Something like a sharp cheddar might have held up better, but that's a minor quibble and something I probably could have gotten changed-just need to remember for next time. My one drawback, the fontina was a bit on the light side as far as flavor and got lost with all the other flavors mingled here. Top five good? Eh, not necessarily but still a good hearty chunk of meats perfectly cooked. All together it was very tasty and a pretty good burger compared to some around town. There was a great sweetness from the onions that mixed well with the heroines of the mayo-kind of like a thick ranch with Italian herbs. The lettuce and tomato were fresh and crisp. The bun was toasted with butter, another plus. It was also cooked right to pinkish red medium rare, thick and juicy. The pieces were quite long and I broke them up to place evenly over the burger. The burger was bigger than I remember or maybe I have bad memory, either way a good start. Now that they've had a few years under the belt (and two additional locations) I stopped by on a weekday afternoon when they weren't busy to give them another try.ДЎ00% grass fed beef with applewood smoked bacon, fontina cheese, butter lettuce, tomato, caramelized onions and herb mayo on a toasted sesame bun. They were part of that locally sourced, all organic trend that was just beginning and I just took it as another place serving an overpriced thing that was no bigger than my hand. I remember hitting up this place way back when it first opened and at the time not being all that impressed. Still even though burgers are continually written about I'm always up to trying one when I'm in the mood, such was the case that brought me to Roam Artisan Burgers and it's original location on Union Street. Overcooked and a little dry, maybe, but usually I'd send that back to be redone or just sauce it up and chow on.

I've had innumerable burgers over the years and while they've been done in most all conceivable ways, I can't really think of one that was so gawd awful that I couldn't finish it. A fairly simple recipe that like pizza, when done right is really good, when done badly, well, add more mayo and it's still edible. It's meat, a bun, some toppings and some sauce. Burgers, really, what more can be said about them that hasn't already been covered.

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