Ed Levine on West Branch's Burger

Posted by Robyn Lee, November 12, 2008 at 10:30 AM

In his latest New York City restaurant review, Ed Levine reviews the burger at West Branch. He says,

The fancypants burger ($16) is a fine, fine burger specimen, though it strikes me as the one discordant, out of step with the times-priced item on the menu. It's made with ground in-house chuck with a secret ingredient divulged to me with the promise that I would never reveal it. All I can say is that the secret ingredient adds a fine, funky tang to the burger. The fries that come with the burger are of the excellent, not-too-thick-not-too-thin variety, and the housemade pickle is a lovely touch.

Check out the autopsy shot, after the jump.

I took this photo on a separate visit from Ed's; he said that my burger looks more densely packed and less juicy than the one he ate. Overall, my burger experience wasn't as great as his. West Branch has only been open for a few weeks, so in time they'll hopefully have a consistently delicious burger.

8 Comments

Tags: fancy-pants burgers, NYC, reviews, Upper West Side, West Branch

8 Comments:

That hardly looks ground and way too packed. it almost looks like a filet mignon sliced in half and put on a bun

ESNY1077 at 12:16PM on 11/12/08

DO NOT WANT.

Adam Kuban at 3:52PM on 11/12/08

Yeah, that doesn't look good. They cut it in half like that with the sides of the bun grilled? Don't think I'd like that either.

SoundBitesNYC at 4:35PM on 11/12/08

wtf is that

Prairie at 11:55PM on 11/12/08

@SoundBitesNYC: I was surprised that it came pre-cut (and with the grilled bun-sides?); It's not like it's huge to begin with. To be honest I couldn't write much about this burger because I was already too full by the time I got to it. Oooops.

roboppy at 12:10AM on 11/13/08

It looks like a tuna burger

greenolivemedia at 10:16AM on 11/13/08

Too fancy looking for me?? It looks fake... Nice grill marks on the bun though.. Keep it simple people...

burgerboy at 11:01AM on 11/13/08

That photo just prompted me to add West Branch to my "definitely do not go" list. The burger in the photo, that is. It's a great photo of an awful looking burger.

kenjialtci at 2:27PM on 11/13/08

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