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BL Burger Bar

If you try to search for BL Burger Bar on Yelp or Google Maps, you’ll be out of luck. The Black Lodge is what you should be searching for, though the folks running the joint haven’t quite gotten around to updating their location data online. What they have updated is their menu, which is now…

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Midnight Express

That’s a nice looking burger, right? I got it at Midnight Express on the Upper East Side. And after eating it I got to thinking, how many people are going to restaurants and spending their hard-earned money on food because they saw a photo that looked good. If my experience with Instagram is any indication,…

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Ruumy’s Tavern

Brand new burger alert! Ruumy’s Tavern just opened in midtown and it’s a spot you’re going to want to try. From it’s romantic and mysterious downstairs bar to its Ashkenazi-inspired menu to its Gramercy Tavern alum in the kitchen, there’s a lot to love at Ruumy’s. They also have a burger at the center of…

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Killer B

What is there to say about the modern burger scene that hasn’t been said already hundreds of times, often by me? Not a lot. But one thing that I personally haven’t commented on much is the rise of Frankenburgers. Nowadays, my Facebook feed is made pretty much entirely of food sites posting videos of gigantic…

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The Stanton Social

It strikes me as strange that, from time to time, I eat a burger that I was sure I’d reviewed for this blog before, only to be proven wrong. The mini burger and its variants at Stanton Social fall into this perplexing category. The restaurant has been open for about twelve years on the Lower East…