Giving it 5 stars based on what the rest of my table thought of their food. We had to get to the Argyle Theater across the street, and only had like 30 minutes to order something and get it eaten, so there wasn't really time to faff about with asking a million questions or asking for something different if we made a mistake.
Vegan options are slim, as would be expected in a burger bar. They have the beyond meat (?) for a protein option for their burgers. There's also other stuff on the menu that you could vaguely make vegan if you tell them to leave off the cheese (which pretty close to every single menu option has). The avocado toast was what I chose. It was like $12 for a sourdough bread with avocado on it. OK cool. It was listed as an appetizer, so I kind of deserve what I got. It was two slices of toast with avocado on it. Not like a big round piece. Like if it was grocery store sandwich bread sized toast. It was supposed to come with cheese on, but I asked them to leave it off. Mind you, it was transcendentally delicious. I loved eating it. but for $12, it felt a tiny bit slim.
One of our party got that kale salad they have on the menu. She said it was lovely. Another got the BLT. That thing was massive, and she wasn't able to finish it in one sitting, so took the other half home to nosh on later. The other one at the table got some kind of chicken sandwich (?), which came on piled sky high with lots of stuff on it. He REALLY enjoyed it .
If I'd had some sense, and wasn't in a hurry, I'd have ordered a sandwich, and told them to throw on the avocado and all the other fixings, and just leave off the beyond burger, and been fine. I don't really care for the beyond meat or other veggie meats that are too similar to meat, because I was raised vegetarian, and something smelling meat-like turns me off. When that's the only vegan option on the menu, I'll do whatever is in my power to avoid it, ergo the avocado toast mistake. Again, I must note that this is entirely on me, and not on the server. It just feels cheeky to charge $12 for something that looks that scant when a full on burger isn't that much more pricey.
We did order cocktails from the full service bar they have. My dry martini with a twist was made perfectly. All around us, everyone there was having a good time, and enjoying their food quite a lot. It was a super busy day, and we were there around 1~ish on a Sunday. You can tell that people there love the restaurant, and enjoy the food.
Also, the service was impeccable. The seating hostess person was understanding, and did her best to get us seated, because we'd mentioned we needed to get to the show quickly. The waitress was very accommodating, and got us our food as fast as she could, as well as getting our drinks out pronto. Everything went so smoothly, and I couldn't have asked for more. read more