Saturday, July 17, 2010

Established in 1839, the Queen's Inn is one of the oldest continuously operating Inns in Canada. It had to take a break a few years ago when it caught fire, but its up and running again. Technically speaking, there are two restaurants on the ground floor, Copper's Pub and The Sport's Tap and Grill, but since they share a menu and a kitchen, they get a single review.

And what a menu it is. There are 18 burgers available, ranging from the Bison Bacon Burger, to the Pancho Villa (cheeseburger with salsa & jalepenos), to the British Burger (fried onions, smoked bacon, & cheddar). There are also a few ground turkey and ground chicken burgers, and a Veggie Burger, with mozzarella and basil mayo. All the burgers are made in house, one at a time on order. I went for the Fat City Burger, apparently one of their most popular, topped with back bacon and cheddar, for $10.99.

This was a huge burger but certainly not impossible to eat. The patty was enormous but relatively thin, savoury and nicely grilled. There was a lot of cheese and even more back bacon, which really didn't taste of too much, but was a nice soft and chewy alternative to crispy strips of bacon. The bun was soft and compressed well but didn't get soggy while eating. This isn't a flashy burger, but it is very good.

I also got to try the Sweet Hot Bacon burger, with a homemade sweet chili sauce, bacon and cheddar. While the one bite I had was delicious, I was a little wary that the sweet chili sauce would get old after a while. My husband, who inhaled the rest of the burger, assured me this was not the case.

The fries were enormous yukon gold potato fries - fluffy, crispy, buttery, awesome.

4 out of 5 Pickles.

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