{"id":11974,"date":"2014-08-14T05:44:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T12:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2014-08-14T05:44:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T12:44:29","slug":"elgin-public-house-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=11974","title":{"rendered":"Elgin, IL – Elgin Public House Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geez I love to be surprised at a restaurant, especially one that has got a rep for burgers – you know, that’s what I write about. Like I was supposed to be amazed at Los Angeles’ Umami Burge<\/a>r, but wasn’t. Across town in West L.A., tho, I was blown away by the burger at Golden State Cafe<\/a>. Go figure.<\/p>\n

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Bleu Horse Burger<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am delighted to say I was surprised \u00a0at the Elgin Public House, a massive bar in downtown Elgin, IL. \u00a0They’ve been open eight years, and have an incredibly deep menu for hand prepped items. \u00a0They have a big selection of burger choices, including two Wagyu, two veggie options, a turkey, and bison. \u00a0The beef burgers come in a lot of pre-determined configurations, or you can start from scratch, pick your protein, bun and toppings. \u00a0All burgers are served with a choice of a side from a very long list of options.<\/p>\n

Mrs BurgerDogBoy went straight for the “The Bleu Horse,” a burger crusted with blue cheese and horseradish, onion straws, and she added pickles and a tomato slice to the brioche bun. She chose Cajun fries as her side. I didn’t try one, but she reported they had a little more heat than she expected.<\/p>\n

I went with something way off the usual path for me, their “Saltimbocca Burger,” \u00a0topped with prosciutto, fresh Mozzarella and bruschetta. \u00a0It was served on a ciabatta\u00a0roll slathered with red pepper aioli. \u00a0I went with their regular fries, which they call “pub fries,” \u00a0and they are somewhere between a shoestring and a steak fry in size and texture.<\/p>\n

We both ordered our burgers medium rare, and they came……medium rare! \u00a0The hand-formed patties had a nice little char on them and a smash treatment. \u00a0Tough to get a smashed burger medium rare, kudos to chef.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I was blown away by my burger. \u00a0These elements come together so perfectly I am at a loss to describe it. \u00a0The mozz and bruschetta were chilled, and the aioli brought it all together. \u00a0Hot protein, chilled vegetable, great bread durable enough for a heavily topped burger, and\u00a0a little spice with the aioli. \u00a0Magnificent.<\/p>\n

Add over the top service from Molly to the experience. \u00a0Two burgers, two soft drinks, $24.95.<\/p>\n

If there’s a ‘next time,’ \u00a0I’d give the Wagyu with garlic \u00a0Boursin a shot. \u00a0I’ve no doubt it would be superb.<\/p>\n

Here’s their lengthy\u00a0menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Burger Saltimbocca<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Geez I love to be surprised at a restaurant, especially one that has got a rep for burgers – you know, that’s what I write about. Like I was supposed to be amazed at Los Angeles’ Umami Burger, but wasn’t. Across town in West L.A., tho, I was blown away by the burger at Golden… Continue reading Elgin, IL – Elgin Public House Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,12,16],"tags":[110,920,924],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}