The Experience: Trout Town Country Café is owned and operated by Kalkaska chef Dan Bloomquist, and they have been a local favorite for years. Located just off the downtown strip, Trout Town Country Café website heavily promotes their briskets, specialty French toast, country style breakfasts, and homemade pies. But come on, I’m a burger man….
The Experience: A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Red Hook and ate the burger at Grindhaus. It was great. Great enough that it earned a spot on my best of list for 2015. Grindhaus gets their meat from Fleishers Craft Butchery, so it should come as no surprised that when I was…
The Experience: You know what I can’t stand about the larger food websites servicing New York City? Cynicism. Before visiting Uncle Sam’s Burgers, a new fast-casual outpost on 5th Avenue that originated in China, I read a few articles about the restaurant’s opening on the typical larger sites. What I found was coverage ranging from…
The Experience: Upon arriving at Dexter, I can honestly say I wasn’t sure I was in for a good meal. From afar, it doesn’t seem like a welcoming place given what surrounds it. As it turns out, the opposite was true, as it was very clean, fresh and welcoming. These guys have done a top…
2015 was a great year for burgers in New York City. New restaurants debuted amazing hamburger offerings, and old favorites proved that they are still in the game. In 2015, I wrote about burgers from 73 different burger joints in New York City alone. While I do encourage you to go back and read about…