BurgerIM

Burgerim is one of the fastest growing burger chains in America, and now we have one here.  My daughter and I went in to check it out the other day.  We ordered chicken wings and a triple combo, with a couple of milkshakes.

We'll start with the good news--the wings were excellent.  Crispy and crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside, and the Sweet Crunchy Chili Garlic Sauce is just marvelous.  The six pieces in a serving are quite large, so it's plenty for a good meal.

It's somewhat downhill from there.  For the combo, I had a beef patty with bacon and cheese, a lamb patty done gyro-style, and a veggie burger that's not on the national menu.  The beef patty, like all of them, was definitely a prefab, and a bit chewy.  Not much flavor.  The buns were not special either, kind of a standard white bread bun that was hard to handle with the sauce.  The lamb patty burger came with a yogurt sauce, and I added onions.  I could not pick out any lamb flavor, and the sauce did not have a whole lot either.  Ended up just putting ketchup on it.  The veggie burger is an upcharge and comes with no toppings--I added some cheese and a few other things.  It wasn't bad, again with ketchup, but it didn't make me want to give up on beef.

The fries are little potato discs, done firm and nicely seasoned--I liked those just fine.

The milkshakes were an adventure.  The counter person took our order--then left the building, apparently to go shopping.  Burgers take a little time to make, and the grocery store is nearby, so she was back in time for the shakes to be made and served as a dessert.  Kudos to the staff for the effort, but I think I would have appreciated being told that there would be a wait for the shakes.  The shakes themselves suffered a little from the rush job--my chocolate shake had some cookies-and-cream leftovers in it, which did not improve it.  Just OK.  But the service was overall very good and I do give the staff points for trying.

The drink machine is a Coke Freestyle, which was in working order but didn't have a great selection.  The decor is fast-growing-burger-chain, with an inoffensive color scheme and sayings on the counter.  There are two small, gendered restrooms--the men's room was long-term occupied during my visit so I can't say what that was like.

It's easy to run up a hefty tab--many of the toppings are an extra charge, so getting a burger your way can get pricey.

The burger restaurant market is crowded, so I don't see why I would go back.  Unless I want to get wings, those are actually worth returning for.  

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