Burger Appreciation "Month": Pub and Kitchen, Philadelphia, PA

If there's one thing that I want people to take away from this website (though most of my posts on the matter disappeared with the host move), it's that I love food. I love fast food, fancy food, healthy food, fried foods, snack foods, etc; if I think it tastes good, I will eat it and I will do so with a big dumb grin on my shitty face.

Of particular interest to me are buffalo wings and burgers. A couple of years ago, I designated December of that particular year Wing Appreciation Month. I celebrated by eating wings at as many new and different bars and restaurants as I could squeeze into my regular routine, and this resulted in eating wings two or three times a week for an entire month. I discovered some clear winners that month (Tangier in Philadelphia, in particular) as well as some real losers.

This year I was thinking of doing the same sort of thing with either burgers or pizza, but it's been almost impossible for me to put the same level of effort into it this time around. So I've decided to stretch Burger Appreciation Month out a bit, trying out one new burger every two or three weeks. Last night was my first night, and it's going to be hard to top the burger I had a the Pub and Kitchen in Philadelphia.

The best part about the Windsor Burger at the Pub and Kitchen (~ $9) is that it's simple; meat, cheese, bacon, lettuce, onion, and bread is all there is to it. And unlike a lot of the more well-known "best burgers" in the area (and I'll get to them later), there isn't a bunch of crazy shit stacked on top of the patty and it's not sandwiched between some fancy, rock hard roll that's twice as thick as the meat.

Though it has absolutely no bearing on the burger, the Pub and Kitchen also has some other shit going for it. Their cocktail menu appeared to have a heavy emphasis on what I like to call "old man drinks" which is something that I found refreshing, for lack of a less gay description. The generous helping of fries that came with the burger were also pretty great.

Strongly recommended.

Pub and Kitchen: 1946 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA.