Burger Girl fills our diner needs whenever we’re up The Bison Combo, featuring two quarter-pound patties at Burger Girl Diner.I got the jingle “two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun” stuck in my head the other day, and there was no way to stave off the crave. So I blasted off to get one. No, not Mickey D’s. Better. The double bison burger at the new Burger Girl Diner takes two all-beef patties to a whole new level.
Actually, just about everything we’ve tried in two visits to Burger Girl was satisfying. It’s good to have a diner and burger joint in the stretch where Crescent Hill meets St. Matthews; and there’s more on the way: Owner Dan Borsch, who also operates Burger Boy, Old Louisville Tavern and Toonerville Deli, will soon open Hillcrest Tavern a few blocks west on Frankfort Avenue. If Burger Girl is Burger Boy’s East side twin, so Hillcrest Tavern will echo Old Louisville Tavern.
Borsch and crew have rebuilt the former quarters of Bluegrass Burgers, reopening last March in a bright, sunny venue that offers just about everything that a proper diner needs: A row of round, red-topped spinning chrome diner stools lined up along a counter so you can watch the cooks fashioning your meal on a classic flat-top grill while you eat. Not coincidentally, it looks a lot like Burger Boy.
Comfortable black leather-look booths line big plate-glass windows across the front of the small room so you can watch the Frankfort Avenue world go by while you dine. If you’d rather get away from it all, a calming sky-blue side room houses several more tables away from the rush.
Better yet, you can go any time you want to. The slogan, “If you’re up, we’re open,” greets you at the front door. That’s what proper diners do: When you want them, they’re there.
The tri-fold menu, a virtual clone of the Burger Boy bill of fare, features a full panel for breakfast items (available 24x7), and another panel for all manner of burgers. There’s also a choice of sandwiches, soups, salads, and desserts.
Only two of the 20 breakfast options will cost you more than $10: Rib eye steak and three eggs is $13.99; a three-egg Western omelet combo is $11.99. All the rest ranges in price from $4.99 (for buttermilk pancakes) to $9.49 (for a turkey bacon or turkey sausage or Philly cheesesteak omelet).
Ten takes on the burger – all cooked to at least medium, the menu warns – range from $7.99 (for a grilled turkey burger) to $13.99 (for the bison Burger Girl combo with fries and a soft drink). That combo, like the $9.99 Burger Girl combo with Angus beef, features, yes, two all-beef patties with lettuce, cheese, pickles … you get the idea.
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709-5454
https://facebook.com/burgergirldinerRobin Garr’s rating: 86 points.
Noise level: Conversation among our tablemates was easy during a moderately busy lunch hour. (Average sound was 73dB, the level of normal conversation,]
Accessibility: The entrance is level, so wheelchair users can roll in, and the restrooms are equipped for wheelchair users. There was no space reserved for disabled patrons in the small parking area.