Great Austin Burger Hunt - Elevation Burger

Elevation Burger
2525 Anderson Ln #1-200
Austin, TX 78757(512) 419-7444

 

I do not mind paying more for a burger that tastes better, but I really have to wonder about a place that advertises something you cannot taste. That is my first reaction to Elevation Burger...but, let's go back and start at the beginning.

 

I ordered the Elevation Burger, with two slices of cheddar, fries and a regular drink.  The total was over $11.  For a place that is not a sit down restaurant, that is definitely a premium burger price. They do not ask how you want your burger and it was delivered so quickly that I can only assume that they pre-cook their patties.  I do not  believe that it is possible to cook beef, even unfrozen, all the way through in the amount of time that passed before my burger was on my table.  It arrives on a metal baking tray, the kind that is used for baking sheet cakes, or I believe more properly, half-sheet cakes. I was shocked to see that the burger was quite small.  For $6, with cheese, and without fries included, I expect more.

 

The burger comes in a little half bag, and then wrapped in waxed paper.  I took it out of the bag, which was a mistake and took a bite, and ended up with grease on my shirt, and all over my table.  Yes, you could say that the burger is juicy.  You could also say that it was greasy.  I ordered it with lettuce, which was wilted and disgusting after about 5 seconds.  I removed it. The burger is tasty, but not tasty enough to warrant that price.  The burger is go greasy, that as the grease drained off into the wrapper, it looked like it took about half my cheese with it.

 

The fries were on a par with Mighty Fine, and 5 Guys.  Greasy, but tasty.  One thing to note, while their order of fries is not as large as the one at 5 Guys, it is still quite large and can easily be shared by two, or maybe even three, unless you really like fries.

 

I find the idea of a Health Food Burger Shop to be a bit of an oxymoron, but that is what Elevation Burger is trying to be.  Organic, Grass-Fed, Free-Range Beef, at least that is what their sign says.  Fries cooked in "heart healthy" olive oil.  Fries may be...healthier...when cooked in Olive Oil, but somehow I doubt that makes them "healthy."   And, while organic grass-fed beef may be healthier, I do not see that making a burger a healthy choice.  To me, what they are selling is the antithesis of a great burger.  Now, that would not matter one bit to me, if they delivered a great burger, but they don't.  It is a good burger, but not great.

 

One interesting side note.  Some time back, I reviewed Terra Burger.  The location that I tried is now an Elevation Burger.  They both sold organic beef burgers, but the burgers could not be more different.  The Terra Burger was dry, and the Elevation Burger has gone too far off the opposite end of the scale.

Unless Organic, Grass-Fed, Free-Range beef is the deciding factor in your burger choice, you can do better than Elevation Burger...and for a less.