Since my last post might have scared you into renouncing cheeseburgers, this post should undo the damage.
I take burgers very seriously. Fortunately for me, this great city has lots to offer. I’ve sampled many that allegedly take themselves seriously and in my humble opinion, Five Guys’ and DBGB‘s Yankee Burger are the best. As of Tuesday evening, 5 Napkin’s Original Burger holds a spot on my list of favorites, too.
The outside view of the Union Square location looks no fancier than your average diner. To my pleasant surprise, it was actually quite elegant inside, with dark colored booths, white tiled columns, and lots of interesting textures to keep the eye entertained. There’s also a gorgeous, fully stocked bar; as well as an extensive selection of domestic and imported beers.
The Original 5 Napkin Burger: a 10 oz. ground chuck patty, sweet caramelized onions and mild gruyere cheese, with a generous heap of rosemary aioli.
The beef itself was delicious – I would not have minded eating the patty all by itself. But the caramelized onions, rosemary aioli (which is a homemade mayo) and melted cheese, which is like the most awesome combo ever, took it way over the top. You know I didn’t dare ruin this beauty with ketchup. Also, please note that this meal practically weighed in at one pound! And with the exception of some fries, I stuffed my face with almost all of it. Are you proud of me or what?
To drink, I ordered the Avery White Rascal, a Belgian-style unfiltered wheat beer. It was the perfect light compliment to my obscenely massive burger.
For more info and a location near you, visit 5napkinburger.com
West Coast-ers are faithful to In-N-Out (I’ve never been) while many New Yorkers claim Shake Shack is the best — what’s your personal favorite?
Declan here.
First, awesome post, everyone should take burgers seriously!
Second, “You know I didn’t dare ruin this beauty with ketchup.” What’s wrong with ketchup?! You know who I work for!
Third, I’d say In-N-Out Burger just nudges past Five Guys for best “burger and fry” combination. But since I live in Pittsburgh, Five Guys will do.
Fourth, Belgian wheat bear is awesome!
Fifth, now I’m hungry for a burger, thanks!
haha!
There’s a time and place for everything; and this was neither the time nor place for ketchup
Erica here this time. Declan really likes his Belgian wheat “bear” hahaha
Can you blame him? Belgian bears are simply irresistible.
Ah! A week ago a friend and I were trudging around the area and stared long and hard at the 5 Napkin Burger menu, then continued our trudge. We ended up at Mark (St. Mark’s between 3rd & 2nd? I think?) They serve sliders, fries and shakes, but more importantly, they supply you with ample squirt bottles of BBQ sauce, ketchup, pureed jalapeno ketchup and chipotle ketchup, which, honestly, could make an old sponge delicious. The burgers themselves are pretty good, but not amazeballs, so it’s totally okay to drown them in the sauces.
Also, Happy Hour gifted me a $3 organic summer ale, omfg.
5 Napkin is still on the list of places to try, but mayhap put Mark on yours
Okay. I’ll put it on me list. And I cannot believe you used the word ‘amazeballs’!
The burger looks proper mental actually. It must contain about 5000 calories.
The chips let it down a bit though.
The “fries” were great actually. And what is “proper mental”??
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