I found Burger Baron to be a bit of a hit or miss kind of experience.
Located in Onoway, a little town of 1000 people, Burger Baron is just a few minutes off the highway. The restaurant looks like it's situated in a renovated mobile home. The exterior is well maintained and has a nice patio with a few picnic tables, but you can see by looking at the place that you're in for a small-town mom & pop dining experience.
The interior dining area is quite small, but very clean. The furnishings are a little worn and the paintings on the wall have been bleached by the sun, but everything is still kept neat. To add to the small-town charm (and you can't buy this for love or money) was the little old lady who sat across from us. She proudly declared that Onoway was no longer a village, but now a TOWN! She chatted about everything from the farmers' fields to how she went to school here since she was in grade five.
The food was a little hit or miss though. My wife had the hot dog, which was perfectly tasty. We shared the deep-fried battered mushrooms, and they were delicious! Likewise, my rum & butter milkshake was thick & tasty. However, I also tried their signature mushroom burger, and it just wasn't for me. The bun was uncomfortably hot to handle, but it wasn't the toasted-on-the-grill hot, but more on a slightly soggy I've-been-a-warming-oven hot. The sauce tasted like extra-salty Campbell's cream of mushroom soup. It didn't taste exactly bad, but for my taste it was too salty for me to finish.
If you're looking for a quaint little place to eat where you're going to see a parade of local characters, then Burger Baron will probably be the place for you. read more