A Hamburger Today
Le Tub: Photographic Documentation
Photograph by AHT reader JB.
Dear AHT: I don't know if you've ever run a photo of an actual Le Tub burger or not (Hollywood Beach, Florida, No. 1 on that Esquire list of best burgers in the country). So here you go. Pardon me if this is a repeat.The photo is of my wife's burger; she ordered hers medium-well. Mine was medium, and juicier.
Meal eaten Sunday, September 3.
Is it the best I've ever had? No. But I'm more of a thin, fast-food-style burger fan (Shake Shack, In-N-Out, Blue 9) than a thick, restaurant-style fan (Corner Bistro doesn't do it for me, either). The taste is in the grill, and the grill-to-meat ratio in a restaurant burger is way too small—there's a lot of burger in the middle that never gets a chance to char. All char is bad, but, then, so is all meat. I'll stick with Shake Shack as being the best I've had to date (although their fries stink).
That said, the poppy-seed bun was great and didn't overwhelm the meat or the mouth, and it held the juices well without falling apart; the fries were solid, the chili so-so, the Key lime pie terrific, the sea shanty atmosphere relaxing and fun. Worth going if you're in the area. —JB
Thanks, JB! And, no, we've never run a photo of a Le Tub burger, so double thanks. Sorry it took so long to get around to posting this. It's been a busy month at AHT HQ.
LE TUB
Address: 1100 N. Ocean Dr., Hollywood FL 33019 [map]
Phone: 954-921-9425