Brian @ Wongside

Since we were or unwilling to go to the (not so) Great American Food and Music Festival, Charlene and I headed to a place that comes highly recommended by the people of Mountain View: Clarke’s Charcoal Broiler.

I was aware that it had been nominated a few times for the best burger for a few years, but when we got to the store, they had posters going back at least 10 years. Pretty spectacular if you ask me. I got the chili burger, and Charlene got the turkey burger. Mine was quite tasty and definitely had a smoky, charbroiled flavor. Unfortuantely, I have to say that I’m still on the lookout for a chili burger better than the one at Johns Burgers in Bakersfield. I think the downfall of this burger was that they used processed (American) cheese rather than cheddar on top of the chili. I wasn’t looking for plastic cheese on my food. I was looking for some delicious, sharp, aged cheddar. But I digress…the burger was still delicious, just not better than Johns.

Charlene’s turkey burger was alright a bit dry to my taste. As far as turkey burgers are concerned, I think the best one I’ve ever eaten was actually at Red Robin. It’s juicy, flavorful, and a wonderful substitute to a regular beef burger. It certainly fills up those empty spaces.

Anyways, I look forward to trying other burgers at Clarke’s. I’ve heard they have a pretty good avocado burger. We’ll definitely have to make another trip there in the future.