Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Butchers Burgers got RRRoCC'ed! First Official Review!

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221 Eagleview Blvd. Exton, PA 19341
610-594-5500
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10-9
Friday-Saturday 10-10  Sunday 11-8
Delivery available within 5 miles
 
Restaurant Synopsis:
To Butcher’s Burgers and Grill, food is synonymous with freshness, quality and a hot grill.  They are your quintessential family business, preserving one of America’s great traditions: a really good burger. They keep it simple, staying away from assembly-line work and prepare their dishes upon ordering and entirely from scratch. 
 
What we sampled:

                               Mediterranean Fries $3.99                                
Gorgonzola Burger $6.99
Golden Burger $6.99
Butcher Dog $3.29
Chocolate Milkshake $3.99
Black and White Milkshake $3.99

 After dinner, we sat down with George, Butchers owner,  as he told us about some of the other offerings on the menu.  He has chicken breasts for his salads and sandwiches that he marinates in a homemade marinade and cooks to order (just like everything else).  Their cheese steaks are another popular item, which George attributes to the finer cuts of beef he gets his steak from.  Their Gyros are a source of pride for him, with a homemade marinade specific to the sandwich, and that amazing tzatziki sauce.  All of their breads (except for the burger rolls) are delivered fresh from the Conshohocken bakery, which makes for an excellent sandwich, no matter what you choose.
           George offers generous and customizable catering trays, with the option for weekly and monthly accounts.  He also offers packs of mini-burgers, which are great for a picnic lunch or a day of boating at Marsh Creek Park.  The Butcher’s Burgers and Grill menu included coupons for your next visit (and we are offering coupons as part of this review too), and believe me, you will be back. Scroll down under reviews for coupons!!

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Kelly says:
          Butcher’s Burgers has been around for a while in the Lionville Shopping Center, but new owners George and Theo have made some sweeping changes to the restaurant in the five months that they have been at the helm.  From the outside, it looks like your basic burger joint, but looks can be very deceiving!  With indoor and outdoor seating, this clean, fast casual eatery offers something for every appetite.  And with nothing on the menu over $9.00, it offers something for every budget as well.  Butcher’s Burgers offers café style service, where you place your order at the counter, and get your food delivered to your table. 
           The new menu additions include hoagies, Panini’s, wraps, and an expanded salad and specialty burger menu, as well as some Mediterranean specialties that
definitely do not fit in the “burger joint” mold.  Melanie and I started our meal with Mediterranean fries that are hand cut on site, and topped with oil, vinegar, herbs and feta cheese-definitely a step up from your cheese fries with whiz!  The presentation of the fries was superb, prompting Melanie and I to capture a photo before digging in.  They were delicious, and I had to fight to not lick the wrap once we finished every single one of them.  Well, OK, once I finished every single one of them!  Our burgers came out shortly after the fries, and I am not exaggerating when I say that mine was heaven on a bun.  The meat, which is ground from thick slabs of beef that are on display for the customers, was fresh and hearty, and done to perfection.  I ordered the Gorgonzola burger, based on George’s recommendation, and was delighted with the generous amount of perfectly sautéed portabella mushrooms, flavorful roasted red peppers and gorgonzola cheese that decorated my patty.  The toppings and the burger were perfectly balanced, and enveloped in a wonderfully soft Pepperidge Farm bun.  The bun was just enough, not an overabundance of bread, because George says, “It’s all about the burger, right?”. 
           After we polished off our burgers, one of the team members brought us their Butcher Dog, which is a house specialty.  The implication that this dish has anything to do with a hot dog is a gross injustice!  It is described on the menu as “homemade beef sausage on a hoagie roll”, which also doesn’t quite fit this sandwich.  It doesn’t taste like sausage-the beef that George cooks with onions and garlic and herbs has a flavor that is unique and wonderful.  It is served on a roll fresh from the Conshohocken bakery and is topped with lettuce, tomato, onion and their own homemade tzatziki sauce, which is a Greek cucumber and yogurt sauce with a garlic kick.  The Butcher Dog comes with a side of onion rings, which are substantial rings, with a crisp batter coating-great flavor and texture!
           To top off our meal, we indulged in the milkshakes, since they are also a hot item.  Consisting solely of ice cream and milk, the shakes were the perfect thickness, and absolutely delicious.
           I am only sorry I didn’t leave room to try some of the other offerings on the menu, like the Spicy Tex Mex salad, the Chicken Gyro, or the ALT (avacado, lettuce and tomato).  Needless to say, I will be back, and will resist the urge to order another amazing burger so I can sample some of the other dishes that come so highly recommended.   Thanks to George and his team for showing us how great a “burger joint” can be!

 
Melanie says:
 Butcher’s Burgers and Grill is a 50’s style restaurant tucked onto Eagleview Blvd. adjacent to Target and close to both Rt. 100 and Rt. 113.  An affordable family friendly restaurant, Butcher’s Burgers and Grill has something everyone in the family will enjoy; there are even four vegetarian entrees to choose from.  The kids have three budget friendly (under $5!) meal combos that are sure to please even the pickiest eater.  And Mom and Dad have over fifty mouth-watering entrees that are freshly prepared and cooked to order to select from on Butcher’s Burgers Grill’s detailed menu.  
           Kelly and I started our dinner with Mediterranean Fries; fresh, hand cut fries, drizzled with olive oil and vinegar with sprinkles of feta cheese on top.  I have never had fries like these before!  Lighter than traditional cheese fries, these were flavorful without ruining my appetite for my burger. 
 
 And thank goodness for that!  I ordered the Golden Burger: bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, Parmesan cheese and mayonnaise on a soft sesame seed bun.  (Confession:  I didn’t get the lettuce, tomato and onion on my burger, as I am not a big fan of vegetables.)  I ordered my burger rare, and was pleased to see the pink in the center.  These guys really do cook to order!  The mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese was a smooth, cheesy compliment to the crisp bacon.  My burger was so tender, that a couple of chunks of it fell off of the bottom as I was eating it.  I love when that happens! 
Next, Kelly and I split a Butcher Dog, which was not a “dog” at all!  A unique blend of spices was throughout the beef, which was topped by Butcher’s Burgers and Grill’s own homemade tzatziki sauce.  Their tzatziki sauce is a blend of garlic and cucumber, giving a sweet, tangy flavor to the sandwich.  It was topped with lettuce, tomato and onion (which I removed from my half) and came with onion rings.  I thoroughly enjoyed the unique “dog”, it has a flavor combination I have never had before, and I highly recommend you give it a try when you visit them.  (And at $3.29 it is a super affordable lunch!)
Even after eating all of that, I managed to save room for a chocolate milkshake made the old fashioned way.  Butcher’s Burgers and Grill uses only milk and ice cream to make their milkshakes…no fake syrups here!  (Which means no added sugar!)  It was the perfect ending to a delicious meal!  Thank you Butcher’s Burgers and Grill!
           
 ~Melanie & Kelly
MelanieRRRoCC@aol.com
KellyRRRoCC@aol.com
 
 
So now you have read 2 fabulous reviews after our team RRRoCC'ed Butchers Burgers !!  Why not try them out?  Use the coupon attached and enjoy a good meal!  Make sure to tell them you read their review and check out those "dogs"!!
 
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Chester County or Bust!

How many of you remember living here as kids, and wishing and dreaming we could get out of this God forsaken hole in the wall?  I remember in high school thinking how horrible West Chester was, and why would anyone want to live her, let alone actually move here on purpose.
  I grew up in Chester County, this barren land, that as a teenager was boring!!  And now...I sit back and see that I started a family here in a place I couldn't wait to get away from.  I have become so connected to so much in this community that I couldn't see my life anywhere else.
We are all so lucky to raise our families in a community that cares about each other, and I mean truly cares.  I couldn't decide what was going to be my 1st topic for this websites blog, and then it hit me,. after seeing over 115 shares in less then an hour, on my post about the 12 year old missing girl, my blog topic would be Chester County.  This place is amazing.
 We take so much of it for granted, and it is honestly far superior to anywhere else I would ever think of living.  We have such diverse cultures, landscapes, all in a very small area.
I started this page last August, because I wanted to buy and sell from other locals, instead of from people in the city etc.  After 8 months of building this page, this community has come together in so many ways.  We have feed families together, we have celebrated holidays for those who could not have done it on their own, we have collected money in the cold for those less fortunate, we have made new friends, we have helped our neighbors, we have helped local businesses prosper, and we have helped connect those who might never have connected.
I am so thankful for each and every one of you.  To those of you who have made this road a bit rougher then I ever expected and to those who helped pave it smooth.  I can't imagine what my life would be like now without you all.  It has only been 8 months and this group again makes me appreciate this community, this Chester County community we are all so lucky to live in.

So on days that you are bored, wishing you were lying by a nice warm sunny beach, or a beautiful old relic in Europe, remember, this place has more then those places ever could offer, it has a community that I don't hear about from many others, and look around, Chester County truly is beautiful!!  Walk the fields, enjoy the fresh air, stroll through one of our towns, eat in a small cafe, have lunch at a local park, and remember how lucky you are to be part of such a tight knit community...I know I certainly am!

Chesco...here we go!!
www.forsalefreeortrade.com LAUNCH!

~Joy