![]() ![]() In fact, he's never even served a regular burger. This comes as a bit of a surprise, considering Hammel never served a veggie burger before at his acclaimed Logan Square restaurant, Lula Cafe. Pearson St.), albeit one with more than 25 ingredients, which also manages to be crisp and creamy, complex and satisfying. And it's new.įlying in the face of the Impossible Burger revolution is chef Jason Hammel, who recently put a sort of old-fashioned veggie cheeseburger ($14) on the lunch menu at his new restaurant Marisol (205 E. There’s only one old-school veggie burger that I’d actually go out of my way to eat again. Do we have abysmally low expectations for veggie burgers, or do people really like them when they taste like this? Milwaukee Ave.) popped up again and again, yet they both served veggie burgers that were dry and tough to get through. ![]() In my research for veggie burgers, both Victory’s Banner ( 2100 W. 18th St.) black bean burger ($10.50) stuffed with chiles. Milwaukee Ave.) veggie burger ($13) made with beets, and Azul 18's (1236 W. Some even managed to exceed expectations, like Revolution Brewing's (2323 N. Honestly, most were perfectly inoffensive, the sort of offerings that might scratch an itch in the right setting. Set this starchy mass on top of a bun, and it's no wonder most can't compete with meat.Īfter visiting 15 places, I'd reached my breaking point. The first four ingredients of an Original Garden Burger, the popular brand found in many grocery stores, are brown rice, button mushrooms, rolled oats and mozzarella cheese. Instead, they are primarily made of grains and/or beans. It might come as a bit of a surprise, but most veggie burgers don’t exactly have a lot of fresh vegetables in them. And instead of dismissing the idea out of hand, as I wanted to do, I decided to actually dig in and try as many as I could. Diversey Ave.Yet, a lot of people claim to love these old-school veggie burgers. Housemade veggie patties are usually a mouthful of mush, but the mushroom, kale, and cracked rice number served each Thursday here is packed with flavor - and only a little mushy. 87th St., Calumet Heights Superkhana International’s Burger Plant Based Junkie’s the JunkĪ delicious mess of grilled onions, mushrooms, avocado, and vegan cheese heaped onto an Impossible patty. Skip the veggie patty and go for this grill-smashed number with all the fixings. My favorites: Epic Burger’s Beyond Burger It wasn’t until I had my first juicy, fatty Beyond Burger piled high with lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles, and mayonnaise that I realized just how amazing California-style burgers are. Plus, there’s this: I can’t stop thinking about the fact that the meat in one patty could come from hundreds of different cows. And any enjoyment disappears the second I hit a piece of bone or an unidentified sproingy thing. The meat sits like a lead weight in my stomach. ![]() Beef patties can have, to my nose, an off-putting smell. “Just as high in calories and fat as real beef! Filled with weird-sounding ingredients like pea protein isolate!” I know all this, but I just like them better. My friends think I’m either affected or not the Feinschmecker I claim to be when I say I prefer Beyond Burgers to beef ones. ![]()
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