Tuesday, October 25, 2011

I am so weak

I gave in this evening and got carry-out from smashburger.

It was late, almost 9:00 and I hoped that "Anthony" wouldn't be working . . . but he was.  Fortunately this time it wasn't awkward at all.  He came out of the kitchen area and said "hi" and I said "hi" and he went back in the kitchen and that was the end of it.

What a relief.

However, the lady working the cash register sort of gave me the third degree, almost accusing me, saying, "you've been here before, haven't you?  I'm sure I remember you."  Well yes, I've been here before.  Isn't that a good thing when a restaurant (or any business) has repeat customers?

Anyway, I ordered a small burger on a pretzel bun with blue cheese and haystack onions.  I had a coupon code for a free side, so I decided to try the fried pickles with buttermilk dipping sauce.  The burger was good; it probably would have been better if I had chosen some sort of sauce, maybe the smash sauce, because it was a little dry without mustard or some other condiment.  The fried pickles were way too salty -- I won't order them again.

I doubt if I'll go back to smashburger on my own.  Maybe G will want to check it out (they have a made-from-scratch veggie burger that's supposed to be very good) or I might get lunch there with a friend. 

As much as I enjoy the food, I need to cut back on discretionary spending and high calorie splurges.  Smashburger will have to be an occasional treat from here on out.

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