Ketchup Burger Bar: A Mediocre Attempt at a Stellar Burger

One of the latest foodie trends of the past year has been trendy burger joints. We can’t complain, it makes us feel a little better about craving a burger and fries, and where can you really go wrong? We bought a groupon for Ketchup Burger Bar in the Uptown area, and were excited to give it a try. We were looking forward to the outing since Ketchup uses fresh, organic ingredients, and the vast amount of ketchups seemed exciting.

We arrived on a nice day for lunch, and opted to sit on the patio. It wasn’t crowded during the mid-day work lunch hour, which was nice. Our waiter explained to us the concept of the restaurant after we told him we were newbies, and he went over all the different types of ketchups and the most popular burgers on the menu.  There are four different types of ketchup at “Ketchup” including the house, green tomato, chipotle, spiced, and if you feel so inclined your standard Heinz.  There are a lot of burger options and fries as well.

We started with a fry trio, of buffalo fries, sweet potato fries, and white truffle parmesan fries. Sara ordered the Blue burger, with gorgonzola, grilled red onion, arugula, tomatoes and mission fig spread. I opted for the Roadhouse, with bacon, mozzarella, onion, garlic mayo, and tomato. Both of the burgers came on brioche buns.

We started out munching on the fries. All three types we ordered were really tasty. The buffalo fries were super thin and crunchy, which were nice. The sweet potato fries were pretty standard, but enjoyable as well. The white truffle parmesan were pretty delicious as well. We were excited to try our burgers after enjoying all the fries.

Sadly, when eating our burgers we were quite disappointed. The brioche buns were soggy, and did not compliment the meat and toppings at all. The meat was just “okay”, and we both agreed we had enjoyed much better burgers elsewhere. Sara was taken aback about how strong the fig spread was on her burger, even over powering the gorgonzola. Overall, using a groupon and getting a good deal it was worth the trip. The fries were enjoyable, but we both agreed that with all of the new and exciting burger places around, we will not be returning.