Good Eats

[WRXtranceformed]

I'm always down to try a bougie burger but you would have to be high to pay $16 for a meat patty from a Kansas wholesaler.  For that price tag it better be right from Billy Bob's local farm down the skreet and preferably something exotic like bison meat

It was definitely expensive no doubt about it. It was worth it. But to say Creekstone Farms is a run of the mill wholesaler is not doing them justice. Their beef is distributed on the east coast by Pat LaFreida who knows a thing or two about beef. Creekstone also supplies Shake Shack which seems to be doing pretty well with 136 locations worldwide.

Just because it's local doesn't mean anything other than maybe it is fresh that day. You have no idea how Billy Bob raises his cows, what their diet is, what their habitat is like. Local being better is a marketing tactic farmers markets have done extremely well with.

"Marketing tactician" and "local farmer" aren't generally two things that go together too well from my experience having grown up on a farm and being surrounded by them right now.   

You're getting sold to hard by the wholesalers to be honest, but if it's a good burger it's a good burger.  I just personally wouldn't buy in on farm-to-table pricing for meat that's coming from a wholesaler that ships product to Russia and Istanbul.  We don't even get eggs from the larger organic grocery store distributors here anymore unless we don't have a choice. They aren't even close to the same.  If you trust the local source and you know their growing & farming practices, that's worth paying a premium for...stuff that is frozen and shipped all over the world at that kind of scale can never have the same kind of quality control.

[Senor_Taylor]

Burger looks good. Would eat.

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[Jake]

Duke's Grocery is one of my favorites and that burger is faaaaantastic. The whole menu is more expensive than it should be but the food is always really good. I'd meet you there Jon.

Another place I enjoy in NW is Stoney's. It's this kinda shitty divey looking place across from the Whole Foods on P St, but the food is reasonably priced and very good. They have some killer grilled cheese options.

[JPolen01]

Duke's Grocery is one of my favorites and that burger is faaaaantastic. The whole menu is more expensive than it should be but the food is always really good. 

Have you gotten anything else there? My buddy was in the predicament where the burger is so good he gets it every time in fear that nothing else will be as good. Sunday they only have the brunch menu which didn't have any of their other sandwiches which are supposed to great.

[Jake]

Duke's Grocery is one of my favorites and that burger is faaaaantastic. The whole menu is more expensive than it should be but the food is always really good. 

Have you gotten anything else there? My buddy was in the predicament where the burger is so good he gets it every time in fear that nothing else will be as good. Sunday they only have the brunch menu which didn't have any of their other sandwiches which are supposed to great.

I got the "Torta Milanesa 'Cubano'" which was delicious:  chicken schnitzel, jarlsberg cheese, romaine lettuce, tomato, avocado, capicola ham, pickled jalapeno, garlic aioli, dijon, onion, torta roll. They also have a brisket sandwich that the bartender said was really good, I just wasn't feeling brisket the last time I went.

[.RJ]

$16 hipster burger with sweet chili and garlic aioli? Get that shit out of here.

DC pricing.

I'm not a huge fan of all of the toppings, I think it takes the focus away from the meat, but its part of the experience.  A plain burger aint going to blow anyone away.

[JPolen01]

I'm not a huge fan of all of the toppings, I think it takes the focus away from the meat, but its part of the experience.  A plain burger aint going to blow anyone away.

I usually am with you on the toppings. I've cut down to just onion and pickles on almost all burgers I eat. This one was different though. The different flavors all worked together. People next to us were ordering without this and that and after eating it the way the chef created it, I think it would be a disservice to change it up. Different strokes though.

[.RJ]

Either way, sounds like I need to make it down there.

Who wants to go? G, Jake, DJ, Taylor?

[Senor_Taylor]

I'm down to go sometime. Was thinking about logistics earlier. I'll drag Zach and Tyler along.

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[Jake]

I'd go - fair warning, it's a small place and I'm not sure if they do reservations. Can definitely call and ask.

On the note of "how the chef does it" - I've been taking that approach lately and enjoying it quite a bit. Unless there's something that I find 100% gross or am allergic to/don't want for dietary reasons, I don't see the reason to deviate. Same for how meat is cooked - just do it how the chef recommends, thanks.

[CaptainHenreh]

[JustinG]

Isn't everything the best thing you have ever eaten when you are high?

[JPolen01]

^False

[JPolen01]

Did anyone go try this burger yet?

[Senor_Taylor]

Tyler and I might go try it this weekend.

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[*insertusernamehere*]

Someone update me, I want in

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[Senor_Taylor]

You're welcome to join. We're doing tourist stuff after noon and brapping around in our rice carts.

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[JPolen01]

 brapping around in our rice carts.

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You should go to Chinatown then. There is a Matchbox location there. Great pizza.

[*insertusernamehere*]

I love being a tourist

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[JPolen01]

I don't really know what the Washington City Paper is, but Dukes Grocery was voted (by readers) as Best Burger in DC for 2017. I told you.