#2: Uptown Tavern

Uptown Tavern -  July 24, 2017
$20.?? after tax, before tip (I forgot to keep bill.  I think it was $20.25)

On the second stop of my little Nelson Burger Tour I went to the Uptown Tavern at the Adventure Hotel.  I think that's what it's called...I still think of it as The Lord Nelson from years ago.

It was later in the night and so I didn't have as much choice, so I went there.  Although I have eaten at Louie's Steakhouse a few times (in the same building) it was the first time I had ever eaten there.  

It was pretty empty in there and I was cool with that.  I don't like loud-ass restaurants.  I just walked up to the bar and ordered a burger and ginger ale.  Same toppings when possible:  Jalapeno's, cheese, and bacon.  I figure if I'm gonna have a burger, I'm gonna have a fuckin' BURGER!

I picked a seat that had straight view of two of the zillions of TV's all over the walls.  I sat down and watched the TSN top 10 of sport kicks...like a NASCAR driver who ran and did a double leg kick into another guy's car, and a baseball hitter who kicked the catcher.  Those kinds of kicks.  🙂  On the other TV was American Ninja Warrior.  Not really my thing, but a way to stare while waiting for food.

When the burger came it looked a little strange to me.  The bun was like a thin little cheese or pizza lookin' bun.  There was a pitiful amount of fries too.  

I asked my server for a steak knife so I could cut it in half and take a photo of it.  The Baker Street Grill at The Best Western brings them automatically.

It was kinda dark in there, so I couldn't really see too much of what it looked like.  As I have decided to do on this little tour, I took a few photos, and a video of me cutting it in half, so maybe they will reveal something more when I see them.

Once I did that I picked 'er up and dug in.  First bit was OK, but also kinda gross.  It just tasted burnt...like I was eating charcoal.  I took another bite and the same thing happened.  I took a schwill of my ginger ale to try and wash away the charcoal-y taste in my mouth.  That made shit worse though as the ginger ale was flat and watery tasting.  Not a good start.

I don't like cutting burgers in half 'cause they are more apt to fall apart in your hand that way it seems.  Oh well, just gotta pay more attention to holding onto it. 

I kept going through the burger.  Nothing changed though.  Bite after bite was charcoal after charcoal.  Grosser and grosser.  The ginger ale only seemed to get worse.  It didn't seem possible to get flatter and flatter, but it sure found its way to the land of worst ginger ale perhaps of all time.

So, there I was chewing on shitty charcoal and sipping flat-ass watery ginger ale.  I always have had the opinion that a burger is the easiest thing to make for a restaurant and should tell you everything you need to know about the standard of the place.  Well, based on this burger...I am never eating there again.  Ultra burger fail.  The one plus is that although it was gross as fuck, it didn't make me sick, so yes, I will give it that.