Pogacha’s Pub 85 — Restaurant in Kirkland

Update (3 weeks later): 🍔🍔 + 🍺🍺 now = $60 ($70 w/tip)?!? 🤯 Man, this inflation is getting out of control! 😡 I won't (I can't!) go back, especially now that the Food Truck is no longer making the burgers. 😢 The Fire Pit Burger was literally the best burger I've ever had in my life (see original review🤤). And NOW the burger is no longer on the menu & I can't, for the life of me, find the FOOD TRUCK that made it!?! 😭 If anyone out there could lmk where to find it, I'd be eternally grateful. 🙏🏻 THAT dude knows how to make a burger that's actually worth $20. 🤑

If you like a really good burger & crispy fries, I feel compelled to recommend Pub 85, specifically the Fire-pit Burger. It's literally the best burger I've ever had. I'm not one to get excited over a cheeseburger, but... you'll understand if you try it. And the fries are battered, which makes them super crispy & retain heat longer. The buns are also the perfect size & keep everything intact, so the last bite is somehow better than the first! My boyfriend feels the same way. We're currently on a "weekly" schedule, exclusively for this burger. They're doing some remodeling in the kitchen, so it's prepared in an adjacent food truck, apparently by some kind of burger savant!? But seriously. Every burger in life should be...

I stopped in excited to try some microbrews and get some food to go. The waitress was great, but the microbrew samples were "meh". Anything that wasn't a standard beer available in the store just wasn't very good. One of the samples was entirely without carbonation for some reason.

So realizing there wasn't much to be had in the way of decent microbrews, I ordered a burger and salad to go around 10:20. By 11:00 I had the burger but no salad, and the guy behind the bar was yelling for everyone to get out, and that any remaining food orders would be given outside. (Seriously???) That just wasn't going to happen, I'm not hanging around outside a bar at 11PM for a salad after already waiting 40 minutes, so I just left.

When I got home, I found that my burger was completely pink throughout. This is safe for steak, but not for ground meat, though some people choose to take that risk out of personal preference. No one asked if I was OK with a pink burger, and not wanting to get sick, I ended up with a couple growlers of standard off the shelf beer, an otherwise empty stomach, a much lighter wallet, and a sour opinion of the place. I'm currently microwaving some ramen and will not...

If I could give negative stars I would! I found this place on Google with quite a good rating and convinced my BF to walk down here for dinner and drinks. Unfortunately, it started with a ride person behind the bar, without a smile or welcome, "what do you want?" Wasn't thrilled with that response. My boyfriend ordered his beer by number (since they have like 40). She said " what's the name of it?"As if she couldn't be bothered to turn her head and look up to read the name. I also noticed the beer taps have both the name and number on them.) but because they only have a TV menu at their waitress serving station, we got our beers and let the woman know we were planning to also order food and are sitting over there. 45min to an HR later after a growling stomach, no server no food or even refilled beers in site, we walked to where we had ordered and asked who manages this place. Hahaha..now I get it..my first interaction was with the owner. Now I realize why I spent 10 instead of 100 at this place. The service was job existent and no greating, no thank you or smile even when I gave them my money for the beers! Don't go,...