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BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
Nationwide
Bistro Burger
Applewood Smoked Bacon, Goat Cheese Crumbles, Caramelized Onions, Tomatoes, Spinach, Pickled Red Onions, Roasted Garlic Aioli
$13.75



While I really do try to not hit chains (and I feel I have been hitting them more and more lately), I am really glad that I went to this particular chain. BJ's may be more known for a place to go get some good craft beers, but for me, it is now known for a place to get a truly amazing burger!
BJ's surprisingly has a pretty good selection of burgers, the server tempted me to select this one, which honestly I might have been more leaning towards anyway just due to the sheer amount of different things it had on it.
To put this burger simply, there was a shit ton of flavor explosions happening in my mouth almost to which I didn't know what to give the "good" credit to. But first off, we all know that having Caramelized Onions makes ALMOST any burger better and this burger definitely utilized them well, and then they went and added on Pickled Red Onions as well, which I am not AS big of a fan of, but it was nice having the two contrasting flavors going on. Spinach was an interesting choice for the leaf of the burger, and while it was a refreshing change from normal shredded iceberg or leafs, there was nothing special about it.
Goat Cheese. Well it is not often that I get goat cheese, but this burger really did it well. Honestly I am a fan of any cheese except bleu cheese, but this goat cheese was really something I would love to get it on more burgers that I try.
The Applewood bacon was a little chewy for my preference and next time that I order this I may try to ask if I can get it cooked a little longer, but it was decent for what I expected from an establishment of this caliber.
The meat was FANTASTIC. It was thick BUT still juicy (so much that the bottom bun was totally full of juice by the end of it) and it crumbled apart when biting or pulling it apart which is great. I also felt like I tasted a decent amount of burger seasoning on the meat which as we can tell from previous reviews, I am a fan of.
Now while there was a lot of good, there was also one thing I was not a fan of. The Garlic Aioli. While I am sure the Garlic Aioli would have provided some great flavor to the burger, the cook really overloaded my buns with it to the point where there were multiple bites where I was just hitting giants pools of it and that was all I could taste. This did kind of kill a big part of the burger for me just because I know the burger was so good on the bites where it was appropriate, only to be ruined by bites where there was too much. While I am giving the burger a 4 based on the experience, if I returned and normal amount of ailoi (and crispy bacon) it could easily be a 4.5.

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VERDICT: 4 out of 5 Stars.

And so the Chase continues…

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