Well times have changed! The Burger business is getting…read moremore crowded all the time. You have 5 Guys, Burgers Priest, Burger Heaven.... quite a number of "Gourmet" Burger joints. I say "Gourmet" somewhat tongue in cheek but you know what I mean. Big Burgers with big toppings that virtually explode when you try and wrap your face around it..... The kind of burger that the Drive Thru places don't make. I have been to many of them. I enjoy an over stuffed burger as much as the next guy. Not something I have everyday but every now and then I treat myself. I travel as part of my job, so on the odd night, I go to Fatburger. The burgers were so big that they had to wrap them to help hold it together while you are holding it. I normally get one with everything except Relish, plus Bacon, Mushrooms and Cheese. I was just looking at an old picture of my usual. It looks like real cheddar even. Certainly not a strip of process. There are usually enough mushrooms on there that you will find yourself wearing several. It's disgusting but in a good way..... or it was. I went in tonight, haven't been in town for a while and it is one of my haunts while I am here. I ordered what I thought was my regular burger. Came to $19. I thought, hmmm, wings.... maybe I would get a small plate of 6. Another $10. So once all was said and done, 30 odd dollars with a little tip thrown in. What I got was something resembling a 1/4 lb with cheese (processed slice), a plain bun, hardly any mushrooms, lettuce or anything else for that matter, and certainly no paper wrapper holding it together. I really should have taken a picture, but I feel rather odd taking food pics. I got the impression that maybe I had made a mistake and ordered the wrong burger. I decided maybe I did but the cost was still bugging me... It didn't take long to eat it, I can tell you that. Even the fries, which were as usual, very tasty, seemed strange. Smaller than normal. Did I order an expensive kids meal by chance? Maybe there were enough, I don't know the burger had me confused! I glanced around the restaurant a little and I saw some people eating burgers that looked a little more like what I had. I figured I would ask when I was done. I will also point out my wings came after my burger arrived and they were okay, not tossed in sauce but they tasted alright. I don't know where my veggies were because they didn't arrive with any.... Hmmmm.... One of the employees came by my table to grab the tray, they are good at keeping a place pretty clean, and he asked my how everything was and I told him that I thought maybe I had made a mistake ordering..... he seemed concerned and went to tell the manager. Good on him, doing his job, arguing or anything, just letting the boss deal with a complaint. I spoke to the young man that was in charge this night, I explained what my burger had looked like and how I was rather disappointed by it. I told him bluntly that it wasn't any better than a 1/4 lb at a drive thru. Small patty, small everything. He told me that I had ordered a 1/3 and if I had ordered a 1/2 lb or one of the "specialty" burgers ( uh, I don't want to argue this point but I am at Fatburger, they should all be specialty, don't you think...?) it would have looked like the one in the picture of the old burger I had on my phone.... I don't know when this change occurred but I mentioned earlier that there is a lot of competition in this segment of the restaurant world, and charging $19 for a small burger, fries and a drink, isn't going to cut it. I hate it when places like this cheapen their product, it usually doesn't go well. Frankly, I am undecided as to whether I will come back and order a Specialty burger in order to get what I used to.... one would also think that maybe they would let you know things have changed. I guess there is a time limit on how long one does that. I guess I can try out 5 Guys again or the new Burger Heaven, both down the road........

Mid afternoon snack time, so came in and ordered the original burger, poutine and a pop. Decor is…read morelike an old time diner, 50's or 60's I assume. Nice and cozy. And the staff was second to none in polite manners. The food came out, delivered to the table, right from the kitchen. Steaming hot! Perfect! The burger was cooked perfectly, and tasty. The bun was so fresh it hit on me. The poutine was delicious. It was one of the few places that actually had enough gravy on it to cover all the fries, not just the top. And the pop was refillable. ______________________ *Added note for those bigger eaters* Food was great, but if you want more bang for the buck, go to 5 Guys...