I've been in town for almost 4 months and never stopped in here until tonight. Mainly it was because I'm trying to stay away from hamburger and fries kinds of meals. I finally broke down and started going to some of the hamburger places in town, Five Guys, Coyote Bluff, Sonic, just maybe once every couple of weeks.
I was actually headed for Olive Garden, trying to make it in time for their early bird special which ended at 6 but I got caught at a long light and it was going to be after 6 when I arrived. I popped in to Michaels since it was after 6 anyway and asked the clerk when I checked out if she was familiar with Blue Sky, except I called Big Sky, LOL, since I'm not from Amarillo. After correcting me she told me it was one of her favorite places so I decided to go there instead. They don't have a menu board posted that I could see and I didn't know where to get a menu but while I was in line with a couple people ahead of me I heard the guy ahead telling his people that this was the best hamburger in Amarillo. I'd already eaten at Coyote Bluff so was hard to imagine this could be better than that but I figured it must be pretty good.
The menu board says they cook them slightly pink inside but there was no pink inside mine. It was very juicy with great flavor, though. I ordered a cheeseburger with the works on it, decided to splurge $0.99 on guacamole, and asked if I could get half fries and half onion rings instead of all of one. She said yes. That turned out to be about $4.50, more than I realized. I just ordered water but when I went to get my water I saw that they had many different flavors of tea. If I'd known that I might have gotten a mint tea and I will definitely get one next time or stop by for just that sometime. Anyway, my meal came to a little over $12, more than I was expecting, but everything was delicious. The fries weren't as crispy as I would have liked but they tasted wonderful. They must be hand cut fresh potatoes because they sure didn't taste like frozen. The onion rings wouldn't hold their shape and we're definitely very greasy but again they tasted delicious and I wasn't sorry I got them. I probably ate enough sodium and grease tonight to hold me for a week or more but it was a very good tasting meal, and it will be tomorrow because I was only able to eat half of it. I brought the rest back to my room and will eat it tomorrow.
The bun wasn't very thick and I don't know if it was toasted or not but it didn't take long to get soggy. However, it didn't start to fall apart immediately like the burger I had at Five Guys. In fact is held its shape to the end even though it was getting pretty moist.
They are very efficient and have a lot of people back in the cooking area to produce those Burgers and Fries. It did not take long at all for me to receive my food. They seem to have a good system going. They post your number in a lit up sign over the pick up counter and you just watch for that and go get your food when it's ready.
If I was in the mood for a burger I would definitely choose this place over Sonic or Five Guys. I haven't tasted burgers at a lot of other places. I noticed they had a protein plate on the menu so I might try that next time, two burgers are two pieces of grilled chicken and a side salad.
This a very family-oriented atmosphere also. Lots of chatter and friendliness going on. I even saw signs of a birthday party, a dad carrying a cake and a mom carrying some presents. The place has a lot of energy going on in it, that's for sure read more