Found my way over to Palermo (it wasn't that hard), and sidled up to the counter at Fat Broder, Charcas 3787. Now, I wasn't holding my breath. This is another place like Burgertify, that instead of doing single large burger patties, divides the meat in two and cooks two smaller patties, which while resulting in a quicker cooking and taller stacked burger, ready for Instagram, also usually means it's overcooked. Not that it has to be, it just usually is.
And, I ordered up a Juicy Lucy, their flagship burger, despite the fact that they had no idea what a real juicy lucy burger is, they just liked the name. For those of you who don't know, a juicy lucy is a midwestern classic, originating in Minneapolis, though it's spread a bit throughout the region, and what's different about it is that the burger consists of two patties, molded, and sealed, around a core of a slab of "American" cheese. As the burger cooks, the cheese becomes a molten center - it's like one of those chocolate lava cakes, just with meat and cheese. At Fat Broder, it's just two patties, each topped with cheese and bacon.
Great bun - sturdy, held up the entire time, flavorful. Two well seasoned patties of meat... and... drum roll...
... quite possibly for the first time in 13+ years here, a burger requested muy jugoso, i.e., really rare, that actually was. In fact, it was cooked perfectly for me. I was happy from the first bite. The cheese was the usual local orange cheddar slices - fine, but nothing special, basically, American cheese. The bacon was plentiful and actually crispy. The slices of onion, thin and crunchy. Pickles that aren't overly sweet. The fries, some of the best I've had in town - clearly and properly either double or triple fried so they're crisp on the surface and soft and creamy inside. And a trio of condiments available - a housemade ketchup, a smoked eggplant sauce (killer!), and a cilantro and lime mayo. In combo with a pint of draft beer - 280 pesos.
I'm declaring this the best burger of the first half of 2018. Do. Not. Miss. This. One. I could actually happily stop here and just rotate between a few of my favorites and not even try other burgers any more. read more