Friday, November 20, 2009

Is that Acme on your face?












With the recent addition of In and Out Burger to the Salt Lake City market, the GPaK was craving a burger this week. We seriously considered taking a bus to Draper to commemorate the occasion, but we then realized we'd have to take the entire afternoon off in order to make it happen. From location (not near downtown) to too many patrons on opening week, we just knew there was another option out there that we've yet to review.

Enter Acme Burger Company. The GPaK visited Acme some time ago, but has yet to pay a visit under the current rule system of "have we blogged about it yet?" So after our morning donuts... the highlight of every Friday morning, the decision was made.

Acme is on the higher end of burger joints. And past visits have shown that higher end also equated to slower delivery of the goods. Not today.

The mojo has been good to us with regards to parking the past few weeks. After tempting the parking gods and landing on a broken meter — that means you can't put money in it, but also can't/shouldn't get a ticket — we took our seats inside Acme at about 12:36 p.m.

Our order was in about 12:44, and after a visit to the restroom — I always have to check these out and the hot water is in ample supply (a good thing for you and your food preparer), we had our food in front of us about 12:55.

I selected the classic burger, prepared medium and accompanied the juicy sandwich with the best sweet potato fries I've ever had. The bun was toasted, the dressings fresh and chasing it with the usual water made for about the most satisfying meal since Smash Burger, back when Brady was high on sudafed. The crispy fries were covered with just the right amount of sugar to give a sweet and salty taste that would do battle with just about anything.

We deposited ourselves into Brady's ride at 1:22 and couldn't believe how fast we'd just eaten at a sit-down restaurant where your burger is not prepared under a heat lamp.

The lowlight of the outing was a wet willy given to me by the Nut (GPaK calls him this) about the time we arrived back at the office. Fortunately the office bathrooms have warm water and I was able to cleanse my ears properly. We know who to blame when I contract some disease.

Man-up possibilities: 10
Food quality: 9.5
Water: watery
Service: 9.5
Overall: 9.5

—SuperScrunch

In an effort to approve upon my kryptonite (scary and unused words), I give you SuperScrunch's Word of the Week:

Rejoinder (ri-join-der)
–noun
1. an answer to a reply; response.
2. Law. a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's replication.

Quotes of the day:
Ladies go first. Ladies plural.
I don't know what they were doing, but they bruised the hell out of that puppy.
If you're gonna do it, do it like a man.
Vocabulary is your Kryptonite.
Chuck distracted me by licking his plate.
This morning for breakfast, I had a bowl of lard.
Sorry. I live in a house full of women. I'm used to taking whatever I want.
I'm anti-yam.
It could be a baby for all I know.
That was an old man burp.
El Gigante tramples tiny opponent.

4 comments:

  1. In-N-Out Burger opened two new Wasatch Front locations this week, so the GPaK crew was thinking burgers. But since we didn’t have a police escort available, or a five-hour block of time in order to wait in line for lunch, we opted for Acme instead. I’m glad we did.

    Like Wingnut and Brady, I opted for the classic with cheddar cheese and bacon. And man, was it good. Acme really knows its burgers. Mine was cooked perfectly. The patty was tasty, firm and thick, and I could see the steam coming from the inside after every bite. The cheese was good-N-melty, and the bacon was crisp-N-savory. Mmmmmmmm-N-mmmmmmm.

    I also love the shoestring fries at Acme. They’re a nice change from standard burger-N-fries fare.

    One thing to remember about Acme is that it is quite a bit more expensive than other burger places. For my meal (which was a lunch special), it cost me $15, with tip. Yikes! The burgers are really good, though.

    And they serve Coke products, so you gotta love that. (Remember: the fizz-o-meter started here. Just ignore any pale imitations.)

    Acme-N-Coke. Yum.

    Man-up possibilities: 9.5
    Food quality: 9
    Fizz-o-meter of Coke: 8
    Service: 9
    Overall: 9

    P.S. Scrunch, I’m sorry I wouldn’t give you an audio file of the Arickara cheer. I got stage fright. I’m not super-brave like you.

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  2. When the last bite tastes every bit as good as the first of the burger, you know you’ve been spoiled.

    That is exactly how it feels every time I eat at ACME burger. The food is outstanding, the atmosphere is very hip and trendy and the service is always top-shelf.

    A few minutes after we sat down I asked the boys what time we ordered. I was hoping to keep track of how slow they were and the time it was going to take ACME to serve up the goods.

    But the efficient kitchen staff blew me away with their speed. Seriously lightning quick in comparison to the handful of past visits with family and friends.

    I enjoyed their American Classic with their shoestring specialty fries. I customized my burger with a very rich cheddar cheese and topped it off with their smoked bacon.

    As always, the burger was fantastic. And the additional veggie toppings including tomatoes, pickles and lettuce were very fresh (I think the onion was too based on the smell).

    I highly recommend ACME. It’s a bit price for a lunch-time burger but well worth the extra bucks. We all paid roughly $15 for a drink, fries and burger. You simply can NOT beat the taste.

    I word to the wise....if you go, be prepared for a longer wait time on the food. They proved me wrong this time, but the restaurant was only half of capacity.

    Food quality - 9.9
    Service - 9
    Man-up - 9
    Overall - 9.5

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  3. The other fellas have pretty much covered what I'd say about Acme Burger's food. If you like bacon cheeseburgers, you pretty much cannot go wrong at this place. I've always wanted to try the lamb burger or the Kobe beef burger, too, but the thought of dropping $20+ on a cheeseburger lunch is just a little farther than I'm willing to go at this point. Maybe when the blog starts to really bring in the big money.

    To give you another idea of the prices at Acme: I was going to order the onion rings instead of fries but then noticed they were $6 for a single order. That changed my mind in a hurry.

    Still, the food is great even if the decor is a little bit too "Hey, look at me!" for my taste. I can see why Chuckles "Frosted Tips" Wingnut likes it though. (Ouch! Body blow!)

    I'm sure the ladies who read this blog will all gang up on their husbands trying to reveal who said, "Sorry, I live in a house full of women. I'm used to taking whatever I want." I'm here to tell you now that we will NEVER talk. Torture us all you want. Personally, I think the quote was more braggadocio than anything else.

    Man-up possibilities: 9
    Food quality: 9.5
    Service: 9
    Overall: 9.5

    And now, the blog's all new feature!
    The "Fa-shizz-o-meter of Coke" (C) 2009: 9.5

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  4. Re. who said the "I live in a house full of women..." quote: I'm guessing Greg, and punishing him accordingly, unless someone else mans up and admits it.

    Just kidding (maybe), but that would be truly evil, huh?

    The sad part to me is that enough of you live in a house full of women to have a long list of suspects. Sorry, dudes.

    P.S. I've tasted the Kobe burger, lamb burger and the ostrich burger, all on the D-News nickel. Nyah nyah!

    P.P.S. They were good, but the classic is about as good as anything on the menu, so don't feel TOO bad.

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