So it's the 4th of July, and neither my wife nor I really feel like cooking lunch. After some discussion we find ourselves on the road with one though in our mind, we need a burger, a really good burger. This isn't my first time trying to hunt down a good burger, but it is the first time I've tried to do it on a holiday. My usually go to places are closed but I take a chance and head over to the North Park, and then I see an open sign in the doorway. Parking the car we get out and walk into Crazee Burger, where half the fun is deciding just what you want in the bun.
Okay I made that last part up, but it sounded good in my head, and it is true. Crazee burger is known for its wide variety of burgers. You can get anything from Angus beef, to ostrich, to my personal favorite, wild boar. The line is predictably long but not too long that day. Being open on the 4th is not only good business but a godsend for people who just don't feel like barbecuing. My wife and I get to the back of the line and take a look at the menu, and then I remember the bad side of having so many choices... that there are so many choices.
For the adventurous eater there is a wide array of tasty burgers, and that's not even considering the type of meat you want. For instance, outside of wild boar I also enjoy the taste of gator, kind of like chewy chicken, you can add great flavor to it. A quick glance at the menu and I know this will take forever so I do something uncharictaristic and decide I'm just going to have a regular meat type burger, nothing exotic. Okay that cuts down my options from 54 to 18. Still not an easy choice, and I just cut out my favorite Santorini Burger as it is half lamb. Okay, I guess if I am going to do beef, and it is the 4th of July I'll try something in theme with the day so I get the Texas Burger, as it is one of the few burgers with BBQ sauce. My wife goes with her usual Dansk Burger, as she has series weakness for Blue Cheese.
We get an order of fries and two drinks and look for a seat. We find a table with dishes but the staff, which as far as I can tell is just two guys working the front, despite being busy get it cleaned off for us in less than a minute. Then we sit down to enjoy the madness. The place is packed but the kitchen is still cranking out burgers at a regular speed, and when we finally get our, about 10 minutes later, it is well worth the wait. My Texas burger is cooked perfectly, and topped with bacon and Hickory smoked BBQ sauce, with and my first bite is filled with flavor. The burger is good, but its really the sauce that does it for me. The sauce is faintly sweet, and combined with the bacon comes together as one of the better burgers I've had in San Diego. I glance over at my wife's burger, with a fair amount of Blue Cheese on it and remember my wife also got avocado on it. It's hard to miss as you can see in the pictures there is pretty much half an avocado sitting on top of it. Which is perfect for my wife. I hazard a taste and the avocado is amazing, but I find blue cheese a bit too dry for my palate. A minute later we remember the fries and after apologizing the server brings that out. As much as I admire the creativity of the salt and Parmesan cheese blend I'm not a big fan of it. Next time I think I'll just go with the onion rings.
So overall a nice little meal at a nice little place. The man at the front says goodbye but I barely hear him. I'm already thinking about the next time and what kind of strange and exotic meat I'll get, probably the gator.
Crazee Burger
4201 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 282-6044
http://crazeeburger.com/
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