Today's burger adventure found us at Pine Lake Ale House in Sammamish. The place was clean, a few TVs tuned to sports, but nothing extra special about the interior. Seemed like your basic pub, maybe a little better lighting than some and definitely not a dive. It's located in a Safeway parking lot, so about as suburban as you can get.
Our waiter was very friendly and helpful. Maybe it helped that Brian and I went with a local that was a regular customer (thanks for hosting us James!), as it seemed the staff knew him well. Picture the old TV show, "Cheers" and when Norm used to walk in everyone would say, "hey Normy!!". Kind of like that. :)
The waiter suggested that I try a modified version of their BBQ burger - it was bacon, crumbled bleu cheese, onion straws and barbeque sauce. It was very good. the regular, non-modified BBQ burger, which James had, has cheddar cheese instead crumbled bleu cheese and does not come with bacon. I would definitely suggest this place for a good burger to anyone. Maybe a little pricey, I think it was $12.95 for the burger and fries. But a good burger for sure.
Speaking of fries - they were good, but the best part was the amazing 'special' tartar sauce that they supplied for dipping. Not sure what was in it, but it was awesome!!
I'm thinking that I would rate my Pine Lake Ale House burger somewhere between Zippys (which was better) and Five Guys.
So many burgers, so little time..
