Where:

3040 NE 45th St

Seattle, WA 98105

What:
1 - Burger Melt

Two ground beef patties, two slices of cheese, ketchup & mustard on a toasted bun (I added raw onion).

2 - Grilled Ham & Cheese

Between slices of sourdough bread and grilled to a golden brown.

3 - Burgermaster

A ground beef patty, American cheese, tomato, lettuce & relish on a toasted bun

Comments:

I'm not sure I'd recommend traveling to Seattle Washington these days, but I had the pleasure of being there last October on a business trip. It's a beautiful state, although right now, it's not in a very beautiful state.

I was inquiring with a business associate about burgers (of course) and he pointed me to a small local family-owned burger establishment with a few locations across the Seattle area called, "Burgermaster". He, like so many others from the area, spoke highly of the burgers, and so I had to see one for myself.

Bottom line; it was a bit of a disappointment for me. The burger had great potential, however like many burger establishments, the potential was lost in the execution. I'll never understand why a restaurant that specializes in burgers, (is actually called, "Burgermaster") insists on taking a fresh, never frozen meat patty and cooks it far too long on the grill. The flavor was great, but the doneness of the burger made it tough and actually a bit chewy. The condiments propped it up a bit giving it some degree of moisture, but in the end, it was just an "okay" burger.

The grilled ham and cheese was "just okay" with a generous amount of butter on the sourdough bread giving it a perfect crispy shell.

The Burgermelt was by far, the winner of the day. The not-so-well-done double patties with all-the-way condiments made this sandwich the tastiest of the three.

The next time I visit I'm going to taste the grilled Dungeness crab & swiss on grilled sourdough.

The perfect burger-to-bun-ratio was just enough to eek-out a 6/10 on the BC rating scale.