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May
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Best Mushroom Burger – Lark Creek Steak
Awesome Mushroom Burger, Lark Creek Steak
My favorite mushroom burger of 2009 (to date) is Lark Creek Steak’s mushroom steakburger. Their beef preparation should be copied by others: they use an open, wood-fire grill to cook their burgers. Their top-quality ingredients are evident by taste, and they precisely cut the portions of lettuce, pickle, and onion so that they actually fit within the burger’s radius. Hearty, healthy, high-minded ingredients all make this steakburger a great one. The fat-cut fries are really good, too.
Why Lark Creek Steak’s burgers are so good:
MEAT
- meat is not ground chuck (typical, low-cost burger meat)
- meat is trimmed from regular Lark Creek Steak steaks (filet mignon, New York strips, sirloin, etc.)
- meat is double-ground, making it extremely soft and tender
- meat is ground fresh, sometimes 3 or 4 times daily (depending upon demand)
COOKING METHOD
- burgers are grilled over open wood fire for slightly smoked, healthier grill flavors (not over flat surface that accumulates grease and fat)
OTHER INGREDIENTS
- button mushrooms are roasted and semi-sweet, perfect in flavor
- quality Swiss cheese, well-melted over the burger & mushrooms
- terrific buns; toasted on the inside slightly (so condiments don’t make bun soft inside) and served warm
- burger accoutrements are perfectly proportioned and flavorful (butter lettuce has more flavor than typical iceberg lettuce; pickles are crisp and long-sliced to fit flat across burger; red onion is also well-sliced and grilled to mildly caramelize flavors)
The Grade: Awesome (highest grade)
The Damage: $14.95
The Skinny: Lark Creek Steak
Westfield® San Francisco Centre
845 Market Street, 4th Floor, Ste 402
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 593-4100
Reservations: http://www.larkcreek.com/larkcreek_steak/index.html
Lunch:
Mon.-Fri. 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Sat. & Sun. 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Dinner:
Mon.-Thurs. 5:30 pm – 9 pm
Fri. 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Sat. 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sun. 5:00 pm – 9 pm
25
May
Posted by meatmeister in Bacon, Beef, Burgers, San Francisco CA restaurant, Sandwiches. Tagged: America's best burgers, bacon burger, bacon cheddar burger, bacon cheeseburger, BBQ hamburgers, best bacon cheeseburger, best BBQ, best BBQ burger, best burger in San Francisco, best burger in SF, best burgers in America, best burgers in CA, best burgers in California, best burgers on West Coast, best dishes 2009, best hamburgers 2009, burger, Burgers, cheeseburger, cowboy burger, crispy onions, Favorite Restaurants, hamburger, Lark Creek Steak, meatmeister, meatmeister awards, steakburgers. 1 Comment
Cowboy (bacon & cheese BBQ) Burger
Best Bacon Cheeseburger: Lark Creek Steak's Cowboy Burger
I love bacon cheeseburgers with BBQ sauce. It’s a combination of hearty flavors that seems quite natural and, while each of the flavors of bacon, BBQ sauce, sharp cheddar, and onion are individually powerful and can overwhelm any dish, within a burger context they somehow seem to play well together. When the burger is done properly, that is. Everyone and their mother has a bacon cheeseburger, but very few places make one that stands out as strongly as the cowboy burger from Lark Creek Steak.
The Best BBQ Bacon-Cheeseburger on the West Coast
Of the 40+ burgers I’ve tried in the past 6 – 8 months, the “cowboy burger” at Lark Creek Steak is far and away the best BBQ burger or the best bacon-cheeseburger of them all. So (at least for now) I can confidently proclaim Lark Creek Steak’s cowboy burger as the best bacon-cheeseburger on the West Coast. Nothing else has come close over the past year.
Described on menu: Cowboy Steakburger (8 0z.) – bacon, cheddar, barbecue sauce, crispy onions
- Cowboy Burger, detail with crispy fried onions
Why Lark Creek Steak’s burgers are so good:
MEAT
- meat is not ground chuck (typical, low-cost burger meat)
- meat is trimmed from regular Lark Creek Steak steaks (filet mignon, New York strips, sirloin, etc.)
- meat is double-ground, making it extremely soft and tender
- meat is ground fresh, sometimes 3 or 4 times daily (depending upon demand)
- bacon is perfectly crisp, and sustainable ranch-grown
COOKING METHOD
- burgers are grilled over open wood fire for slightly smoked, healthier grill flavors (not over flat surface that accumulates grease and fat)
OTHER INGREDIENTS
- fried onions are thin, perfectly crisp, and perfect in flavor
- terrific buns; toasted on the inside slightly (so condiments don’t make bun soft inside) and served warm
- burger accoutrements are perfectly proportioned and flavorful (butter lettuce has more flavor than typical iceberg lettuce; pickles are crisp and long-sliced to fit flat across burger; red onion is also well-sliced and grilled to mildly caramelize flavors)
The Grade: Awesome / Phenomenal (highest grade)
The Damage: $15.95
The Skinny: Lark Creek Steak
Westfield® San Francisco Centre
845 Market Street, 4th Floor, Ste 402
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 593-4100
Reservations: http://www.larkcreek.com/larkcreek_steak/index.html
Lunch:
Mon.-Fri. 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Sat. & Sun. 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Dinner:
Mon.-Thurs. 5:30 pm – 9 pm
Fri. 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Sat. 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sun. 5:00 pm – 9 pm
