Whistle Stop Cafe

Whistle Stop Cafe
Conroe, TX

First Class Burger

Swiss Cheese, Avocado, Grilled Onions, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickles, Mayo, & Mustard

$10

While the name may be "First Class" Burger, I think that this burger has a little bit of work ahead of it if it wants to live up to that name.
The Whistle Stop Cafe seems like a nice, quaint little cafe that seemed to have a bunch of regulars, but if I had to guess they were there for the country style menu of chicken fried steaks, chicken 'n' dumplings, & pork chops. Not the burgers.
First of all, this burger had WAY too much going on. This was like a party that gets too big and gets shut down because of all the noise. Because it had so much on it, the bread was hard to hold everything and ended up getting soggy and falling apart before I could finish, so hard to give points there. I will say that before, the bread was pretty good in flavor and soft.
The other negative things I found with this burger were some of the best things they had advertised, namely the Swiss Cheese & Grilled Onions. I found both of these to be just bland. While I am not usually a big fan of Swiss Cheese, I found this Swiss Cheese to have little to no flavor. And on the Grilled Onions, they were very dry and flavorless.
Now while I have been generally negative, this burger did have some things that it did right. Namely, the bacon and avocado. The bacon was crispy (how I like it) and had a good flavor to it, not like some cheap bacon at a fast food place. And oh boy, do I like avocado, I'm pretty bummed that I haven't done more burgers with avocado on it, something I mean to remedy soon. The avocado here was fresh and tasty, and I would come back here for a different sandwich with avocado on it for sure.
The burger itself was a great size, and I was full after eating half of the 1/2 pound, so as far as the value, you are definitely going to get your monies worth and get full. I would however have to temper expectations on the overall taste of the burger.

VERDICT: 2.5 out of 5 Stars.

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