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I get the Carnitas (pulled pork) “burrito bol” option, on a bed of romaine lettuce; no tortilla, rice or beans (ok, sometimes I ask for 1/2 a spoonful of black beans); the chunkier diced tomato mild salsa; and lots o’ sour cream. If my son is with me he orders guacamole and I steal some from him because the portion is usually quite generous. We request water cups (CG’s courtesy cups are large) and fill them with carbonated water at the soda fountain machine and add a slice of lemon (free and tastier than soda). My glucose meter approves.

This week I was pleasantly impressed during my first Burger Lounge visit. BL was fairly fast (order at the counter and the meal is delivered to the table a few minutes later on real plates with metal silverware). Burgers are made from grassfed beef (and have informative cards on the tables and counters that describe the many benefits of grassfed vs. grainfed feedlot beef). Prices are very reasonable, somewhat higher than fast food, but not as much as a sit-down place. It was no problem to order my burger bunless on a nice caesar salad with store-made dressing, though I think next time I would split a salad – I couldn’t finish it. Instead of croutons, the salad is garnished with taro root cut into “shoe strings”. Not sure how they are fried, but BL does claim to use peanut oil, not soybean. Though they were tasty, I would probably ask to not have the taro root garnish again, as I don’t need the added starch. I did taste the onion rings and they are really, really good, with not too much breading and attractive chopped parsley. It was hard not to eat them, actually. French fried no longer appeal to me at all, but excellent onion rings are still hard to resist (if someone will share with me – I don’t risk order them for myself).