M:Brgr Bar
M:Brgr is located just east of Spadina on King St, on the south side. What a beautiful place! I actually don’t know what to call it. It’s a glorified burger joint, but posh, classy bar. Squeezed right between some of the top dogs in the restaurant industry on Kings st, M:Brgr is sure to keep customers, coming back for more. The first thing that instantly catches your eye is an immaculately created Smoke glass landscape of an industrial city, this theme continues throughout the walls of the restaurant. Amongst the accent of orange banquets, and stained wood panel walls, lays a long, FULLY stocked bar. The bar is obviously the focal point of this restaurant, with trendy “deco” bar stools around it.
I must say, the service at M:Brgr was phenomenal, which is extremely rare for me considering the usual huffy servers I get. As soon as you open the wine/champagne and regular bar menus, it’s clear why they call it a Bar. I enjoyed a glass of their regular Port wine, Taylor LBV ($8). I do however think that the beer selection on tap was slipping just a bit. With only two Canadian beers on tap, and one Belgian, they definitely need to step up their beer game (although they had more than twenty different beers in bottles).
Now, the food! I thought it was really smart to show right on the menu that a portion of their profits go to the Sick Kids Foundation. They have the classic “build your own burger” as their main seller, but they did it in a new and Flavourful way. A step by step guide to build your own unique and fantastic burger. The new twist that they give their burgers is the special toppings like Truffle Carpaccio (Chopped raw beef, marinated in truffle oil, $10), and Foie Gras (Ducks Liver $11). There also is a burger on their menu that costs $100. Of course, they do have your old faithful hot dogs, Mac N Cheese, Sandwiches, and salads.
All considering, I would easily give M:Brgr four stars out of five.
Great stuff! Sounds like a smaller place, maybe newer, just starting off? It is quite expensive to maintain alot of draught inventory aswell as maintenance of the lines, also, cold storage room might be an issue. Bottles can sit in the fridge until they sell!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could start listing the capacity and how long it has been open to give readerS an idea of what to expect.
I read your blog every morning. Keep it up chef!
Big Brother
All very good points, but in fact, this place was enormous! They could easily fit eighty to one hundred people. Lots of small bars downtown (Annex Area) have seating for only twenty to thirty people, but commonly have more than ten or twelve beers on tap. I think M:brgr may be trying to appeal to a different class of patron.
ReplyDeleteThanks Big Brother, keep looking in and commenting.
i would just like to point out that M:Brgr was closed down, after just one month of being open!
ReplyDeleteGuess they should have just listened to me :)
better luck next time.