Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Episode 77: Smart Burger (Part Two)

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Episode 77: Smart Burger (Part Two) [16:37]
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In today's episode our heroes Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Ryk 'E Coli' Edelestein finally get around to tasting a Smart Burger. They thoroughly dissect and analyze the burgers and the restaurant and then try to figure out where to place Smart Burger in the Montreal Burger cosmos.

More of the decor at Smart Burger
A glimpse at the line up
Smart Burger is located at 2159 boulevard Cure-Labelle in Laval, their phone number is (450) 687-7627, their website is smartburger.ca and they are open seven days a week from 11 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock at night, 11 o'clock Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

A partially consumed Bourbon Street Smart Burger

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In a nutshell; The Montreal Burger Report is Firesign Theatre meets the film Tom Jones at Le Chien Fumant. It is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and E Coli go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them and to the people who make them. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at http://montrealburgers.blogspot.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. If you would like to write to us, our email address is MontrealBurgers@Gmail.com.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Frank Zappa and The Moldy Peaches for the music and YOU for listening.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Good Hamburger Pictures (week 43)

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Vincent A Restaurant By TheHungryHungryHungryHippo

5-8 Club By TheHungryHungryHungryHippo

bacon cheeseburger, fries By calamity_hane

DEBBIE'S PLACE DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER By chuck bell

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Little Bacon Cheeseburger By mhaithaca

By anks mcskanks

Chili Burger and Fries By Marshall Astor - Food Pornographer

The Meatwagon at Warwick Wingding By ana gasston

BURGER JUICINESS By _asp_


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Friday, October 22, 2010

Mortons & Montreal

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Who would've thunk that a chain of steakhouses in the United States would have germinated from a hamburger at the Playboy Club in Montreal?

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I'm not certain why opening the third Fatburger in Calgary is news, but then again, I don't really understand anything further south and west of the Erie Canal. However, I what I do want to know is when Fatburger is going to make it east and north of the Erie Canal.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Episode 76: Smart Burger (Part One)

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Episode 76: Smart Burger (Part One) [15:04]
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MP3 18MB / FLAC 160MB / Ogg Vorbis 10MB / Stream)
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In today's episode our heroes drive all the way out to Laval in order to try a Smart Burger.

A Smart Burger just after being served, just before being consumed.

The Interior of Smart Burger.

Smart Burger is located at 2159 boulevard Cure-Labelle in Laval, their phone number is (450) 687-7627, their website is smartburger.ca and they are open seven days a week from 11 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock at night, 11 o'clock Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.


View The Montreal Burger Report Map in a larger map

In a nutshell; The Montreal Burger Report is My Dinner with Andre meets Rocky & Bullwinkle at Au Pied de Cochon. It is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and E Coli go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them and to the people who make them. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at http://montrealburgers.blogspot.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. If you would like to write to us, our email address is MontrealBurgers@Gmail.com.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Frank Zappa and The Moldy Peaches for the music and YOU for listening.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Vera's Burger Shack, Parts 1 & 2

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These are definitely videos that should be dealt with by the Victoria Burger Blog, seeing as how they are from the Left Coast. But also seeing as how they haven't gotten much love I figured it wouldn't hurt if I embedded them here.


Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Episode 75: Auberge du Dragon Rouge (Part Three)

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Episode 75: L'Auberge du Dragon Rouge (part three) [11:32]
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E Coli really really likes the fries

In today's episode our heroes Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Ryk 'E Coli' Edelstein analyze the burgers at Auberge du Dragon Rouge to death.

The espresso in a glass is always a nice touch

The bill

L'Auberge du Dragon Rouge is located at 8870 Lajeunesse, their phone number is (514) 858-5711. The website is oyez.ca and they are open seven days a week from 11:30 in the morning to 10 o'clock at night except on Saturdays and Sundays when they open early for brunch.

Medieval accents

Don't ask...


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In a nutshell; The Montreal Burger Report is My Dinner with Andre meets Rocky & Bullwinkle at Au Pied de Cochon. It is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and E Coli go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them and to the people who make them. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at http://montrealburgers.blogspot.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. If you would like to write to us, our email address is MontrealBurgers@Gmail.com.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Jimmy Buffet and Focus for the music, John Custodio for his voice and YOU for listening.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Chelsea Cheeseburger on Etsy

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Seeing as how there ain't much local hamburger news here, I'm expanding the concept of the Montreal Burger Report slightly and now will occasionally present Burger Art that I feel wouldn't be hurt by a little attention on your part.

Chelsea Cheeseburger by beforethegiraffe

It's a 4" x 6" acrylic painting. Small, actually tiny. If I had seen it live and knew slightly more about Ms. Giraffe's work, I'd consider calling it a study. But since I haven't and I don't, a painting it is. As Ms. Giraffe writes, she supplies "the world with big eyed girls & their dreamy friends."

I'll take her word for it that this is an early example of her work. In the fullscale version it looks a little rough around the edges. ie there are gaps, smudges and her lines aren't as precisely delineated as one might expect. But this adds to the naif-like charm of the painting (study).

I can't quite figure out if Chelsea Cheeseburger is using the french fries as ski poles, or if she is holding onto them for support since it doesn't quite look like she is the most balanced person in the entire world. And given her expression, I venture a guess that she was either looking down a black diamond trail, or contemplating precisely how difficult that next step she was planning on taking is going to be.

Given that when this painting was made, Ms. Giraffe states that she wasn't in the happiest of moods, I'd also venture a guess that Chelsea Cheeseburger could quite possibly be a reflection of Ms. Giraffe's state of mind at the time.

On sale for $20, which is better than a bargain. And I don't make a single red centy (or any other money of any other color for that matter) off the deal.

Gotta get down to Burlington

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USA Today went out and listed 51 burger joints in the United States. One is close enough to contemplate visiting, The Farmhouse Tap & Grill in Burlington, VT. According to Suzanne Podhaizer, food editor, Seven Days, they offer grass-fed beef, artisan cheeses, house-made pickles, and runny sunny-side-up eggs as toppings and more than 100 craft beers for your drinking pleasure. Although the idea of exposed brick and copper lighting fixtures along with a patio and backyard beer garden in a former McDonald's makes me wonder some.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Pictures of Hamburgers (week 41)

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The rancor By frommert

On the Left Coast they're called Fatty Melts

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Over at the Victoria Burger Blog they are going wild over Burger Melts, which they call Fatty Melts for some reason or another. However they decided to add peanut butter into the mix.

"Canada’s red-meat industry is the nation’s single-largest employer in the food industry. "

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Buried at the end of this press release was this sentence: "Canada’s red-meat industry, with more than $20 billion in sales, is the nation’s single-largest employer in the food industry." It made me go "hmmmm." I don't think I had ever heard the term "red-meat industry" before.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Episode 74: Auberge du Dragon Rouge (Part Two)

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Episode 74: L'Auberge du Dragon Rouge [15:56]
(Download:
MP3 22MB / FLAC 174MB / Ogg Vorbis 11MB / Stream)
(or play it here)


In today's episode our heroes Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Ryk 'E Coli' Edelstein are at the Auberge du Dragon Rouge discussing the experience.

The Bourgeois Ogre Burger at Auberge du Dragon Rouge (look at those fries!)

Inside the Bourgeois Ogre Burger at Auberge du Dragon Rouge (look at the mustard!)

L'Auberge du Dragon Rouge is located at 8870 Lajeunesse, their phone number is (514) 858-5711. The website is oyez.ca and they are open seven days a week from 11:30 in the morning to 10 o'clock at night except on Saturdays and Sundays when they open early for brunch.

The burger menu at Auberge du Dragon Rouge (at some point we're going to have to go back and try the boar burger and/or the deer burger)


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In a nutshell; The Montreal Burger Report is My Dinner with Andre meets Rocky & Bullwinkle at Au Pied de Cochon. It is a radio show & podcast where Zeke and E Coli go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and talk about them and to the people who make them. There is a new episode available every Wednesday morning at http://montrealburgers.blogspot.com and on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. If you would like to write to us, our email address is MontrealBurgers@Gmail.com.

The Montreal Burger Report is your source for the most in depth and comprehensive coverage about hamburgers, cheeseburgers, both with and without bacon in Montreal.

This episode of the Montreal Burger Report was written and produced by Chris 'Zeke' Hand. We would graciously like to thank CKUT for their support, Jimmy Buffet and Focus for the music and YOU for listening.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

Quick Service Hamburgers in Australia must be really bad!

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A very witty PSA from Australia trying to raise awareness about fat kids.



Thanks Fast Food Fred!

Burger Signs

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Whiz Burgers By Edwham