Comments on: Tuesday is $1 Hamburger Day at City Burger

By: niu yorker

niu yorker — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:08:22 +0000

missed this last week, but hit it up today. got on line just before 12:40, ordered at 1:05, got food just after 1:10. i concur with coreynyc: decent value @ 0.99, but 5.95 would be way too expensive.

@ moze: i confirmed, salmon burger is _not_ 99 cents.

@ lou: bacon (1.75), grilled or crispy onions (0.75), mushroom (0.75) are toppings for which extra is charged.

By: CoreyNYC

CoreyNYC — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:46:07 +0000

I got there about 11:50, line was short (2 people ahead of me).
By 12:10, the line was almost to the corner of Broadway.

I got the burger with fries & a soda, it came out to $6 & change

I have never eaten at CB before so I have nothing to compare it to but I have a feeling the burger is a little smaller than usual as the .99 burger is somewhat smaller than the bun.

It is pretty good at .99 , not sure how I would feel at the regular 6 bucks price.

By: Dark Force

Dark Force — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:16:10 +0000

“City Burger is PEOPLE!!!!”

By: moze

moze — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:22:22 +0000

Just got back from City Burger. The 99-cent burgers start at 10 am, btw. All single burgers are 99 cents (regular, cheese, turkey, veggie–I doubt the salmon burgers are 99 cents but I didn’t ask). Of course, just 1 burger per customer!

I got mine with the works–lettuce, tomato, onions, pickle, mustard, and (supposedly) ketchup and mayo, which I didn’t detect. The onions were sharp and the generic yellow mustard a bit overwhelming, so next time I’d just get lettuce and tomato.

As to the burger, I ordered it medium-rare and it was closer to rare, but not a problem. The meat was moist but not juicy at all, not tasting even close to the Shake Shack burger which reportedly uses the same meat. I suspect a lot of the juices are lost on the grill from the sounds of it. The burger was a good size, fairly thick but no real char on the outside. The bun was a bit large and fluffy, and could use a bit of compression before eating.

Overall, not a bad burger but not exceptional. Not close to the Shack or Burger Joint offerings in terms of juiciness, but the quality of the meat puts it above the generic deli/shop burgers.

By: moze

moze — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:01:11 +0000

Are *all* burgers just 99 cents on Tuesday, including their double burgers??? I might stop by a bit before 11 for a late breakfast, hopefully before it gets out of control.

By: DubbininBklyn

DubbininBklyn — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:20:40 +0000

I will walk by w/ the knowledge that this will be a clusterfuck…

By: Bossman

Bossman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:48:25 +0000

I’m thinking the word “all” might be a well-concealed clue. LOL

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:39:18 +0000

No Lou, it’s only for the Wagyu and black truffle buger.

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:34:04 +0000

Does this include ALL the burgers on the menu? Like a bacon cheeseburger and a plain hamburger both cost .99 on tuesdays?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:19:37 +0000

Someone should tell them their sign suggests the burgers will cost 99/100ths of a cent.