Burger Jones

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"...housed in a former applebees, burger jones in minneapolis offers old-fashioned malt shop menu items...while it's possible to take a bite out of them and maintain some semblance of table-manners dignity, the burger jones chomp is not a dainty one; polite company might want to revert to a knife and fork...because it's a product of the brand-obsessed parasole restaurant group, the burger jones experience is wrapped up in some seriously slick packaging...rick nelson 612-673-4757 read full article 1 2 3 next related content tower of fries and burger tom wallace, star tribune burger jones location: 3200 w..."
- Star Tribune
"...anthony debut in may, and now burger jones near the shores of lake calhoun...you can get your burger done two ways at burger jones: some pink (medium) or no pink (well-done)...unfortunately, this is the reality at burger jones...the namesake burger jones (hamburger with lettuce and tomato) was more notable for its soft, substantial bun than the patty lying inside it...along with the basic vanilla-chocolate-strawberry trio, burger jones offers banana, nutella, and oreo varieties, along with candy-inspired flavors such as salted caramel and goober monkey...service (aka where the hell are my pickles?) it paid to know someone if you visited burger jones in its opening weeks at least from the outsiders view...finally, to compare burger jones unfavorably to five guys, which basically serves burnt fast food burgers in an over-lit suburban strip mall environment is a head-scratcher...not that burger jones needs help, but im not confident you captured its essence, but instead a snapshot in time during a very chaotic first month...dave06/01/2009reply i think the fact that someone decided that minneapolis even needed a burger jones, and that people are turning out for it, shows that were doing something wrong here in minnesota...ive been to burger jones once, and while it didnt leave me feeling the urge to come right back, ill try it again in a month when its more settled down there and they have things more figured out (note that the two-hour wait times, while fact, do overstate the actual demand there; once you get in youll notice that at least 25% of the tables are empty)...i do predict that in 2-3 years smashburger will stand tall and burger jones will be long gone, unless burger jones changes their tune or someone opens a few new joints with some real heart and soul...geoff06/02/2009reply also, how come there are 4,000,000 negative reviews of burger jones on the interwebs, but nobody has done a takedown of the soul-less namesake replacement of excelsior / mtkas neu gold nugget...not only i will never go back to burger jones because of my horrible experience, i will never go to another parasole restaraunt again...burger « the heavy table says: 09/16/2009 at 11:02 am [] the days of smashburger, burger jones, and american burger bar, the twin cities had bulldog n.e...building on the twin cities burger [] reply burger jones: burnsville, mn | bill roehl says: 04/14/2011 at 7:01 am [] only 56% of 285 people have a positive view of their current location...the heavy table, when they reviewed the uptown location of burger jones nearly two years ago rated it 1.5 stars of 4 and noted, you can find tastier and cheaper [] reply leave a comment cancel reply your email address will not be published..."
- Heavy Table
"...faribault creamery cheese curds not only will burger jones be offering beer battered cheese curds theyre from a reputable local cheesemaker...the mexican classic style of beer cocktail makes an appearance on the burger jones menu: pacifico beer over ice with lime juice, hot sauce, and a salted rim...unless burger jones is doing something really different in which case, why steal the expression animal style...update: read our full review of burger jones...anyway, the burger jones disappointments are twofold: 1) they refuse to reveal the makeup of their blend and 2) it appears you cant get anything rarer than some pink. i guess ill have to take the trolls advice and just make my own, or better yet head to the nook...adam platt05/15/2009reply james, ive tasted the burger jones meat blend, which is already being served at mannys and salut, and perhaps figlio and any other parasole joint that serves a gourmet burger...lee05/15/2009reply the cartoon sign outside convinced me that burger jones was an upgraded fuddruckers-like national chain...i was greatly disappointed in burger jones...as they say in texas, all hat, no cattle! a lot of talk no action with burger jones...im sorry i was so disappointed (and wordy), but burger jones you stole 90 minutes of my life...half of burger jones is their bar...i can tell you, hands down, burger jones is terrible..."
- Heavy Table

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