Tagged: Review

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 #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 #46 – Merritt’s Store and Grill

Review #46 – Merritt’s Store and Grill

We find our humble burgiatrists wandering around Merritt’s Store & Grill, each of them eager to successfully execute the Sisyphean processes of ordering, receiving, and paying for a hamburger. ACT I: ORDERING Michael: Well,...

Review #44 – Brewster’s Pub (Cary, NC)

Review #44 – Brewster’s Pub (Cary, NC)

What two tastes make the greatest taste combo? No, it’s not peanut butter and chocolate—though that’s close. It’s burgers and beer, of course. That’s why The Straight Beef teamed up with our hoppy counterparts...

Review #41 – Geer Street Garden (Durham, NC)

Review #41 – Geer Street Garden (Durham, NC)

Geer Street Garden (Durham) Durham’s popular Geer Street Garden—spitting distance from Duke Tower—offers one burger, infinite ways. The third of its three listed toppings—bacon, cheese, and “What-Have-You”—summoned the inner Seuss in each of us…...

Review #39 – Bad Daddy Burger Bar (Raleigh, NC)

Review #39 – Bad Daddy Burger Bar (Raleigh, NC)

Review compiled from email exchange following burgers at BDBB’s: Scott: What did you guys think of Bad Daddy’s last night? The beef-based Cantina Burger was decent. I’ll go as far as “acceptable.” Michael: I...

Notes from the Burger Underground

Notes from the Burger Underground

 I want fries with that! There are two key tomes in the canon of hamburger lore, both published in 2005. It was a banner year for hamburger research. George Motz produced his highly regarded...