Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger

I haven't done a big detailed food post in a while, so here goes.

Yelp, baby.

it's a very nice, wide open store that is well lit in the middle of the day.  i got there around 12:45pm and you would expect that the place would be packed with lunchers, but it wasn't.  and the parking lot was really easy to park in.

if you park directly across the street from the restaurant, and you don't want to walk to one far intersection or another, then you will choose to jay walk to go straight in.  when i was sitting eating my LCB (little cheese burger), i saw a few people do the same as i did: jay walk.  after you chicken run across the street, then you walk up across a grassy incline to the front door.  if there was more foot traffic from the parking lot jay walking, then there would probably be a dead path of grass that they would have to stone over to keep it looking pretty.

I think the shopping center needs to do some extra marketing or something special to get more people in through here.  Maybe the 'hood had a bad reputation or something.  I don't know.  Maybe it's because it was a Monday.  I don't know, but it seemed like it should be more busy.

for me, the LCB, as they call it, is the perfect amount of beef.  i don't need too much because ground beef is so rich and fatty.  you think having more beef is good, but it will probably just kill you faster.  anyways, i finally noticed today that they toast the buns.  and that reminded me of In-n-Out.  For me, In-n-Out is the gold standard for really good fast food burgers.  It seems like these guys basically did their non-Christian version of In-n-Out and have done a great job.  lightly toasted burger buns are so damn good!

the peanut deal is unique.  but i'm not so into that.

it's $6.45 for an LCB.  whether you get it all the way, or plain, it's $6.45.  to me, for a fast food place, it's a bit expensive.  but i get it.  they have a unique brand, they have very, very specific decor, the vibe is good - they were playing Beck's 'Devil's Haircut' while i was munching on my burger.  but i am pretty sure that according to fast food standards, $6.45 for just the burger is a bit high.  it's okay though, i like it.  I just need to remember to not get the pickles on the 'all they way LCB'.

here's the last observation.  the little light wood colored chairs sit really low to the tables.  i have no idea why it's like that.  the tables look like they are the normal height.  all i know is, i usually sit pretty high (if i sit up straight) to the table.  but in this case, even if I sat up straight as a stick, i still felt like i had to struggle to get my elbows on the table.  maybe they want your face to be as close to the table as possible so that when your pigging out on your burger there will be less chance that the burger bits will fly onto the floor.  of course it could be just dumb luck that the tables and chairs are like that.

the burger is good though.  i really like the cajun seasoning you can get on the fries, but the last time i tried them, they were a bit too soggy.  it might be a product of the fact that the potatoes are fresh.  like In-n-Out.  i find that In-n-Out fries tend to be a little too soggy for me too.  but that doesn't stop me from eating a lot of them.