I've been waiting for this location to open for MONTHS, maybe even a year! I was so excited when I heard Central Florida was getting 5 Culvers Locations in 2015 - and now one's finally opened close enough to me (I still drove 40 minutes to get here).
Was it worth it? You bet your buttered buns it was!
I come from a family of Wisconsinites and we love nothing more than a dripping butterburger with a side of curds and a custard cup or malt. There have been various places in the Orlando area that have tried to do some of these things - A&W and The Moat (RIP) had curds, Steak & Shake has a butterburger, and BurgerFi, Ritters, and a few others had custard. But none had the trifecta, and none did it this well.
Is it as good as Wisconsin? No, but then again, much of my enjoyment of the Culvers in WI is that I'm in Wisconsin at the time, so there's that.
If you're not already a Culvers fan and want to know if you'll like the place, here's the rundown.
Food is a mix of A&W fast food stores and Dairy Queen's menu with a few nods to Long John Silver's, KFC, and Arby's thrown in. Everything is made fresh and with higher quality ingredients than your standard fast food chain. REAL CHEESE on the burgers - sharp cheddar, too, none of this processed cheese food american cheese nonsense.
Burgers are the star, but they have chicken, pulled pork, fish. Yes they have salads, but if you're coming here for a salad there's something wrong with you. The cheese curds are perfect, crispy outside with a nice textured breading (no soggy batter mush) and fried perfectly so the curds are just slightly melted but still have that "feel".
The burgers are a bit thicker than your standard McD's patty and nice and juicy. Might be all the extra butter but I don't care if it's meat juice or butter runoff, it's pure delicious. By the way, if you haven't already guessed, none of this will make the "healthy foods" list but honestly, if you care about calories, sugar, fat or any of that nonsense, just keep driving. Your kind is not for this realm.
They're packed for now, but it's worth the wait. Service was pretty quick considering the crowd and the fact that they looked to have double the staff because half of them were in training.
Keep an eye on their website because the custard flavor of the day changes all the time and they have a calendar to give you a heads up for when your favorite comes around. They have chocolate and vanilla full time and yes, it's just as silky, rich, and creamy as good custard should be.
I could keep waxing poetic on my love of this place, but I'm quite full after my meal and I feel a nap coming on. It soothes my soul that although I can't afford to take a vacation back to my beloved Wisconsin right now, I can visit a little piece of it any time I want. read more