Name: Graffiti Burger (Burger joint with two locations local to Columbus)
Date Visited: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Time Visited: 2:00 PM
Wait: none
Total Price: 11.69
Price Breakdown:
Build a Burger - Angus = 5.99
Regular Fries split between 2 people = 3.79/2 = 1.90
Vanilla Shake = 3.79
(Subjective - Everything out of 7)
Ambiance: 5/7
Food Quality: 5/7
Service: 4/7
Value: 5/7
Overall: 5/7
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So Andrew is moving back to Columbus (and is part of the impetus of starting this blog) and today we helped unload the truck from Madison, WI. I do have to say that he sure does pack light! After all the hard work was done, Andrew treated us to lunch (Thanks, Andrew!) and after some indecision, we settled on Graffiti Burger.
Now, I have never heard of Graffiti Burger before, and it is a relatively new store that has two locations. One in Dublin and one in Grandview. Now I live very close to Grandview, so I'm surprised that I have not heard of it yet nor have I received any fliers from them. Anyways, we stop in and the store does strike me as a bit small. Other than that the decor is very urban and has murals of graffiti from floor to ceiling covering all of the walls.
I decided on creating my own burger. Now, basically here, you order what kind of meat you want, which is what you pay for, and you can customize it to your own liking (all of the toppings are free). I went with the original size Angus beef patty (there is also a junior size) and decided to have it on Texas Toast. I added cheddar cheese, ketchup, mustard, mayo, lettuce, tomato, and pickle to my burger--just the way I usually get a burger. But then I decided to be more adventurous and added cole slaw, grilled onions, and grilled mushrooms. Someone suggested we get a couple orders of fries to go around, and at Andrew's dad's urging, I also got a vanilla milk shake.
The order arrived pretty quickly and I got my burger. Somehow the message got lost in translation and I got my burger on a roll instead of on Texas Toast, but it wasn't that big of a deal. The place that I would most compare Graffiti Burger to is Five Guys, but I actually enjoyed this burger more. There was less meat to it (one patty, albeit a slightly larger patty), but I think the combination of toppings worked out well. I really think the cole slaw was well made and complimented the other flavors. It was a very messy affair and I commented at one point that I wish I had a fork, but it was overall less greasy than Five Guys. The fries through, were a bit of a let down in comparison to the burger. I personally preferred seasoned fries, and here they were just regular fries. They were very crisp, but I would have liked more flavor. The Vanilla shake was delicious, and it seemed on par with most handmade shakes and a lot better than places that use a machine to make a shake.
Bottom line: I would definitely go back there again when in the mood for a good burger, but if I want fries, I still might stick with Five Guys.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Journal Guidelines/Template
While your posts should be in a style that fits to your personal writing style and your personal tastes (no pun intended!), it would make things easier if we had at least a standard form to fill out at the top of each post. Here is a sample post with what I think are good ideas. Of course we can edit this and make changes as we go along if things aren't suiting our purposes.
Name: Name of the restaurant visited
Date Visited: Date you visited the restaurant, if visit spans multiple days, list the date the visit started
Time Visited: Time you first arrived at the restaurant
Wait: time spent waiting for a table. If you made a reservation or called ahead, state so. Time from the moment of arrival to the time seated should be counted here.
Total Price: Total price before taxes and gratuities should be used. This is to standardize across the different suburbs things are located in with differing tax rates/
Price Breakdown: Mark separate items for posterity.
(entree, drinks, dessert, exclude tips)
(Subjective - Everything out of 7)
Ambiance: Evaluate everything about the atmosphere including cleanliness, music, noise level, decor etc.
Food Quality: How was the food? Was it a good temperature? Were the portions appropriate for the meal? How did it taste?
Service: How were you greeted? Were the waitstaff attentive and courteous? Were the any problems? If so, were they resolved satisfactorily?
Value: Did you feel that you got a good value for what you paid?
Overall: Overall impression. 1 = poor, 4 = average, 7 = superior. 1's and 2's we will probably not visit again, 3-5 are those that are ok but nothing special, 6's and 7's are places that we would definitely want to go back to. Note that this section is not intended to be an average of the other sections!!!
That's it for the heading, now complete the rest of your entry here!
Name: Name of the restaurant visited
Date Visited: Date you visited the restaurant, if visit spans multiple days, list the date the visit started
Time Visited: Time you first arrived at the restaurant
Wait: time spent waiting for a table. If you made a reservation or called ahead, state so. Time from the moment of arrival to the time seated should be counted here.
Total Price: Total price before taxes and gratuities should be used. This is to standardize across the different suburbs things are located in with differing tax rates/
Price Breakdown: Mark separate items for posterity.
(entree, drinks, dessert, exclude tips)
(Subjective - Everything out of 7)
Ambiance: Evaluate everything about the atmosphere including cleanliness, music, noise level, decor etc.
Food Quality: How was the food? Was it a good temperature? Were the portions appropriate for the meal? How did it taste?
Service: How were you greeted? Were the waitstaff attentive and courteous? Were the any problems? If so, were they resolved satisfactorily?
Value: Did you feel that you got a good value for what you paid?
Overall: Overall impression. 1 = poor, 4 = average, 7 = superior. 1's and 2's we will probably not visit again, 3-5 are those that are ok but nothing special, 6's and 7's are places that we would definitely want to go back to. Note that this section is not intended to be an average of the other sections!!!
That's it for the heading, now complete the rest of your entry here!
Welcome
Welcome!
This blog's main purpose is to serve as an eating journal for a group of friends who grew up together in the Worthington, OH area and now currently reside throughout the Greater Columbus area. But if you're reading this, you're probably not one of us. So let me start with a bit of history and then explain the blog to you in a bit more detail.
The authors of this blog all grew up together and attended the same high school, Worthington Kilbourne in one of the northern suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1803 by James Kilbourne (hence the name of our high school), the suburb has a rich history which we learned about in school, but never did much exploring past that. We were all heavily involved in activities at our high school (whose mascot is a wolf named Lobo, hence the name of the blog), but never got a chance to look past the daily bustle.
After graduation, though we remained close friends, we all spread throughout the county to attend college. It was here that we realized how many hidden gems are located in the cities we went to school in and started wondering what we were missing back home. We were never home for more than a few weeks at a time, but it was around this time that we started exploring more of Worthington, Columbus, and the surrounding areas and found out what we were missing all along!
Fast forward a few years. We are now all in our early to mid twenties and for one reason or another, life has led us back to the Columbus area. We finally have the time and disposable income (with the exception of the poor med student who still subsists on stipends and government loans) to explore more and we decided to start trying more restaurants in the area. Of course, one of the problems we have now is that unless a place is particularly good (or bad!) we don't always remember everything about it and it makes it harder to decide where we want to eat on a given night when we are together.
Enter this blog. The purpose of this blog is to allow us to journal about our experiences and keep track of what we've tried, what was good, what wasn't good, and help guide us in what to try next. Also, it allows any one of us to read where others have been since there are times that we can't all be in the same place at the same time. (Read: the med student is too busy buried under a pile of books in the library) We realized that other might find our reviews interesting, so we are keeping the blog public. Of course we'd appreciate any comments you have about any of your own experiences! To keep the spam down to a minimum, we review all posts before they are posted, but this also ensures that your post is read and you will get a reply should one be warranted!
The main purpose of the blog is to talk about our eating habits, but if we see that a lot of people out side of our circle of friends are reading this, we may just start to add in a few stories here and there so our readers can get to know us better!
This blog's main purpose is to serve as an eating journal for a group of friends who grew up together in the Worthington, OH area and now currently reside throughout the Greater Columbus area. But if you're reading this, you're probably not one of us. So let me start with a bit of history and then explain the blog to you in a bit more detail.
The authors of this blog all grew up together and attended the same high school, Worthington Kilbourne in one of the northern suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1803 by James Kilbourne (hence the name of our high school), the suburb has a rich history which we learned about in school, but never did much exploring past that. We were all heavily involved in activities at our high school (whose mascot is a wolf named Lobo, hence the name of the blog), but never got a chance to look past the daily bustle.
After graduation, though we remained close friends, we all spread throughout the county to attend college. It was here that we realized how many hidden gems are located in the cities we went to school in and started wondering what we were missing back home. We were never home for more than a few weeks at a time, but it was around this time that we started exploring more of Worthington, Columbus, and the surrounding areas and found out what we were missing all along!
Fast forward a few years. We are now all in our early to mid twenties and for one reason or another, life has led us back to the Columbus area. We finally have the time and disposable income (with the exception of the poor med student who still subsists on stipends and government loans) to explore more and we decided to start trying more restaurants in the area. Of course, one of the problems we have now is that unless a place is particularly good (or bad!) we don't always remember everything about it and it makes it harder to decide where we want to eat on a given night when we are together.
Enter this blog. The purpose of this blog is to allow us to journal about our experiences and keep track of what we've tried, what was good, what wasn't good, and help guide us in what to try next. Also, it allows any one of us to read where others have been since there are times that we can't all be in the same place at the same time. (Read: the med student is too busy buried under a pile of books in the library) We realized that other might find our reviews interesting, so we are keeping the blog public. Of course we'd appreciate any comments you have about any of your own experiences! To keep the spam down to a minimum, we review all posts before they are posted, but this also ensures that your post is read and you will get a reply should one be warranted!
The main purpose of the blog is to talk about our eating habits, but if we see that a lot of people out side of our circle of friends are reading this, we may just start to add in a few stories here and there so our readers can get to know us better!
Bon Appétit!
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