Thursday, April 12, 2012

BGR The Burger Joint

Look out Five Guys, there's a new joint in town! Where Five Guys does everything right, BGR does everything different.. oh, and right too! They offer a wide variety of super fresh tasting burgers from Tuna burgers to the "9 Pounder" hamburger featured on the Food Network and Travel Channel. The food taste great, and somehow comes off healthier then other burger joints, probably because of the freshness of the ingredients. We got a normal burger with sweet potato fries, and a tuna burger with Yukon gold fries. Being a health conscious family, as you can tell from the pictures below.. we also opted to try the asparagus fries, not pictured. They were a little disappointing to me, basically just over grilled asparagus with insignificant seasoning. Now that I've got you depressed, back to the good news.. The two burgers were fantastic and the fries delicious! Further one-upping the competition, they also offer Onion rings and Milk Shakes, both of which I hope to try on further visits.. if my wife will let me. BGR has definitely become champion of the burger chains for me at this point, and I'll definitely be back. Elevation Burger, look out, cause you're next on my list to review!



BGR
Check out their locations online, a couple dozen from California to Florida and on up to New York.

We visited the Maryland one:
        Cabin John
7949 Tuckerman Lane
Potomac, MD  20854
Phone: 301-299-1600
Fax: 301-299-3038

Argia's

Tucked away in the western corner of the Beltway here in the Washington, DC area is a little town called Falls Church. It's here that you can find a local favorite of the natives called Argia's. Touting themselves as Authentic Italian in the Heart of Falls Church, they offer great food at reasonable prices. There aren't a lot of decent restaurants in Falls Church, so it's no surprise that this place is always full of patrons and yet the food doesn't disappoint, ever. My father has been taking me here for the last ten years, and I'm always happen to join him, knowing I'll be getting a great meal. As a pizza fanatic, I recommend skipping pizza here, unless it's for the kids, and go for the entrees. The specials almost always offer something fantastic. On the particular night we went, which was awhile ago.. (Sorry, really dragging my heals on reviews as of late), two of us had specials and they're the first two items pictured here. My dish, which contained a trio of meats, braised spare rib, sausage and meat ball, with pasta and a dollop of home made ricotta, was out of this world. The salmon was delicious, but paled in comparison. Finished the night with a nice cappuccino and some wonderful cannoli.






Argia's
124 North Washington Street  
Falls Church, VA 22046