CaliKid Burgers 'n Shakes — Restaurant in Livermore

So, I was on the hunt for sliders, and according to google this place had a review for sliders. Kids Sliders. So I decided to venture over.

Sadly, when I arrived the friendly wait staff who helped me, said they didn't serve sliders, and sure enough sliders wasn't showing on their menu. What happened to the review on sliders that showed up on Google? I have no clue, because I was unable to replicate it, to see for my viewing.

Anyhow, the food was delicious, just tasty and juicy enough for what I was looking for. The only drawback was the price, it was pricey for what my budget actually allowed, but I was tired of searching for a restaurant and it seemed tasty enough so I stayed instead of driving all over the universe in search of another place.

I have to admit, this place really did serve up a good tasty juicy burger, with just as good garlic fries. Organic too, so that helps!

All of the staff were great, friendly, helpful, and willing to answer my many questions. They also have soda from one of the Bay Area's own businesses, called Alameda Soda Company, while I'm not much of a soda drinker, I was allowed to taste several of the soda's and because they're made with Cane Sugar, they were delicious. The Alameda Soda Company did a great job, hope to see them in regular retail stores soon and not just the novelty stores.

The restaurant is not that large there are 8-9 booths/tables on the inside, and several outdoor tables with umbrella's. It's nice, when it's not windy. It's too bad though that the outdoor seating is only facing the parking lot. Not much to look at.

The owner, whose name I cannot recall at this time, is really nice too. He did a great job with this restaurant, unfortunately it's out of my regular budget range, so making it a frequent go-to place is not currently an option. But for my first visit, it was definitely a...

We were craving for burgers and I did a quick Yelp search. This new place came up and immediately caught my attention. I realized I had gone to Meet Fresh previously and had totally ignored this place. Came here on a weekday afternoon and it was mostly empty. Good - I don’t like to wait in line or fight for a table anyway. I was pleasantly surprised to see draft beers available. Since I upgraded my burger to a meal to get fries and a drink, I didn’t need to get beer. Their beverages look interesting. An ad said that the beverage ingredients were all organic and cane sugar was used. Menu was pretty simple and I had already examined and selected what I wanted the day before.

Although many of the burger styles were enticing, I ultimately picked Hangover Helper. It’s got thick-cut bacon, aged white cheddar, waffled hash brown and an egg. I was pretty excited until I got the burger. It was smaller than I had anticipated. For $11, I was expecting something that would fulfill me. I liked the flavor of the burger, but I felt something was missing too. I realized it was veggies. It needed some lettuce or arugula to cut through the richness and fat of the ingredients. I took a bite of my wife’s Green Dream. It had griddled mozzarella, avocado, arugula, and house pickle mix. She also added a fried egg. This flavor was much better as it had some greens to balance the rest of the burger. They had some good sauces. I tried the Cali sauce and my wife had the Cherry Bomb. The Cali sauce reminded me of the In N Out burger spread.

My meal was about $15 pre-tax and pre-tip. Even with a side of fries and a drink with refills to complement my burger, I still did not feel satiated. I wanted to try their shakes too, but perhaps next time. I would come back for their burgers again, but just wish they...

CaliKid Burgers N Shakes is a newish (2 years) burger joint across from the San Francisco Premium Outlet (in Livermore, CA). It is in a sleek new building. The young-uns would call this place trendy. The food is fresh with quality ingredients. The chicken is halal. The beef is Angus.

Hubs and I ordered a CaliKid burger each. I declined the aged white cheddar and Cali sauce. But said yes to the customary Bibb lettuce, caramelized onions, tomato, and pickled onions & zucchini. I gotta say the pickled onions & zucchini threw my tastebuds into a temporary confusion. After the first several bites, everything was jiving harmoniously. And that hamburger bun was beautiful with its glossy round top, and bread yumminess. The onion rings had a panko like crunchy exterior and tasted all so fresh, not frozen.

Other menu items are salads, fried Brussels sprouts, buffalo cauliflower wings ( no buffalos harmed), and frickles ( say what? Frickles? Frickles in s what they call are fried onion pickles and zucchini). And I am stoked that the fountain sodas have no HFCS. Yay!

Let's talk about dessert. They got milkshake. Wait for it... in 10 flavors! They serve 'em with a cinnamon sugar donut hole topped in the straw. Sweet heavens. If one donut hole with your shake is not enough, an order of donut holes is $5.95. Now if they had a lactose free milkshake, I would be over the moon.

The actual location's interior dining room is tiny. Not great for large groups. The outdoor patio is larger, not much, but larger. Staff was terrific. Our cashier was engaging and super helpful. Even with the place mad crazy busy, we got our food...