Jul 27 2009
Recent Reader Submission: “NYC’s Best Burger is in Brooklyn at 67 Burger”
Is this burger worth traveling for?
The last time I made the trek to Brooklyn solely to try a new burger, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. It was for the DuMont burger that I had heard so much about (recently made list of America’s top-rated burgers by Epicurious and was the top-rated 2008 burger by Zagat). My medium-rare burger came out more like medium to medium-well and the next one (I’m not at all afraid to politely send a burger back, especially when I travel specifically for it) while a perfectly prepared medium-rare, was just not quite as flavorful as I was hoping it to be — though the homemade pickles are delicious. Don’t get me wrong, it’s by no means a bad burger, and in fact it’s rather large and juicy and would be in my top 75 percentile, but just not an NYC Top 10′er for me. I happened to notice Fort Greene’s 67 Burger on Grub Street’s recent comprehensive and saliva-inducing photo slideshow of New York’s 82 Most Notable Burgers. Since the list is in alphabetical order, 67 Burger was lucky enough to show at #2 of 82. This just came through the reader submission wire: “I recently went to 67 Burger in Ft Greene, Brooklyn. It is seriously the most amazing burger I have ever had. The fries are awesome and even the salads are great!!” Can anyone out there validate this bold assertion so I know whether a trip out to Fort Greene is worth my while?
It’s pretty good but not necessarily worth “the trip” (where are you ,Arkansas? its just one stop into Brooklyn on like 4 subway lines). However, a trip to Ft Greene doesn’t seem at all ridiculous for a food blogger. There’s tons of stuff in the neighborhood worth traveling for abistro, bati ethiopian, jive turkey, habana outpost, farmer in the deli, buff patty, olea, loulou (closed now:( , and my personal fave madiba. but the list goes on and on.
one other thing. as tasty as it may be, 67 burger always loses points with me for not bringing fries with the burger or for bringing one person’s burger 10 mins earlier than the other’s. get it together 67!
on the plus side, you order and pay at the counter, so no tipping. unless they really earn it, but they never do…