America. The Diner. Funky, fun and open almost 24 hours LEO's Eats with Robin GarrAmerica The Diner's hamburger
Today let us celebrate the noble hamburger, an iconic confection that's easier to eat than it is to research.
Aka "hamburg steak," this ubiquitous ground-meat patty on a bun has been known by that name only since around the 1890s, the usually reliable Online Etymology Dictionary tells us. The hamburger's historic connection to Hamburg, Germany, is also asserted but unproven, but that's not important right now.
What is important right now is good eats, and a well-made hamburger certainly qualifies. A great burger is a thing of beauty. Made of coarsely-ground, quality beef, handled with the kind of tender care that you'd bring to bathing an infant, and cooked to a bright-pink medium rare (something you should never do with an infant), a fine burger can provide as much pleasure as a good steak.
I'm prepared to nominate America the Diner's burger as one of the city's best. Its thoughtful blend of ground beef, brisket and skirt steak from Fox Hollow Farm is beyond reproach.
The $9 "Signature Burger" is built on a rich eggy bun from Nord's bakery, buttered and grilled before becoming the base for a hefty, juicy patty that's almost charred on the margins, still hot-pink inside. Dressed with blue cheese crumbles, a thick slice of juicy fresh tomato and a handful of Grateful Greens' colorful "wildfire" lettuce mix, it's first-rate.
That being said, however, I had just fashioned these lines when this scary headline from AlterNet flashed across my newsfeed: "Why You Really Might Want to Go with a Having a Veggie Burger Instead."
Whaaa? ...
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/?p=5364See this column also in LEO Weekly:
http://www.leoweekly.com/2015/09/americ ... -24-hours/America. The Diner.962 Baxter Ave
822-1282
https://www.facebook.com/pages/America- ... 0646731352Robin Garr's rating: 86 points