Craft Grill
Tomball, TX
Tomball, TX
Gruene Burger
Chipotle Sauce, Roasted Jalapeno Pepper Strips, House-Made Salsa Verde, & Monterrey Jack Cheese on a Challah Bun
$12
I have to give the Craft Grill a lot of credit, they have an extremely large variety of tasty sounding burgers! I spent probably around 10 minutes trying to decide and then second guessing myself on which burger I would want to eat, and eventually just had one of the staff pick for me when they said that this burger was one of their newer and more frequently ordered. And honestly, I wasn't disappointed.
The main theme of this burger is HOT. This burger is spicy because of the Chipotle sauce and the Roasted Jalapeno Pepper Strips which I have to say were probably the 2 best parts of this burger. Not only were they hot, but that packed a good amount of flavor and freshness along with the heat. Moving on to the rest of the supporting cast of the burger, you can clearly see the Monterrey Jack cheese that was melted on and as always, I am willing to give points for when someone melts a great cheese choice onto the burger, so no issues there. The burger states that it comes with a Salsa Verde and you can even see that it has it on there from the picture, but honestly I didn't taste it in the slightest. I think that the spiciness from the jalapenos & the Chipotle sauce completely overpowered the Salsa Verde and it was basically like it wasn't even on there.
The meat patty was great! It was very soft and it fell apart in my mouth which was nice (and was SUPER HOT because I went in there when it was a bit slower). but for real, the meat was great, I definitely would like to go back to Craft Grill to try a different burger because I know I will like the patty.
On the negative I have to say, I did not like the bun. The bun was very light and had a lot of air in it making it basically no bread at all, which if I'm getting a burger, I'm sorry I want my bun to be tasty AND filling.
The size of the burger is also to be desired. Maybe I have just been spoiled by some of these bigger burgers that I have had in the last few weeks, but I found myself wanting a little more after finishing it, and especially if I am paying $12 which I consider a little closer to the top of my price scale, I want to get my money's worth.
All in all, this burger hit a lot on my checklist and is worth checking out, but it's not a real contender for the Top 10.
The main theme of this burger is HOT. This burger is spicy because of the Chipotle sauce and the Roasted Jalapeno Pepper Strips which I have to say were probably the 2 best parts of this burger. Not only were they hot, but that packed a good amount of flavor and freshness along with the heat. Moving on to the rest of the supporting cast of the burger, you can clearly see the Monterrey Jack cheese that was melted on and as always, I am willing to give points for when someone melts a great cheese choice onto the burger, so no issues there. The burger states that it comes with a Salsa Verde and you can even see that it has it on there from the picture, but honestly I didn't taste it in the slightest. I think that the spiciness from the jalapenos & the Chipotle sauce completely overpowered the Salsa Verde and it was basically like it wasn't even on there.
The meat patty was great! It was very soft and it fell apart in my mouth which was nice (and was SUPER HOT because I went in there when it was a bit slower). but for real, the meat was great, I definitely would like to go back to Craft Grill to try a different burger because I know I will like the patty.
On the negative I have to say, I did not like the bun. The bun was very light and had a lot of air in it making it basically no bread at all, which if I'm getting a burger, I'm sorry I want my bun to be tasty AND filling.
The size of the burger is also to be desired. Maybe I have just been spoiled by some of these bigger burgers that I have had in the last few weeks, but I found myself wanting a little more after finishing it, and especially if I am paying $12 which I consider a little closer to the top of my price scale, I want to get my money's worth.
All in all, this burger hit a lot on my checklist and is worth checking out, but it's not a real contender for the Top 10.
VERDICT: 3.5 out of 5 Stars.
And so the Chase continues…
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