Guzzi's Vintage Burgers

You should eat at Guzzi's. Really, you should. But from my experience you need to plan on it. You might not be successful if you just decide to go there on a whim. Why? because it's only open 4 hours a day. Ok, 4 and a half.

From 11:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Guzzi's makes some of the best burgers I've had the pleasure of testing. They only have half dozen items on the menu, my hope is that with a small menu they will give each item it's due attention to perfect it. Actually, I'm going to say they only have 5 things on the menu because I'm not counting the pineapple burger on principle.
My blog has way more readers than I ever anticipated (thanks!) and it has become somewhat of a conversation piece from other people who talk to me at social gatherings. My brother in law Eric is one such person who is interested in my opinion of burgers and has asked if he could join me every so often on my culinary adventures. To which I said "absolutely". Eric is a wise guy (in every meaning of the expression) and he is a person whose opinion I respect so his being present is only a plus for me.
We met there bright and early at noon (I work graveyard shift so noon is early for me) on Eric's lunch break. It is perhaps the weirdest burger joint I've ever visited. Very old, small, and not in the greatest shape; but it had plenty of 'spirit'; note the two motorcycles on the roof.
Eric and I both ordered the Blue Burger and Whitney ordered the Garlic Burger. These burgers are real, the people at Guzzi's are not trying to fool anyone, they are just trying to do their job well. The garlic burger was very garlic-y and very good, but the Blue Burger was very very good. They make a bleu cheese burger as I've never seen it done before. While grilling your patty they also grill the bacon and cheese together until it become a little patty of its own with a crispy crust of bleu cheese surrounding thick cut bacon. Like I said, it was very very good. Eric says his bacon was a little weird, but that was the only foul word spoken about our experience. Ok there was one other thing, my only real complaint was that their ice maker and soda machine was broken so there was a bag of ice on the counter to share between the customers and the soda wasn't carbonated. They were having an off day I think.
And the fries, I really enjoyed the fries too. They were fresh cut unpeeled and just look at them, really just look at them and remember that shade of golden brown. THAT, in my opinion, is the correct color of a fry. It should be on the well done side and crispy. A fresh cut fry will only get so crispy but these guys did it right. I've had some limp fries in my day, not a fan. The worst limp fry culprit was at Five Guys, I could have tied a not with those noodles. (remember this? Look at that last photo again. http://samburgered.blogspot.com/2013/05/five-guys-burgers-and-lies.html for shame.)
I really liked the burgers, I liked mine so much that I forgot to offer a taste to my wife even though I took a bite of hers. I owe you one honey.

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