nutsandboltons - Hopdoddy (north) - Austin - Steamed Ham #8

I am disappoint.  I don't know what went wrong here.

I've eaten at the south location a number of times, and the burgers are always good.  Plus, the Terlingua is my favorite at this establishment -- what's better on a burger than a Frito pie?  Nothing, that's what.  Unless it's a second burger that's also topped with a Frito pie.  Double-Frito all the way, so intense!  It's chili all the way down!  We've reached critical pie; the waveform is collapsing!  ZOMG the zeitgeist!!!  ZOOM AND ENHANCE!!


Ahem...  sorry.  I'm better now.  This is usually at least a solid 9/10, and the Sea Salt and Caramel milkshake pushes it even higher.

When I vistied the north location last Saturday, though, I was not impressed.  The burger was sloppy, poorly done, and the grind had a horrible mealy consistency.  I ordered it medium-rare, which may have been a mistake.  The center wasn't pink.  It was pale, almost translucent.  Ugh.  Nasty.  The chili was characteristically good (and the Fritos were predictably Frito-ey), but the burger itself was pretty bad.  Even the milkshake wasn't great - the salt crystals were already dissolved so they didn't explode in a sweetness-magnifying burst of salty goodness like they usually do.


3/10

Hopdoddy, you can do so much better.

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