| best burger search update 2 |

This week, Alicia and I continued our search for the best burger in the greater Sacramento area (anywhere within 30 minutes of our houses).

Our search took us to the city of Davis. While here we checked out 3 places, all slightly different, but all with pretty good burgers to offer...





Our first stop was Redrum Burger (otherwise known to Davis OG's as Murder Burger).

Burger: 1/3 lb. Burger with Cheese, Bacon, and Thousand Island Dressing

Score (out of 10)
Alicia: 7
Justin: 7

This place is pretty small, it has lots of seating, but the benches are tiny little things, close together. The first thoughts on this burger were that the burger to bun ratio was off, there was more bun than meat happening. (Alicia). The bacon on this burger was not the highest quality bacon that I've had on a burger. The taste grew on us as we ate the burger, and that was a good thing. It was easily the cheapest burger that we'd had so far, costing less than 6 bucks. It was pretty good as well. We thought it was above average in taste.




The second stop of the day was a place called Burgers and Brew.

Burger: Bacon Cheeseburger (Bleu Cheese instead of American or Swiss)

Score (Out of 10)
Alicia: 9
Justin: 9

Burgers and Brew is fancier than your average burger retailer. It is actually pretty posh, while keeping some small town charm in it's close patio style dining quarters. Initial thoughts on the burger were that it was obviously char-broiled. The flavor on the meat was pretty delicious. We both thought that the burger to bun ratio was spot on. There was an issue (for me) in the fact that it defaulted with mayo (which I hate) and there are no other options for dressings. It would be pretty dry without them. Luckily for me, they offered ketchup and mustard with the burger (steak sauce is also available.) This is the kind of burger that I would use to satisfy a HUGE burger craving. If I was really in the mood for a burger, this would definitely hit the spot big time.




The last place we ventured to was Applebee's.

Burger: The Quesadilla Burger

Scores (out of 10)
Alicia: 7
Justin: 7

We hit up the neighborhood Applebee's to try out the Quesadilla burger. It was different, but it was actually pretty good. Alicia noted that it tasted quite quesadilla like. It was an unlikely candidated, but it had a nice flavor to it, the substitution of a bun for a tortilla was pretty delightful, not bad for a restaurant burger.

All in All, Davis represented itself quite well. We had our first 9 of the search! We shall definitely be checkin' out Burgers and Brew subsequently after the end of the search!

Until the next update.

I'm out...