Burger Girl
4444 McKinney Ave.
214-253-2666
Dude Factor: 10, or Pulp Fiction, on a scale of 1, Fast Food Nation, to 10.
When we drove by the old La Cubanita on McKinney and noticed a new burger joint in its place a few weeks ago, we were skeptical but intrigued. After all, it's not like there's a dearth of decent burger places around, and Uptown already has at least one mediocre burger place to sustain the folks that are mostly looking for a patio to sun themselves on--cough cough, Village Burger Bar, cough cough.
When we finally made it by a couple weeks later, we were further discouraged to find a valet stand in the parking lot--c'mon, y'all. We know it's Uptown, but seriously. Valet parking for a burger? You've gotta be shitting us. Luckily there's a bigger lot in the back, which allowed us to bypass this atrocity altogether.
Walking in, we quickly realized that Burger Girl's waitstaff consisted
entirely of chicks in short-shorts. Sure, it was relatively easy on the
eyes, but considering the slow service and mediocre vittles that have
characterized the vast majority of our breastaurant experiences, we
weren't terribly enthused.
All that said, after dining there three times in the past week, our
initial doubts have floated away, and Burger Girl is our new favorite
burger joint. For starters, the burgers are fan-fucking-tastic, with
great buns, fresh, nicely seared burger patties and the added bonus of
a tangy, spicy burger sauce that consists of ketchup, mayo, horseradish
and magic. We'd place them well ahead of both Maple & Motor and
Twisted Root in the pantheon of local burgers, just to let you know how
serious we are.
On our second visit we weren't quite as hungry, so we opted for a club
sandwich, only to see it arrive bearing more delicious, thick, peppery bacon than turkey--that is
how you make a damned club sandwich, amigos. And to top it all off,
both the sandwiches and the burgers come with about a half pound of
hand cut, sea-salted fries that kick the ass of nearly ever burger
joint fry offering we can think of.
The service is also fairly amazing considering our initial low
expectations--our sweet tea level never reached the bottom of the
glass, and though fellow Dude Food-er Patrick ended up on the bad end
of a forgotten order on our second trip, the mistake was quickly
corrected. Besides, he had plenty of pictures of famous folks eating burgers to stare at, and he gets off on that sort of thing.
And while a breastaurant isn't the first place one usually considers
for a quick office lunch, we've found Burger Girl to be suprisingly
fast--on our third trip we made it back to the office exactly one hour
after we left, despite our party of five, three to-go orders and the
fact that one of us ordered a soft-serve cone. Did we mention that the
place is open till 2 a.m. seven days a week? Sorry, we must have
forgotten while sampling the wares at Burger Girl's full bar. Or maybe
we were spacing out over the thought of the chicken & waffles on the
brunch menu. Either way, any reason you had to go to the Uptown Jake's
again is now gone. It's a brave new Burger Girl world out there.
Plus, you know, boobs...
