The Fly Trap

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Restaurant in Rincon Hill I visited with Kenneth on 2023-12-18 after work.

The restaurant itself was brightly lit and intricately decorated in a classy-kitschy type way. I hope they have good drinks because the burger was a really disappointing 3/10. It was $19 with fries.

The rudimentary issue is I’m pretty sure I could make a better burger myself with zero prep or experience. The meat was indeed cooked medium rare which was great. But the bun was cold and looked like (or just was?) a generic Costco bun. All the vegetables toppings were raw and refrigerator-cold.

So yeah 3/10. I’m super disappointed because I’ve been wanting to come here a while. Maybe the menu changed and this is a one-off? The menu tonight called this a “Bomb burger” or something to that tune, while online I can only find references to “Fly trap burger”. Oh well.

Unusualness calculation: 0/10

• (Sadly) normal bun
• Normal meat patty
• Raw lettuce, onion, and tomato