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Burger Lunatics Descend on SoDo
By Mike Seely, Fri., Oct. 15 2010 @ 7:00AM
Categories: Bottomfeeder
Big Scoop Our music editor's only regret is that he didn't go for more than four. From its SoDo parking lot, Burger Madness looks nothing like an insane asylum, or a place where urban loons would congregate. Yes, its design is a bit antiseptic; all strip malls' are. But it sits behind a Costco and next to a faux-rustic Starbucks on a thoroughfare utterly unpopulated by pedestrians. It could be anywhere that a floor manager with a paunch and a pair of khakis fuels up on the bookends of a workday. But inside, Burger Madness is pure lunacy, a one-grill mission to get Man v. Food host Adam Richman to book a return trip to Seattle after he failed to take down the 12-egg omelet at Beth's. (By the way, isn't it amazing how swiftly Richman's turned Guy Fieri into the culinary equivalent of the late, not-so-great Ron Silver?) Basically, you can stack as many patties as you want between the buns. If you consume a quintuple-pattied monster or more with a side of fries in less than 30 minutes, you get your photo on Burger Madness' website. If you knock down a "12-stack" or more (the record is 14 patties), a gift certificate roughly equivalent to the price of your meal gets tossed in--so you can do it again, the very next day! (There's a franchise in Monroe, too.)
Setting aside the medical concerns about attempting such a feat, there's the simple question of the meat. Ever tried dropping a Triple Whopper? It's tough--not because of stomach-capacity issues, but because the meat totally overwhelms whatever else is in the burger. And when the meat tastes like shit, which is what you get at a Burger King (even though the creepy Kong-sized King ads rule), that'll do you in right there.
Only Burger Madness' patties taste sensational, with a meatloafy essence, even when stacked four-high. They're cooked well-done, which is crucial, since the more you cook meat, the more fat gets cooked out. The burger is served with lettuce, pickles, American cheese, and fry sauce for dunking. The only thing that'd improve the behemoth is onions. But to the certifiably insane, such minute details don't much matter.
Setting aside the medical concerns about attempting such a feat, there's the simple question of the meat. Ever tried dropping a Triple Whopper? It's tough--not because of stomach-capacity issues, but because the meat totally overwhelms whatever else is in the burger. And when the meat tastes like shit, which is what you get at a Burger King (even though the creepy Kong-sized King ads rule), that'll do you in right there.
Only Burger Madness' patties taste sensational, with a meatloafy essence, even when stacked four-high. They're cooked well-done, which is crucial, since the more you cook meat, the more fat gets cooked out. The burger is served with lettuce, pickles, American cheese, and fry sauce for dunking. The only thing that'd improve the behemoth is onions. But to the certifiably insane, such minute details don't much matter.
Snohomish County Business Journal
Business Briefs and Real Estate
Published: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Burger Madness opens new location in Monroe
Burger Madness, a fast food restaurant chain offering hand-made certified Angus patties and milk shakes with churned ice cream, has opened a new location in Monroe on Fryelands Blvd.
“We want to stick to the ‘old fashion’ way of doing things,” said co-owner and founder Sam Sim, “like not skimping out on details and focusing on quality, as well as providing a unique user experience with a twist, such as allowing customers to create their own burger creations and combinations.” For more information, visit www.burgermadness.com.
Burger Madness, a fast food restaurant chain offering hand-made certified Angus patties and milk shakes with churned ice cream, has opened a new location in Monroe on Fryelands Blvd.
“We want to stick to the ‘old fashion’ way of doing things,” said co-owner and founder Sam Sim, “like not skimping out on details and focusing on quality, as well as providing a unique user experience with a twist, such as allowing customers to create their own burger creations and combinations.” For more information, visit www.burgermadness.com.
SoDo's Best Burger Is Made in a Strip Mall
"Where Are We?" By Seattlest Flickr Pool contributor SlightlyNorth.
We are dedicated to finding the perfect hot lunch in Georgetown. Top contenders thus far have been Smarty Pants' Troublemaker sandwich, a drippy cheesy mess stuffed with ungodly amounts of spicy chicken and bacon; the gouda fennel polenta at Georgetown Liquor Company, fried crisp and topped with a scrumptiously zingy and sweet apple balsamic reduction; and the perfectly crunchy, well-seasoned chicken salad sandwich at Georgetown Truck Stop, until that hut of heaven closed in fall of 2008. There's a new guy in town, though. The sourdough bacon burger at recently-opened Burger Madness, on 4th Avenue South (just north of Costco), just edged its way into our all-time favorite four hot lunches in SoDo/Georgetown.
The meat, the all-important foundation of any good burger, tasted just like the hamburgers we've grilled in our backyard during warm, lazy summer evenings. This is not your round, small, medium-rare, kinda hoity-toity patty; this is your thick, huge, juicy, hand-shaped, ever-so-slightly-charred burger friend. A thick-cut slice of Swiss cheese, a few still-crisp slices of tomato, and grilled, buttery onions were heaped on top of two slices of large, toasted sourdough bread slices slathered with mayo. Add the burger friend and two long, toothsome slices of smoky, salty bacon, wrap up that flavorful sandwich in paper, and what you hold in your hands is hands down the best burger we've ever had in SoDo or its vicinity (yes, including Skillet)--all for only about $5.40.
The meat, the all-important foundation of any good burger, tasted just like the hamburgers we've grilled in our backyard during warm, lazy summer evenings. This is not your round, small, medium-rare, kinda hoity-toity patty; this is your thick, huge, juicy, hand-shaped, ever-so-slightly-charred burger friend. A thick-cut slice of Swiss cheese, a few still-crisp slices of tomato, and grilled, buttery onions were heaped on top of two slices of large, toasted sourdough bread slices slathered with mayo. Add the burger friend and two long, toothsome slices of smoky, salty bacon, wrap up that flavorful sandwich in paper, and what you hold in your hands is hands down the best burger we've ever had in SoDo or its vicinity (yes, including Skillet)--all for only about $5.40.
Best Burger in Sodo, Seattle, at Burger Madness
"A Hamburger Today"
Posted by Robyn Lee, January 13, 2009
Seattlest says the recently opened Burger Madness makes the best burger in the SoDo neighborhood. They recommend the sourdough bacon burger, a "thick, huge, juicy, hand-shaped, ever-so-slightly-charred" patty topped with Swiss cheese, tomato, grilled onions, and two slices of bacon in between mayonnaise-slathered slices of toasted sourdough bread. Someone needs to show me a photo of this thing so I can admire it from afar.
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