{"id":3423,"date":"2010-06-15T14:29:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T21:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2010-06-15T14:29:13","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T21:29:13","slug":"reno-nv-bjs-restaurant-brewhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=3423","title":{"rendered":"Reno, NV – BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Zipping through Reno the other day, visiting my old pal Laoman, Mrs. Laoman, and Gramma Laoman, we headed out to BJ’s for a bit of lunch. I’d never heard of BJ’s (the restaurant kind), but apparently they are spread across the US – there’s even one in my back yard. Go figure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A cavernous space with a menu to match, BJ’s offers a wide variety of foods to please most any palate, from salads, to pasta, to pizza, sandwiches, burgers. You can peruse their menu online<\/a>, and find out if there is one near you<\/a>, as well. <\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a great meal and even greater conversation. Although I have known Laoman for longer than Mrs. BurgerDogBoy has been alive, I had never met his lovely wife and her mother. Charming folks, a lovely couple, beautiful home. I should visit more often. Or move in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, Laoman went with the personal size house special pizza, and gramma had the same sized pepperoni, Mrs. Laoman went with the sesame chicken salad, which looked wonderful, and I went with the Cuban burger. All BJ burgers start out as half-pound Angus patties, and the Cuban is dressed up like an almost traditional Cuban sandwich: oven-roasted ham, Swiss cheese, crispy dill pickles, dijonnaise and mustard. It comes on French bread, the menu doesn’t exactly say that, it says “served sandwich style.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The burgers come with crispy shoestring fries or seasoned wedges. I ate more of the strings than I should have.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the burger? After a lively discussion about Morey’s Fish House, in Motley, Minnesota, and getting frozen walleye filets delivered, Laoman asked me about the best and worst burgers I have had, and I am sure I got glassy-eyed, and said “burgers are like women – they are all beautiful,” before I got around to discussing BJ’s burgers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The true test for me,” says I, “is the taste of the meat all by its lonesome, and I have to say, BJ’s has one of the more memorable burger patties I have had in some time.”\u00a0 All BJ’s burgers are ordinarily cooked to medium well, but the server said I could have it anyway I wanted.\u00a0 “Raw?”\u00a0 I asked. “Sure,” she said.\u00a0 I went with medium rare, and it was cooked to medium rare PERFECTION.\u00a0 PERFECTION I TELL YOU!
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I did not try any of their house brews, maybe next time. They have this giant-ass tank of beer outside, and I can envision me pulling a Homer Simpson, lying underneath the tank, opening the valve, and lettin’ her rip!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks, Mr and Mrs Laoman, for a wonderful visit, and a great burger.<\/p>\n