Berger Review! The Burger Spot, Garden City, NY

Vacations are made for Burgers.  And Bergers are made for vacations.  With school vacations this week, JB is running the boys all over and a visit to my office was in order.  The original plan for lunch was Ben's Kosher Deli, but a little thing called Passover changed our destination.

Fear not, I always have a backup burger plan.  And the plan called for The Burger Spot, a fast casual restaurant in the village of Garden City.  Far from the big box chains and shopping malls, this is the kind of place where kids go after football practice for fries, in fact, the owner's kid was there today.  The Burger Spot deems itself "Gourmet Fast Food" and I agree. 

The menu is burgers, salads, fries, rings and shakes.  Beef is grass-fed, bread is from a local bakery and everything is made to order.   Burgers range from simple to complex, plus, count 'em, three different kinds of veggie burgers.  

JB's cheeseburger came with the works - lettuce, tomato, onion and special sauce on a brioche bun.  One bite and he was hooked.  Meatier and less greasy than the Shake Shack, this is a win. 

The boys plain hamburger was equally as good.  You can tell that the meat is better quality than your average burger place.  

And don't forget those fries.  Wow.  One of the better orders of fries any of us had had in a long time.  

I tried a Caesar salad, for a change.  The chicken was well cooked and well sliced (always an issue with me).  The salad was never-ending.  JB had to help me finish.  

There were many more items that looked worthy of a second visit: the Athenian burger with feta, tomato, lettuce, red onion, cucumber and garlic sauce is probably going to be my next order.  Or perhaps just a simple Cobb Salad.  Or maybe both.  

Until our next Berger, 

KLB 

The Burger Spot

150 7th Street

Garden City, NY 

516.746.6100  

theburgerspotonline.com