Review #67 – Burger Bach (Durham, NC)
Burger Bach is the latest in the string of high end burger chains that have settled in the Triangle. The gimmick here is their focus on New Zealand beef, lamb, cheeses and honey, all...
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Review #66 – Krafty’s Burgers and Brews (Garner, NC)
FADE IN: FX: Whirling newspaper that stops to reveal the headline “Krafty’s Burgers & Brews.” SUPER: Burgertone News Presents! SOUND FX: Morse code telegraph sound -.- .-. .- ..-. – -.– .—-. … ANNCR: ...
Review #65 – West Park Tavern (Cary, NC)
Please rise for the Honorable Judge and Burgiatrist in Residence Carolyn McLain. Carolyn: We are here today to hear the arguments of Senior Burgiatrist Michael Marino and Burger Evangelist The Reverend Donald Corey. Before...
Review #64 – Mason Jar Tavern (Holly Springs, NC)
We rolled up separately in our suburban dad-mobiles so as to avoid unwanted attention. Our wily prey had taken great pains to conceal itself among the pedestrian surroundings of an infill shopping center, a...
Review #63 – Jimmy V’s Steakhouse (Cary, NC)
[Editor’s Note: Before you read this review, please take time to donate to The V Foundation for Cancer Research. We’ll make it easy for you. Just click here.] Listen, Baby, when Jimmy V was...
Review #62 – Mattie B’s (Durham, NC)
Ready To Enter TSB’s Non-Commitment Contest? Kinda? Perfect! Mattie B’s Public House isn’t ready to commit. Its menu and décor kinda feature a musical theme, kinda not. Its homemade chips kinda come as described,...
Review #61: Capital Club 16 (Raleigh)
Review #61: Capital Club 16 (Raleigh) With guest reviewer Shawn Krest The Straight Beef was fortunate enough to break burgiatric bread with CBS sportswriter and veteran wordsmith Shawn Krest. (More about Shawn below.) That...
Review #60: Elevation Burger (Raleigh)
ELEVATION: THE SOY LATTE OF HAMBURGERS Do you drive a Prius? Do you own a recumbent bike? Have you ever organized a protest? If you answered yes to any one of these, have we...
Review #59 – T.MAC (Cary, NC)
We’re positive people. We say yes to life. We subscribe wholeheartedly to the philosophy that unicorns and rainbows are awesome. And while the total downers of the world get their kicks from being judgy—including...
Review #58: Town Hall Burger and Beer (Durham)
In The Straight Beef Podcast #17, the following assertion was set forth: Hamburgers are by definition made of beef and served on a round bun. The controversy that followed was marked by a vitriol...