BLACOWS

TLDR; Excellent quality beef gets outshined by an overly complicated burger with too many competing sauces.

Don't get me wrong, Blacows is a good burger restaurant and yes, absolutely high-quality. But if you're positioning yourself as a gourmet burger restaurant and I have to pay almost $25 for a burger and fries, it's going to up my expectations. I want to be "wowed". Was I? Read on.

I came in on a Tuesday right when they opened for lunch and ordered what the menu says is the most popular item, "The Blacows Burger".

To be honest, I was hesitant to order it because on the menu, it lists this as the topping: cheese, bacon, tomato, lettuce, onion sauce, tartar sauce and BBQ sauce.

"3 different sauces?", I thought to myself. It sounded like overkill to me but I decided to trust the menu.

From an aesthetic point-of-view, the Blacows Burger is a great looking burger and the overall presentation was excellent.

But how is the flavor?

Unfortunately, what I had anticipated came to fruition--the 3 different sauces (onion, tartar and BBQ) weren't complimenting each other, they were competing. Most of all, this mess of sauces didn't really make the excellent beef patty the star of the show. It was getting so lost in saucy flavors.

My feedback to the Blacows is this: If you want to be known for high quality beef, then let the beef patty do the talking by removing all the sauces that don't allow to do that. I think the beef should be the focal point of the the burger and by removing the sauces, you would allow it to become that. It would really shine.

Other than, this meal was pretty standard. The service at Blacows was great and the atmosphere within the restaurant was enjoyable.

Would I come back here?

Yes, absolutely, but next time I would ask for the sauces on the side.

Other things worth noting:

• You can pay with cash or credit card.
• Out front, there is a store front where you can get burgers to go. To the right of the store is the door to the restaurant.