Brgr
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 488-7500
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Between 26th Street and 27th Street
- Directions:
- 1 at 28th St
- Specialties:
- Hamburger
- Hours:
- Daily 11am-11pm
Editorial Review for Brgr – by Erin Behan
The Scene
Fast-food chic invades an otherwise dreary stretch of Seventh Avenue with striking results. Exposed brick walls, a bright orange and red color scheme, and butcher-block tables strike a harmonious balance. Though patrons order at the counter, food is delivered to the tables, and service is quick in spite of the written warnings that made-to-order food takes time.
The Food
In trendy fashion, the farmed source of the meats is listed on a prominent chalkboard. Though the combinations seem endless (14 in all), the main conundrum is beef, turkey or veggie. The turkey burger wins as the juiciest and most flavorful, especially when topped with nutty Gruyere. Add bacon to mellow the overly smoky beef version. All toppings--from radish sprouts to sweet onion marmalade--are market fresh. A welcome overindulgence is the addictive "onion hay" (aka onion straws). Ronnybrook Dairy provides the base for the thick, classic shakes.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoIf you want your burger anything but medium well, you have to ask.
Dine at the BarIf you're dining solo, try the lengthy bar that overlooks the open kitchen.
What to DrinkThe restaurant has regular soda and Boylan's sodas, but the hand-squeezed lemonade is a special tart treat ($2.50). Beer and wine ($4-$5) is also available.
The ExtrasYou can have a double or a triple burger for $2.50 or $5 extra.
User Reviews for Brgr
07/01/2008 Posted by Brgrsux
Like so many new lunch places in NYC these days, Brgr takes a really simple food idea and screws it up, royal-y w/ cheese. It took a good twenty minutes for the surly waiter-dude to drop the greasy sac in my hands. Back at work, I opened the cutesey bag to find a crumpled foil ball with a crumpled cheeseburger. I guess my burger was the one the cooks kept pulling apart and reassembling in front of me. All this: (1) chesseburger w/ complementary fixins and (1) fountain soda = $10.02. But the crowd makes it worth it: 30 yr old dufuses from Columbus OH going on about their summer long bender, alongside the usual slog of balding Bruce-Willis-Dads sneering and drooling at unlucky ladies. I am sorry if I sound like an a-hole, I just really didn't enjoy it, especially b/c of the cost of it. I also take full responsibility for any and all spelling mistakes.
Pros: style over substance
Cons: expensive, slow and greasy
06/08/2008 Posted by opinionz
I went in to brgr on a Sunday night and ordered a veggie burger and fries. It was over $10! Additionally, it wasn't air conditioned even though it was well into the 80s after a day in the mid 90s, so I didn't want to stay to eat there, as I had planned. There were only about 4 other people ordering/waiting for food in the place, with four cooks and it took 16 minutes for me to get my food! They brought it out in a basket so they had to re-wrap it up and then I was on my way. The food itself was alright. The french fries were kinda skinny and a little too salty, but that's all in my preference. The portion was generous. The veggie burger wasn't bad, wasn't good. It also was on the larger side. Like others said, the toppings were lacking, even though mine were very basic (ketchup, lettuce, onions). In all, I don't think I will go back because it was so expensive and not amazing on any front.
Pros: Nice interior
Cons: Slow, expensive, no A/C
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