OC Burger

OC Burgers - Watauga, Texas - April 27, 2008

The GOOD: Sadly, I have no positive comments and, neither did Dianna. Could it be because we just ate at Chris Madrid's (current home of the world's greatest burger) in San Antonio two days prior? Maybe, maybe not? This place is busy so, we will probably give it another try, just not anytime soon. One thing that really bothers me is when food joints display pictures of their food that look nothing like the actual product. OC Burgers goes as far as putting a picture of their 1/4 burger on their outdoor sign. The pictured burger looks like a nice, juicy super thick patty.....but, the real deal has a patty about as thin as a Sonic burger. I suggest that our elected US Congress people investigate these types of blatant disregards of "truth in advertisement," instead of wasting taxpayer monies questioning steroid/HgH taking "professional" baseball players.

The BAD: Although OC has an extensive menu of many different burgers, burritos and breakfast we ordered 3 regular 1/4 burgers with fries. The burgers here are chargrilled versus the typical griddled. The patties were very thin and cooked all the way through. The burgers had the quasi thousand island dressing that many burger joints - In and Out I think was the original, followed by the Big Mac; Tim Love of Fort Worth's Love Shack has his own southwestern take that goes on their burgers. I was not impressed with the OC version. It had a weird seasoning that gave it a Asian flavoring. I would order the burger without the special sauce. The fries were also a disappointment. I was hoping for fresh cut potatoes "double-fried" (aren't we all?). What we got were below average, slightly greasy food-service papas. I am perfectly ok with slightly greasy, I am not ok with below average food-service. Maybe the food-service onion rings would have been a better choice.

The UGLY: Either the order taker or the kitchen help can't follow simple instructions. We ordered 3 burgers and all 3 came out wrong. Two of the burgers were ordered with grilled onions....both of those had NO onions. The third burger was ordered without special sauce but, it came out with sauce slathered all over. We decided to scrape off the sauce and just eat the other two without grilled onions. No need in complaining only to have the burgers re-done and get the chef's "special."

The RATING:
2 out 5 Burgers