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Cascadia of the Mini Burgers
The star of Cascadia's happy hour is their miniburger, which can be dressed up many things from cheese to grilled onions to truffle butter (that's burger, not ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
buhrger fyi) at any time, but during happy hour starts at $1. They are very mini. The patty is a thick, gourmet cushion about 3 inches in diameter.
What I liked: You can choose a steak miniburger, a salmon miniburger, or a vege one. The happy hour menu includes a choice of calamari, french fries, a couple of beers, red or white wine, a martini, and probably something else that I am forgetting. Of course, you can order from the non-happy hour menu, also. When on the medium rare or rare side, the burgers are very yummy. Presentation is really cute, with little cauldrons of ketchup, ancho mayo, etc.
What I liked less: Happy hour is ONLY served in the lounge area. This was absurd yesterday, because the rest of the restaurant was completely empty, but the 5 of us had to wait for a table. Nor were we allowed to start with a cocktail and wait, standing, in the bar area. On a Thursday night at 5:15.
Most of the burgers were cooked to well-done. Those & the salmon patties were dry. Service was pretty good, but when we got 4 too many plain and 4 too few cheese, the waitress wanted us to be in the wrong. (That's not how you handle things. Even when the customer is wrong, you say it was a misunderstanding/miscommunication, so no one is "wrong".) She made another irksome comment, later, too. (Otherwise, I thought she was great.)
In conclusion: Go early, keep your group small, order your varieties by the total tally for the table (not each by each person), and ask for rare or medium rare.
buhrger fyi) at any time, but during happy hour starts at $1. They are very mini. The patty is a thick, gourmet cushion about 3 inches in diameter.What I liked: You can choose a steak miniburger, a salmon miniburger, or a vege one. The happy hour menu includes a choice of calamari, french fries, a couple of beers, red or white wine, a martini, and probably something else that I am forgetting. Of course, you can order from the non-happy hour menu, also. When on the medium rare or rare side, the burgers are very yummy. Presentation is really cute, with little cauldrons of ketchup, ancho mayo, etc.
What I liked less: Happy hour is ONLY served in the lounge area. This was absurd yesterday, because the rest of the restaurant was completely empty, but the 5 of us had to wait for a table. Nor were we allowed to start with a cocktail and wait, standing, in the bar area. On a Thursday night at 5:15.
Most of the burgers were cooked to well-done. Those & the salmon patties were dry. Service was pretty good, but when we got 4 too many plain and 4 too few cheese, the waitress wanted us to be in the wrong. (That's not how you handle things. Even when the customer is wrong, you say it was a misunderstanding/miscommunication, so no one is "wrong".) She made another irksome comment, later, too. (Otherwise, I thought she was great.)
In conclusion: Go early, keep your group small, order your varieties by the total tally for the table (not each by each person), and ask for rare or medium rare.
