Burger Bar

I had one of the best bottles of beer that I have ever had...Wish I could remember the name...It was a Russian Beer of some type...Oh, and forgive me, but even with the overcharges, I have to say that I enjoyed the Burger Bar...Ate there twice during my last 4 day visit..Granted it was close and convenient to where I was staying...I also enjoyed meeting Chef Keller, as I am definitely a fan...Yes...+READ I had one of the best bottles of beer that I have ever had...Wish I could remember the name...It was a Russian Beer of some type...Oh, and forgive me, but even with the overcharges, I have to say that I enjoyed the Burger Bar...Ate there twice during my last 4 day visit..Granted it was close and convenient to where I was staying...I also enjoyed meeting Chef Keller, as I am definitely a fan...Yes it's overpriced...one can expect this...Yes it is probably for tourist (funny though...no one in line was a tourist...saw a lot of "office groups")...Food both times was delicious...When you order, for example, bleu cheese, it's really good bleu cheese...The fried zucchini was very good....I know good food, but sometimes it's just fun to eat at a "touristy kinda DisneyWorld place"...It was Christmas season....I was in that kind of mood!-COLLAPSE / REPLY (12 Replies) (by jinet12, created December 26, 2009)

What an absolute JOKE. While the burgers are tasty and well built, they have the gall to charge you for....wait for it....DIJON MUSTARD. You've got to be kidding me. $22 for a burger and they charge for dijon. Not only that, 'I'm sorry sir, you can't change the chefs choice burgers". I wanted a Hubert Keller Burger, without blue cheese, as i can't eat cheese. When I was told that i couldn't...+READ What an absolute JOKE. While the burgers are tasty and well built, they have the gall to charge you for....wait for it....DIJON MUSTARD. You've got to be kidding me. $22 for a burger and they charge for dijon. Not only that, 'I'm sorry sir, you can't change the chefs choice burgers". I wanted a Hubert Keller Burger, without blue cheese, as i can't eat cheese. When I was told that i couldn't substitute, I was tempted to ask if the server had seen the film 5 easy pieces, (white toast) but since she wasn't old enough to get into an R rated film, i dropped it. In any case, had to build my own. Which cost MORE THAN THE PREPACKAGED VERSION. The place is unbelievable.

The other side was we were shown 2 tables right next to serving stations, while there were 1/2 dozen other two-tops available. We pressed the issue and were awarded a better location right by the entrance to the bathroom.

Oh, yeah. The lemonade, @ $4 per is watered down country time.

Come on, guys......

If you haven't figured it out by now, we won't return. Keep the place in Vegas, and hope to attract a lovely touristy macy's crowd. You'll make your return on investment and your investors will be happy. Keep teaching the servers to sell sell sell. That's the point, isn;t it? I'm guessing that this won't fly with food concious San Franciscans. Unbelievable is all I'll say.-COLLAPSE / REPLY (12 Replies) (by rwright16, created October 30, 2009)

»Burger Bar San Francisco now open

Burger Bar San Francisco is Hubert Keller’s gourmet burger joint that opened in October 2009. He runs the highly respected fine dining Fleur de Lys French restaurant in San Francisco. This location is on the sixth floor of Macy’s. We have eaten at the Vegas location and could not wait for this one to open. They serve burgers, salads, and sandwiches. You can build your own burger with all sorts of...+READ Burger Bar San Francisco is Hubert Keller’s gourmet burger joint that opened in October 2009. He runs the highly respected fine dining Fleur de Lys French restaurant in San Francisco. This location is on the sixth floor of Macy’s. We have eaten at the Vegas location and could not wait for this one to open. They serve burgers, salads, and sandwiches. You can build your own burger with all sorts of goodies. We avoided the crazy expensive Kobe beef, $60 Rossini foie gras, truffle burger. No sense in overdoing a burger.

They have their own butcher shop that hand mixes prime quality meat daily, so no worries over cheap ground beef.

Atlantic Salmon Sandwich ($12) was a huge sized filet on a ciabatta bun with oyster mushrooms, asparagus, and aioli on the side. Simple, tender, juicy, healthy and delicious. If you don’t eat red meat, try this ‘burger’, you will be surprised how good it is.
Buttermilk zucchini fries ($3.95) were crispy but not very greasy. Nice batter and some fresh zucchini in the middle.

Black Angus Beef Burger ($13.75) with American cheese, bacon, grilled onions, and portobello mushrooms was cooked to a slightly more well done medium rare that we would like, making it not very juicy. This was a huge piece of meat. The mushrooms and onions were plentiful and tasty. The sesame bun was big, fresh, and very good. Stick to one or two toppings to keep it affordable.

Vanilla shake ($7) was a very tall shake with whip creamy and a cherry. Very smooth ice cream, not too sweet, and light whipped cream made it perfect.

Chocolate Shake ($7) added a layer of chocolate syrup to the mix. Very chocolaty and velvety. A must get for chocoholics.

Blog post with Pictures...
http://www.foodnut.com/469/burger-bar-san-francisco-restaurant-review/-COLLAPSE / REPLY (12 Replies) (by Foodnut8, created October 16, 2009)