Craving NYC Burgers and Fries & French Toast and Waffles

While I’m not sending my husband out in the middle of the night for pickles, I do love eating two things right now: burgers and fries and french toast and waffles!

They taste exceptionally yummy lately! So yummy that I dedicate my weekends in NYC to trying a new restaurant offering one of the above. And of course, you can't go to the same place twice in NYC so I've eaten many different burgers and french toast plates. I’ve also been trying to eat only organic meat throughout my pregnancy. In addition to health benefits, organic meat really does have more taste and flavor. You’ll see all the burgers below are without hormones and mostly locally farmed.

Here are my favs in order of Good, Better, Best:

Burgers

6. Shake Shack – ShackBurger single …$4.55

- American cheese, lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce. (100% all natural Angus beef. No hormones and no antibiotics ever. We grind our proprietary Shack blend fresh daily.)

5. Minetta Tavern - Minetta Burger …$17

- with cheddar and caramelized onions. (I went with the smaller burger, although they are known for their Black Label Burger made from a selection of prime dry-aged beef cuts, $26)

4. Bareburger – The Original 6 oz. Burger … $9.65

- Organic Beef, brioche bun, colby jack, lettuce, tomato, raw red onion and bareburger special sauce. (all Bareburger meats are free-range, pasture raised, antibiotic and hormone free. Choice of burger includes organic beef, organic turkey, veggie burger, organic portabella mushroom, free-range chicken, lamb, wild boar, elk, and organic bison.) (pictured R)

3. The Green Table - GT Burger …$16

- Wrighteous Organics beef, kimchi, bacon & tomato relish, Amy’s roll. (All food is sourced from local family farms exercising humane and environmentally friendly practices.) 

2. Tipsy Parson - Grafton Cheddar Cheeseburger …$15

- 8 oz. house-ground organic patty, Grafton cheddar, red onion, potato bun, with fried pickle spear & fries with old bay aioli, with bacon ADD 1.

1. Smorgas Chef - Smorgas Burger ...$13 

- Grilled sirloin, lettuce, dill dressing, tomato, pickles (local, sustainable, and all-natural ingredients. Smorgas owns and operates its own 150-acre farm in the Catskills.)

French Toast & Waffles

5. Jane - Vanilla Bean French Toast ...$15

- brioche bread, crème brûlèe batter, Vermont maple syrup.

4. Alice's Tea Cup - Wonderland Waffles ...$10
- served with homemade blueberry compound butter and real maple syrup, add mixed berries ADD $3. (pictured R)


3. Intermezzo - French Toast …$11

- crème brulee rum sauce, with strawberries and bananas ADD $4. (this was on their menu of day’s specials.)

2. Sarabeth's TriBeCa - Apple-Cinnamon French Toast with Bananas and Raisins ...$15.50

- served with warm organic maple syrup from doerfler's farm.

1. The Garage Restaurant & Cafe - Vanilla Bean Soaked French Toast ...$16.95

- served with syrup and your choice of homemade macadamia coconut rum butter, sliced fresh bananas and homemade chocolate sauce, or our chef's cinnamon apple compote. (I ordered it with all of the above.) (pictured R)

Now who’s hungry?