Restaurant Review #4----Five Guys Burgers and Fries

July 9th was my wife's 31st birthday and this year she just wanted something simple...a good burger. We heard about how wonderful Five Guy's was and we just thought that it would be a good day to go. Needless to say, we were thoroughly impressed. I'm not a huge fan of well done burgers or well done beef for that matter because you lose the flavor of the meat. However, this burger put me into a state of being like a man possessed. Well let me just premise that I was very hungry when I ate this thing. I paid $5.99 for a burger with a half pound of meat, cheese, bacon, bbq sauce, grilled onions, and grilled mushrooms. Well worth the price. The first bite because of the fat content of the meat they use just exploded with flavor. It was like an eruption of beefy goodness. Every morsel after that one was just as good as the first. Then the addition of the fries. You can either get them 5 guys style or cajun. I chose the cajun and Laura and I split a large fry. Let me just describe this to you. Fresh cut potatoes that have been fried twice and are good and crispy with a homemade spice mixture that you will do back-flips over and the large portion is shall we say...Monsterous!!! They filled up a cup and put into a medium size brown paper sack. Not a lunch bag size but a paper grocery sack. Right side of our bag had burgers and then they topped off THE LARGE PAPER SACK WITH FRIES!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH. Call me Fry Monster if you will, I will eat my weight in them which is not a good thing considering I am what you would consider a big dude. They have many Charlotte locations and if you haven't had one of their burgers, I urge you to. I give them a solid 8.5 out of 10. Like I said before, I am a harsh judge. Anyway though I suggest heavily if you haven't had these burgers before then you should now. Here is their website for location info.

Restaurant Review #3----The Pub House

On Cherry Road in Rock Hill, there is a new place right across the street from CVS called The Pub House. Its definitely a dive bar with a brilliant twist on bar fare food. They serve BBQ and Oysters and some other lovely bar favorites in a funky, weird, and eclectic fashion and it is oh so darn good. Very good price for what you get and the flavors are feverishly on point. They use this Asian inspired sauce that had some hints of soy, honey, hot pepper, and maple somewhere thrown in there that when put into smoked pulled pork made your taste buds do tumbling runs. It is downright freaking unreal flavor in this stuff. I've never had something hit me at so many levels in one bite. Sweet, salty, hot, bitter, salty, hot, sweet, and then the hint of maple syrup somehow comes through and bites you way down the road and it sends you into a state of euphoria. We ate the pulled pork plate with sweet potato fries and onion rings and I got Hayden some chicken fingers for under $17. All of us were very happy with the amount and taste of the food and we will have leftovers. They also make their own beer which I didn't taste on this occasion because they were out. I will go back though if Rock Hill doesn't follow their trend of not supporting local eateries. Great food, atmosphere, and experience for the money. I rate it a solid 7 out of 10 just because of the crazy sauce that I will forever call bbq crack sauce. Try this place out, its fantastic