Burger's Priest Review - We've Been Converted

I have been wanting to try the Burger's Priest ever since it opened in Edmonton a few weeks ago. Located at 10148 109 Street, only a short couple of blocks down from our house made it too close not to try. We tried to go about a week after it opened one weekend night, and it was absolutely packed to the brim, so we decided to give it a shot some other time. We went the next weekend on the Sunday and it was closed... after two foiled attempts we finally tried it tonight. On a Monday night the cute little restaurant was still super busy, with no place to sit, but we didn't have to wait in line at all. We wandered up to the check out while gazing at the menu. Erik chose to have the double bacon cheeseburger with chili cheese fries and an iced tea. I had the regular cheese burger, with a mint chocolate chip shake and fries. We only had to wait a couple of minutes and then we were handed our food in a basic brown paper bag by a smiling guy working on the line. Everyone was exceptionally friendly, which was refreshing for a food joint. We headed home with our goodness and unwrapped everything to take a look. Erik's burger was pouring out of the paper it's patty oozing, and the crisp green lettuce giving it some colour.

The chili cheese fries came in a giant portion with the chili not overly saucy, and enough cheese and chili to cover the fries completely.

I brought my burger out and it had stuck to the bag because of tons of melted cheese, I wasn't complaining. The burger was tasty, and flavourful and you could taste a little bit of everything, nothing was overwhelming. It went in easy. It tasted simple, it tasted good, it tasted homemade like someone's dad just cooked one up on the BBQ. The bun was also the softest I have ever eaten.

My bag of fries was large enough to feed an army and I didn't even manage to eat them all. For future reference I will only order one set of fries for both Erik and I, as one portion is enough to feed anyone. These fries screamed homemade, the only fries I have found to rival those made in small poutine shops hiding in the small towns of Quebec. These fries were obviously potatoes earlier today.

The shake wasn't too thick to drink through the straw, it was nice and liquidy, and the chocolate chips were blended down to a good consistency. Erik made audible 'mmmmm' noises and he promptly let me know he would be going back without me for lunch on the regular. We were both very impressed and will be going back again soon. Burger's Priest has essentially perfected the burger. It was simple, it tasted good, and it had a homemade feel, which are basically the 3 ingredients to good food. 5/5