The Great Burger Quest: Week 2

Greetings and welcome everyone to week two of my search for the best burger in Boston! I have come to the conclusion that I need a more creative name for this project… and after 15 minutes of brainstorming the best name given was ‘Burger Merger’ (Thanks Danielle, but that name stinks). So if anyone out there has a good idea for name for this burger hunt, please don’t hesitate to send it my way.

Now on to the burgers! Last night I ventured to Audubon Circle on Beacon St in Boston. Due to this restaurants proximity to Fenway Park, it is a wonder that I have never heard of this place until now. The atmosphere was great (though a tad dark) and the menu was extensive and not that expensive. I was joined this time by the beautiful Ms. Danielle, as I continued my search for this city’s most perfect burger.

Audubon Circle was sent to me by many readers and was also high atop many of the “Best Burger” lists I found online, so I felt I should give it a fair shot. I can now understand why people speak so highly of this establishment. The burger was quite good. Certainly, this burger was better than the Bukowski Barfly Burger from last week. The most notable improvements were the bun and meat itself. The bun was along the lines of a sour dough roll, being crunchy on the outside and warm and soft on the inside. Possibly one of the best burger buns I’ve ever encountered.

The patty itself also had a taste that I have never before experienced. I don’t know how to describe it accurately but I would wager it had something to do with its seasoning. Either way it was one of the better burgers I have had during my lifetime. My only gripes were the burgers lack of onions (which is a staple in my opinion) and the restaurant’s decision to serve home fries in Lou of tradition French fries.

I realize these pictures stink, but this place was really dark for some reason.


After tasting this burger I decided that I need to alter my rating scale. My scores now range from 1-10 as opposed to 1-5. After scoring the Bukowski Burger 3.5 out of 5, I realized that didn’t give me a lot of room to maneuver. I have since gone back to that post and changed that score to 6 out of 10. Back to Audubon, I give this burger 7.5 out of 10 on the Jon Defreest scale of overwhelming deliciosity.

This was a great burger, but I think I can do better. Nay! I will do better.
Join me next week as I continue this lil’ journey and for love of God someone help me come up with a better name than “Burger Merger”.

I mean... that name doesn’t even make sense…