I have seen this place for a while and I finally got around to dining there with my kids this afternoon ... "Gourmet" burgers are having to fill very large shoes in my book. sometimes a place says they have gourmet burgers, most of the time they just have overpriced ones. Today, I was surprised by my meal.
Jerry Built says their burgers are "Homegrown." When they say homegrown, they mean it.
Their beverage bar is at the back of the place. When I was getting my tea ... which in itself is not bad, but not outstanding ... I noticed the bakery off to the left. These guys make their buns from scratch ... SCRATCH! They chop all of their fresh veggies used on the burgers that day ... probably within the last few hours. Put this together with the quality beef and you get an above average, bordering on great burger that my finicky non-burger loving daughter ate with gusto.
My son, the Burger Boy, loved the mustard cheeseburger but really had a not so lovely comment or two about the "organic" mustard.
The following really are his comments:
"Mustard is an important flavor on a burger and it really needs to be strong."
"The flavor of the organic mustard was too weak to be much of a flavor on my burger."
There, from the Burger Boys' mouth ... organic mustard is not very tasty. Go figure.
My daughter had few comments about her meal ... but her main comment was aimed specifically at the corn.
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| My Little Girls "Not So Sweet" Grilled Corn |
She said, "My corn wasn't sweet like the sign said."
That made me pause from taking a bite from my burger. She made a comment about her food. She never comments about her food. So, coming from her, my interest was piqued. I took a bite ...
Well, she was on point with the sweetness issue. I delved in for another taste ... Again, I was also disappointed in the lack of sweet that their "sweet corn" had in it's starchy, not so juicy kernels. It was like nibbling little packets of gooey, not so tender raw corn ... sans flavor. Chances are good that ths corn was still on the far side of raw.
Now that the problems with Jerry built have been addressed, let's get on to MY choice ...
My burger is not really a burger ... I chose the chicken as my protein ... it was uniform in thickness and cooked to perfection. The veggies included some grilled onions that really accentuated my chicken to a tee.
What really caught me were the "sweet fries" listed on the menu.
I have had sweet potato fries before ... see my blog on "The Glenn" in Denver, CO. from 2010. So, this flavor is not uncommon to me. What was uncommon was the portion size. It was a BIG ASSED LOAD OF TATERS!
Good flavor, a hint of the "sweet" from the yam and a nice finish of salt.
Put the flavorful food in the interesting decorum and you can have a fun meal while drawing on the walls.
Take a look at Jerry Built the next time you have a hankering for a tasty burger ... you wont be disappointed.
Darrell
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