Cheeburger Cheeburger Review

This one's for my sister.

About a month ago, I took my grandmother to one of the newer restaurants in the rapidly growing metropolis of Mechanicsburg.  Cheeburger Cheeburger is a burger chain that recently arrived at Silver Spring Square.  Their "thing" is burgers and shakes, in a "retro-themed" dining environment.

We arrived and were seated in a fairly timely fashion.  The hostess asked us if we had ever been there before and upon finding out we were novices, she gave us some tips and suggestions.  A few moments later our waitress came out to take our drink orders.  Among other things, they do flavored sodas and teas.  I tried the blueberry tea ($2.19), while my grandmother went with a root beer ($1.99).  Since burgers are their thing, the menu revolves around them, with I think five different size burgers (from a quarter-pound to a pound).  Along with your burger, you get a choice of toppings (much like Five Guys) and a choice of cheese.  The biggest thing is the plethora of options they have for the burger.  You have the option of six different cheeses and about 30 different toppings.

We both got the "Semi-Serious" burger ($6.29), cooked medium-well, and decided to split a small order of onion rings.  Our food came in in a relatively short time.  Unfortunately, I had left the camera at home, so no pictures to go with these words.  The burger was not good.  It was overcooked and the bun was a little on the small side.  And the bun was not toasted.  I'm a big fan of toasted buns because it provides a little extra structural support if your condiments soak into the bun.  However, I will say that the onion rings were good.  They were thin and the batter they used was pretty decent.

We decided to see if some dessert would make us forget the burgers.  Not so much.  My grandmother ordered a hot fudge sundae and they did not use hot fudge.  They used plain old chocolate syrup and when informed of their error, they made no move to correct it.  I went with a caramel apple shake, which was pretty much vanilla ice cream with apple and caramel syrup.  It was good.  Nothing special, but it hit the spot.

Altogether, the bill came to $29.48.  Too much for the average food that was served to us.  Will I be back?  Most likely not.  After all, there's now a Chick-fil-A just across the parking lot.