Category: Reviews

Review #55: Chevy’s at Watergreen (Apex, NC) – CLOSED

Review #55: Chevy’s at Watergreen (Apex, NC) – CLOSED

***Since the writing of this review. Chevy’s at Watergreen is closed. It is now Off Kilter Pub. We don’t know much about it. We’ll plan on checking it out, though.*** Scott’s Review It’s review...

Review #54 – Craft Public House (Cary, NC)

Review #54 – Craft Public House (Cary, NC)

The burgers at Craft Public House in Cary are average. Exceedingly so. They’re so extraordinarily ordinary, in fact, that they inspired these burgiatrists to recall other outstandingly unremarkable experiences gone by. To take a...

Renegade Review: Crush Street Food (Prague, Czech Republic)

Renegade Review: Crush Street Food (Prague, Czech Republic)

As I travel this crazy burger-loving world, it becomes increasingly obvious that burgers are attaining their rightful status as a national meal. It warms this burgiatrist’s heart. My burgiatric travels recently took me to...

Review #53 — Rally Point Sport Grill (Cary)

Review #53 — Rally Point Sport Grill (Cary)

Strip Mall Surprise: A Recipe Ingredients: 3 skeptical burgiatrists 1 generic strip mall sports bar 3 burgers 2 orders of hot wings Preparation: Receive an email about yet another “best burger in the Triangle!!!”...

Review #52: Carolina Ale House (Cary)

Review #52: Carolina Ale House (Cary)

This review is meant to be enjoyed with a friend—Mad Libs style! Mad:)Take SPORTS-THEMED CHAIN RESTAURANT…VERY POPULAR…LIKE 10-15 LOCATIONS…HELL, JUST SAY “CAROLINA ALE HOUSE” WORD YOU WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE EVERY STING SOLO ALBUM...

Review #51 – King’s Sandwich Shop (Durham, NC)

Review #51 – King’s Sandwich Shop (Durham, NC)

We Three Kings of Burgiatry Are   We three kings of burgiatry are Bearing hunger we traverse afar To Geer & Foster, getting lost-er Following yonder char   Refrain Oh, burger wonder, beefy delight...

Review #50 – Burger Five-0! Umstead Hotel Bar (Cary, NC)

Review #50 – Burger Five-0! Umstead Hotel Bar (Cary, NC)

(cue horns and surf guitars) Book ‘em, Danno. Burger One. It’s not every day that The Straight Beef conducts its 50th official review. Assuming that no one would recognize us if we disguised ourselves...

Review #49 – Al’s Burger Shack (Chapel Hill, NC)

Review #49 – Al’s Burger Shack (Chapel Hill, NC)

The four most renowned palates in burgiatry are gathered at the table. They are at Al’s Burger Shack, a newly opened counter service and takeout restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The interior is...

Review #48 – Village Draft House (Raleigh): The Straight Beef and NC Beer Guys Join Forces

Review #48 – Village Draft House (Raleigh): The Straight Beef and NC Beer Guys Join Forces

Podcast Super Combo Man, podcast #9—featuring our buds Glenn and Dave, the NC Beer Guys—is a good one, frothing with craft beer wisdom aplenty. Download it from iTunes or directly from our Libsyn feed. As...

Review #47 – Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar (Raleigh, NC)

Review #47 – Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar (Raleigh, NC)

Pop Culture A-Plenty On the menu. On the walls. In the enormous fish tank (which was featured on Animal Planet’s Tanked). Everywhere you look at Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar in Raleigh’s trendy North Hills...