Monday, July 12, 2010

HH - The Old Fashioned

Up this week is the Old Fashioned in downtown Madison...

The O.F. lists two burgers on their menu:
No. 30
The Old Fashioned House Burger-grilled over a live fire and topped with fried onions, Bavaria's hickory-smoked bacon, aged Cheddar, garlic sauce and a soft-cooked egg on a buttered and toasted roll..........................................................$8.95

No. 31
Build Your Own Burger-with lettuce, fried or raw onions, pickles and choice of spread: mayo, smoked Spanish paprika, roasted garlic, ranch, tiger or tiger blue sauce.............................$5.95 Add Cheddar, Swiss, Colby, Muenster, Blue or Pepperjack cheese....................................$1.00 Add fried egg, bacon or Braunschweiger.......$1.25

Both burgers are served with  choice of fries, tossed green salad or substitute
Haystack onion strings $1.00
Herbed potato salad from Porchlight $2.00
House-made fresh Wisconsin beer-battered cheese curds $3.00

The plan is for the group to order carry-out and have the taste test out on the cap. lawn during Concerts on the Square.  Two attendees already say O.F. serves the best burger they have ever had in their entire life...so...expectations are high.  

Check back in on Wednesday night / Thursday morning to see the results posted in the comments thread of this post.  

Hamburger Heaven - The rules

The idea - visit multiple hamburger joints in and around Madison.  Compare notes...Choose winners.

The judging criteria -
a.  The Patty
b.  The Toppings
c.  The Atmosphere
d.  The Sides

The Scoring -
1 - McDonalds is a step up from this
2 - Could be good hangover food
3 - Just right
4 - I would definitely come back
5 - I will dream about this hamburger

Look for later posts on each new location.