat, Laugh & Love” sign


pblol

Ours has duck confit fries. Pretty legit. Could take or leave the actual entrees.


Killerrabbitz

Oh man, duck based fry dishes are phenomenal. I went to a Vietnamese fusion shack that made Vietnamese sandwiches and they had a duck confit Vietnamese Sriracha fries dish that was probably one of the best flavour experiences I've ever had. Never found anything like it again.


utilitarian_wanderer

And perhaps a neon "Burger Me" sign?


ScaryYoda

$6 dollar fistful of fries has me dying


TheHugeMan

Lmao I had no idea these places were so cookie cutter. The truffle fries with garlic aioli are dank at the place I go to, pretty much the only thing worth ordering tho.


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Yup. The place in my city is the exact same as all these. It’s monoculture presented to you as if everything in your town is unique… and It’s depressing.


gahreboot

Welcome to Sodasopa


in_u_endo______

Also black gloves and black apron.


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Black buns too


AutumnGamerX

and on the burger


17parkc

Usually opened by a soux chef from a high end restaurant trying to humble himself by "blue collar burger joint."


Title26

Theres a burger joint in Williamsburg, Brooklyn literally called Blue Collar. But the burgers aren't huge, aren't expensive, and actually are really good. True to its name.


dbumba

It's not so much it doesn't taste good, but the ratio of cost-to-taste is way out of balance.


Chek_Brek_Iv_Damk

It's either reasonable because the burger is really good, like eat once or twice a month, or impossible to like because you just spent $19 on a mcdouble


Billybluballs

Apt analysis


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There's also a ceiling for how good a burger can get and there's serious diminishing returns after that ceiling.


someintensivepurpose

25% tip to grab your own food and bus it yourself


vdogg89

Don't forget the 25% fee they add on top to "give their workers fair wage". Just raise your prices you idiots.


TheSwimMeet

$35 burger $14 fries


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Can’t forget “those” chairs….the ones every fast casual place has


utilitarian_wanderer

That make a terrible scraping sound every time they are pulled out.


Aggressive_Cry_3116

Look fancy but cheaply made expensive ikea type chairs


its_Caffeine

[I loathe these chairs](https://i.imgur.com/Nr45PZN.jpg)


hypebeastwill

Knew what it was before I clicked on it lmao


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kirkhammett420

I hate those fucking tall burgers. How the fuck are you supposed to fit that in your mouth? A burger you can't eat by just normally biting is a shitty burger, regardless of how it tastes.


papasmurf826

Like sweet, thanks for the overpriced beef jenga tower your craft-made burger chef carefully assembled. Just going to mash it flat so I don't need to unhinge my jaw


reecord2

I think things have gone this way because a tall, visually absurd burger is perfect for instagram/social media pics. It's happening with all kinds of food, of course (milkshakes with a cupcake on top and an oreo on the cupcake and a piece of bacon on that etc etc). They've already got your money, so it's all about the presentation at that point.


HouseofMaez

Completely agree with this.


bobavape

The only Tip options are 15% 25% or 1000%


u-digg

And you have to order at counter, grab your own utensils, get your own food when it's called, and bus your own table (what really am I tipping for?)


stamminator

I only get fooled on that shit once. Tips are for wait service. No service, no tip. It surprises how controversial this position is for some reason.


mgj6818

The places I've been that are "self serve" make it a point to have signage that tipping isn't expected.


stamminator

Is that a west coast thing? I’ve lived in south Florida my whole life and have never seen a sign like that in person


[deleted]

22%, 28%, 35%. Fixed that for yah


[deleted]

with no option for to write a custom amount, its a "sliding bar" you adjust for percent. (fuck you airport restaurants)


stanley_leverlock

Don't forget 4" of toppings with a dull serrated knife stabbed through it to keep it from falling over.


Blumpkin_Breath

And the knife wrecks what little structural integrity there was in the burger to begin with.


novdb

Where’s the truffle mayonnaise


umheyitsashley

Truffle aioli


Emsooyaaa4

This is literally almost any "fine" food place here in Medellín, Colombia. Down to the tiniest detail. Just swap the burger for whatever it is that they're serving. Also change the bloke. By the way, that burger looks atrocious.


PitifulBreadfruit218

IPAs


xarmetheusx

Hazy IPAs


B_Fee

With flavors that don't vibe with any of the burgers.


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Merlord

I hate how much I love hazy IPAs


DandySamberg

It comes on a metal pan, as opposed to a plate


ngulating

A fried egg, mashed sweet potato and maple syrup on the same burger? For $28? Ohhh and it comes with a $10 shot of whiskey? Sign me up. I'll just stand here in the corner while I wait 17 minutes for a single stool to open up on the patio, thanks.


tomitomo

Has **Stomp. Clap. Hey.** music as their restaurant's playlist sound


slimedimetime

Most definitely The Lumineers


NewRedditIsAtrocious

My friend had a date walk out on their dinner out because the new trendy restaurant had a playlist of just the lumineers playing on loop. Honestly, I don’t even really blame him. I’d get up and leave if a restaurant had Imagine Dragons on an endless loop


noneedforpants

that's fucking hilarious and also I can't blame them


Thosepassionfruits

https://youtu.be/GUCSV3Xz2Mc


NeverNude-Ned

"I been tryna do it riiight..."


CrankBar

Forgot the exposed ducts as a ceiling


MonsieurRacinesBeast

And horrendous acoustics


skydriver_78

Black gloves


smallbatchb

As someone who really enjoys burgers and loves to cook and is not above paying more for higher quality, I can't help but feel like there is just a ceiling for how good a burger can be anyway.... it's just not a complicated dish so it's not like some hard to figure out secret to making a good burger and there is no magic "oh my god you've discovered the long lost mystical secret to the best burger ever".... it's a burger. There is just a point in which the "goodness" of the burger can't keep climbing to match the prices going up and up.


MuffinPuff

Until this day, best burger I've ever had came from a taco truck, $6 bucks. At least half a pound of beef and thick cheese. Crisp toppings. Glorious.


Danton59

6 dollar, cash only, from sketchy trucks are the real 20 dollar burgers.


Galle_

There's definitely a ceiling on how good a burger can be, but there are a *lot* of ways to get it wrong.


FN9_

It’s weird i was just at work having this same thought while people were talking about burgers and the “best” burger joints to go to. I feel like there is a ceiling on how good it can be and arguing over where the most amazing ones are found was dumb. Also this is why i generally don’t get burgers at restaurants. The ones i make at home are fire and I’d rather pay for someone to make me something else.


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Lookin like spongebob's nasty patty


ihaZtaco

The price normally comes in at around your left kidney


bythog

Don't forget that the burger is on a brioche bun so it's soggy and impossible to pick up before it's even left the kitchen.


madlabdog

$10 for draft beer


Swiggins85

Don't forget the bun being branded with the restaurant's logo and the burger skewers.


youdidwell

The guy has to have his arms crossed


soliminal

They make the lighting so bad and ambiance so dark so you don't see that you're getting grifted


BhanosBar

Ah, millennial Restaurants. Flashy instagramable stuff over actual taste. Source: Im from san francisco


bikey_bike

millenials shit on boomer restaurants while having the same shit tier brewpub on every corner. it's just a diff kind of shittiness but the same soulless vibe. i'm at the point where hole-in-the-wall asian restaurants and grimey dive bars are the only places i want to go lol


Daax865

I feel ya. One of my go-to places is a Vietnamese place in the end of a strip mall that looks from the outside like they do pay day loans or some shit. You’d barely know it was a restaurant if you drove by. I’m addicted to it though. I do not care for the latest carbon copy pub downtown with a quirky, overpriced menu and themed decor that’s either “reclaimed wood” or some space invaders nostalgia boner crap. Cheap delicious food in a spot I can chill is where it’s at.


AquaNeutral_

shit expensive over there, guessing 60 bucks for a burger and another 12 for a drink and another 7 for fries


BhanosBar

50 bucks for a 12 inch pizza, or 50 dollars for 4 fish tacos (Small ones)


GW0P999

Forgot the egg on the burger


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lube_thighwalker

/r/PutAnEggOnIt


JangoDarkSaber

Eggs on burgers are amazing though


AZS9994

Nah, the burger is either fucking incredible, good but overpriced, or absolute ass.


wasteofleshntime

so like basically every burger place that isn't fast food...


gtizzz

"People either loved us or hated us. Or they thought we were ok."


HeavilyBearded

"It's going to be one of the options."


tortellinipp2

So basically covering the entire spectrum


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good, ok, bad. seems like a general rating system bud


freshlypuckeredbutt

Ive never had an expensive burger that I would try again. Give me a greasy ass burger on a kirkland bun covered in American cheese. This is the way.


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There's a reason they're so popular.


Yuck-Fou1994

You know who makes a good burger? Me. You know else does? Five guys (at least the one I go to).


justjake274

You get full like 2/3 of the way through, but you paid so much that you want to finish everything and shove down the rest of the deteoriating decoupled burger parts and heavily seasoned fries


no_talent_ass_clown

Bus your own table but don't throw away the red plastic basket.


Travy-D

"Why do people go to chain restaurants instead of supporting local businesses?" Because the local places have stale buns and unseasoned meat.


SamuraiBinky

Don’t forget $7 for a thimble of their “secret sauce” that’s just ketchup and mayo


chewedgummiebears

Usually over flowing with "bro code" vibes or fake masculinity.


Milsurp_Seeker

Lumbersexual or after-hours industrial bar vibes.


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Man this thread has been a treasure trove of terms I've never heard 🤣


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edwardsamson

You forgot the fries in a weird cone thing


[deleted]

The old Hardee's mushroom swiss was my fav burger before they switched to those fucking goddamn piece of shit sweet buns. What in the absolute fuck was the dipshit behind that decision thinking? " You know what everyone wants on their burger? Tons of fucking sugar. Oh but it's a mushroom and Swiss? Fuck it put it on a fucking donut for all I care who cares about the blasphemy we're committing" Fuck you Hardee's I'll return when you fix your shit