Review #93 – North Ridge Pub (Raleigh, NC)
Don If you are interested in paying top dollar for a food service burger, have I got the place for you. North Ridge Pub will cook your burger anyway you want it as long...
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Focus on Takeout – Rudy’s Pub and Grill (Apex, NC)
My place to go for wings is Rudy’s. Every Tuesday night, they have $0.55 wing night. You can order an number of sauces. I have been going there for years and have never had...
Review #92 – Village Deli & Grill (Raleigh, NC)
Village Deli & Grill and a New Focus on Takeout! Back in February, before the Coronavirus pandemic shuttered restaurants and canceled dining out for the time being, Michael and Chad made it out to...
Bad Daddy’s Re-Review
The beginning of a new year often means new experiences, but The Straight Beef, being the contrarians that we are, decided it was best that we do a re-review of one of our most...
Reviews #90 and #91 – Shake Shack vs Square Burger
Shake Shack vs Fake Shack Square Burger and Shake Shack are new entrants to the burger landscape of the Triangle. Shake Shack started in Madison Square in the early part of this century. They...
Review #89 – Local 22 (Durham, NC)
Michael: Damn!* 4.75 Carolyn: Daaayyuum!* 4.75 Don: Daaaaaaaammmnn!* 4.75 Chad: Lamb? Damn!** 4.75 Overall rating: 4.75 out of 5 Overall rank: 7 out of 89 *The overall consensus was that the build kept the...
Review #88 – Burger Boy (Wilson, NC)
Over the Memorial Day weekend, my family and I went to Wilson to see the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park. What do you do when you are in a city for the first time and...
Review #87 – Royale (Raleigh, NC)
Deconstructionism, the Royale burger, and Objective Burger Truth Listen to The Straight Beef Podcast for more on the Royale and the topic of when a burger is not a burger Oh those wacky French...
Review #86 – The Mecca Restaurant (Raleigh, NC)
Our Double Glo Burgers crash landed at the table with its eponymous Glo sauce completely melted away. The first few bites revealed a well-seasoned, slightly over-cooked but otherwise fair to middling burger. The Double...
Review #85: Hops Burger Bar (Chapel Hill, NC) – CLOSED
REVIEW #85 – HOPS BURGER BAR, CHAPEL HILL Be Careful What You Ask For We here at the Straight Beef like to push boundaries. We love and revere a classic burger and are forever...