The options of burgers are beef, bison, turkey, chicken, veggie, lamb, and salmon, but let's be honest, burgers are made of beef. Everything else is just an impostor.
The theme of the menu goes hand-in-hand with the name of this small burger joint which comfortably seats twenty-four people at eight tables. Each menu item, begins with "P.S." which gets somewhat repetitive quite quickly, and finishes with a country or city in the world. The P.S. Venice is a burger with sautéed mushrooms, caramelized onions, gorgonzola, and pesto sauce. The P.S. Mexico contains a fried jalapeno, avocado, pepper jack cheese, and chipotle sauce. The P.S. Canada has Canadian bacon, caramelized onions, maple goat cheese, tomato, and mixed greens.
Something I admire about this place is that each burger is something totally different and unique from the next burger. It is not just a different combination of the same five toppings that makes different burgers here, but a whole new set of toppings that all work together and coincide with the theme of the restaurant and also name of the burger.
One thing, however, that irked me while I sat down to eat, was the name of the restaurant itself. The entire time I ate I thought of different letters people compose to each other and how they end.
Example 1:
"The Statue of Liberty tour was amazing, I can't wait to see the Freedom Tower tomorrow!
Love, Abigail
P.S. I miss you."
Example 2:
"We will be joining with 15,000 more troops tomorrow in Iraq, then it will be only 8 short weeks until I am home with you.
Love, Private Ryan
P.S. I love you."
And then there's this...
Example 3:
"Until we see each other again, I will always be thinking about you.
Love, Daniel
P.S. Burgers."
I do admit it would be a boss move to end a letter with "P.S. Burgers" but it makes no sense whatsoever. Creative, but not well thought out. Anyway, the burger I ordered was the P.S. Paris.
P.S. Paris: Beef burger patty, topped with fried egg, sautéed spinach, gruyere cheese, smoked bacon and Dijon honey mustard, served on a brioche bun.
The Beef: I believe the perfect place to begin reviewing this burger is with the beef. The ratings and ravings only go up from there. The beef patty was clearly a pre-made patty, most likely frozen until cooked, and grilled until done. The beef itself had the pre-formed, processed texture where the outside of the patty actually tastes a whole lot different than the inside because the inside hasn't been exposed to the freezer for nearly as long. 2 out of 4.
The Bun: When I say soft, I mean soft. I mean this brioche bun (which is usually dense and very bready) was soft and fluffy. How soft and fluffy was this bun? If I had a choice of jumping in a pile of pillows, leaves, or these brioche buns, I would pick the brioche ten times out of ten. Softest, fluffiest bun so far, yet they realize this and compensate by toasting the inside to prevent it from getting soggy from the burger juices. 3 out of 4.
The Beef to Bun Ratio: While my mouth just perfectly fit around this burger it wasn't because of the beef. This is where this rating gets tricky because any larger amount of beef would have made this burger unbearably large. So does one take off toppings and put on more beef? After all, it is a burger. I am confused how to rate this burger given the circumstances and going strictly beef to bun, it receives a 2 out of 4.
The Presentation: The burger was served on a plate with a wooden spear toothpick holding everything together. The fries, spilling over the plate were enough to make it appear as though there were a mound of crispy fried potatoes before you. 3 out of 4.
The Cheese: The double slice of Gruyere was a nice touch to this already stacked burger. Although, the cheese could have been melted a little more (as seen in the picture), having gruyere instead of classic American was a nice change for the taste buds. 2 out of 3.
The Sear: The burger had lines seared into the patty, but other than that the sear was not consistent enough to be a perfect 3. The seasoning on top of the outside sear made this burger a solid 2 out of 3.
Overall Taste: This burger contained so many different tastes and textures, yet somehow they all joined together to give you the P.S. Paris. No single taste overpowered the other. The sautéed spinach was a nice green to top the burger with. The spinach was super fresh, buttered, and tasted amazing. I would eat more of this spinach in one sitting than Popeye ate in a year if given the opportunity. The bacon was perfectly cooked. Crunchy with a little chewy fat marbled throughout made the flavors explode in your mouth. The egg was fried, the yolk barely runny, but just enough for it to trickle down to the rest of the burger after the first bite. The Gruyere cheese gave the nice mild taste, while the Dijon honey mustard supplied your sweet kick to the palette. This burger was a 4 out of 5.
BBSR: 18 / 27
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