New Jersey Hamburgers...where?

Hey, Ted Steak!
after hearing your report, I doubt I'll be trying Jersey Burgers in Belmar..

When I went by a few months ago, it was creepy just seeing that one car there...

something is "off" about that place, huh

Hey, DOG BOSS,
I went to BLITZBURGER twice, in North Brunswick (it's in the Shop Rite plaza)  Lilked it much more the 1st time, though..
 

I'm surprised there's no mention here of Liberty Tavern in Fords. Is it that it's unknown or doesn't meet your high standards?

steveg5489


I'm surprised there's no mention here of Liberty Tavern in Fords. Is it that it's unknown or doesn't meet your high standards?

Tell me more about the place, SteveG...
Flat top grill, or charbroiled?!?  Frankly, charbroiled excites me a lot more..
(although a flat top burger can be seared nicely, and have good crust)
 
The Liberty Tavern is unknown to me...
I may have to check it out and see if it "meats" those high standards of mine...
 

 

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Hi Ellen.
 
Charbroiled, 1/3 - 1/2 lb, on perfect crusty roll. I like mine medium with raw onions. A great deal as well.
 
Other eatery features:
 
The other night I had a fine lobster and an ear of corn for $10.95!
 
Liberty is reputed to be the originator of the pizza burger. If you order this put fork and knife at the ready, there will be no picking it up.
 
Speaking of pizza it's reputed to be the best in Jersey. I recently had a bar pie (~$5.00), it was terrific and enough for 2 people to share. Dough was freshly tossed as I saw with my own eyes.
 
OK, it's not the 4 Seasons for location and ambience. But the staff is attentive and friendly and the clientele are focused on one or two things only: Eating and/or drinking!
 
Best,
Steve
 
 

steveg5489

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Hi Ellen. 
Charbroiled, 1/3 - 1/2 lb, on perfect crusty roll. I like mine medium with raw onions. A great deal as well. 
Liberty is reputed to be the originator of the pizza burger. If you order this put fork and knife at the ready, there will be no picking it up.
 
Speaking of pizza it's reputed to be the best in Jersey. I recently had a bar pie (~$5.00)

Charbroiled, huh?!? You've piqued my interest, Steve!
I googled it, and see that it is right near one of my favorite places, HAROLD'S DELI !!!
So , hopefully within  the next bunch of weeks, I can do a "Roadfood run" and hit both places!
 
Gosh , it's been ages since I had a pizzaburger!
But I'll probably stick with the regular burger and that $5.00 bar pie... My BF would really love the idea of that bar pie, as he loves good pizza, and he loves good value...
 
Oddly enough, there are hardly any reviews I could find on the place... I did find one on Yahoo....(it shows 7 reviews, but only one came up, and it spoke fondly of their pizzaburger)
I guess no news is good news, in this case?!?
 
At least no one is allowed to smoke in there (anymore)..
It's not the kind of place where I have to dodge lots of old drunks, is it?!?
I hope people are doing as much eating as they are drinking!
I occasionally take out food from Pistol Petes, in Pleasantville, near me, (AC area), and I seem to be about the only one eating!
The food is "okay" to decent there, depending what one orders...
 
Looking forward to that Liberty Tavern, Steve!!!
ellen
 
p.s. Have you tried that Pollo Tropical on Rt. 1 in Metuchen / Edison?  I've been there a few times, plus their locations in Florida!
But we better not talk too much about chicken here on the burger forum!!
(or else the Roadfood police might come get us)

 

ellen4641

steveg5489

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Hi Ellen. 
Charbroiled, 1/3 - 1/2 lb, on perfect crusty roll. I like mine medium with raw onions. A great deal as well. 
Liberty is reputed to be the originator of the pizza burger. If you order this put fork and knife at the ready, there will be no picking it up.
 
Speaking of pizza it's reputed to be the best in Jersey. I recently had a bar pie (~$5.00)

Charbroiled, huh?!? You've piqued my interest, Steve!
I googled it, and see that it is right near one of my favorite places, HAROLD'S DELI !!!
So , hopefully within  the next bunch of weeks, I can do a "Roadfood run" and hit both places!
 
Gosh , it's been ages since I had a pizzaburger!
But I'll probably stick with the regular burger and that $5.00 bar pie... My BF would really love the idea of that bar pie, as he loves good pizza, and he loves good value...
 
Oddly enough, there are hardly any reviews I could find on the place... I did find one on Yahoo....(it shows 7 reviews, but only one came up, and it spoke fondly of their pizzaburger)
I guess no news is good news, in this case?!?
 
At least no one is allowed to smoke in there (anymore)..
It's not the kind of place where I have to dodge lots of old drunks, is it?!?
I hope people are doing as much eating as they are drinking!
I occasionally take out food from Pistol Petes, in Pleasantville, near me, (AC area), and I seem to be about the only one eating!
The food is "okay" to decent there, depending what one orders...
 
Looking forward to that Liberty Tavern, Steve!!!
ellen
 
p.s. Have you tried that Pollo Tropical on Rt. 1 in Metuchen / Edison?  I've been there a few times, plus their locations in Florida!
But we better not talk too much about chicken here on the burger forum!!
(or else the Roadfood police might come get us)
 

 

Ellen you truly are a bad bad girl----breaching the forum dictum ----what is the world coming to-----------Russ

 

uh, oh, don't tell anyone, Russ...

It's not the kind of place where I have to dodge lots of old drunks, is it?!?
I hope people are doing as much eating as they are drinking!
 
Ellen, I'm not promising you a Rose (Beer?) Garden.  I can tell you customers there are serious about both eating and drinking. The demographics of the clientele are as varied as Central Jersey. To give you an idea, the other night I met my brother there for dinner and a fellow across the bar recognized him and came over to talk. It turns out it was his Somerset next door neighbor who, by the way, is a Metuchen restauranteur! He was there for the pizza.
 
Anyway, if you're not a bar stool type, there are plenty of tables off to the side of the bar.
 
Enjoy!
Steve
 
 

Regarding the Inkwell in Long Branch--- it's not fancy at ALL. It's still cool and dive-y. Cool place to hang out. As for Boom Burger... it's OK. It's really not that awesome. And their owners are effing ANNOYING.

Oh and I'm not sure if you guys know about yelp.com but that's where i go to find all the best places!

Zeppelin Hall Beer Garden in Jersey City has a pretty good burger.  Little Pricey, but so are all the burgers in this area.  The one I like is the "Hot and Spicy" burger.  It is a burger with Andoullie Sausage and Pepper Jack cheese. 

http://www.zeppelinhall.c...urgers-and-sandwiches/

Krug's Tavern in the Ironbound section of Newark.  Best burger you will ever have.

ellen4641

steveg5489

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Hi Ellen. 
Charbroiled, 1/3 - 1/2 lb, on perfect crusty roll. I like mine medium with raw onions. A great deal as well. 
Liberty is reputed to be the originator of the pizza burger. If you order this put fork and knife at the ready, there will be no picking it up.
 
Speaking of pizza it's reputed to be the best in Jersey. I recently had a bar pie (~$5.00)

Charbroiled, huh?!? You've piqued my interest, Steve!
I googled it, and see that it is right near one of my favorite places, HAROLD'S DELI !!!
 
 
The Liberty Tavern, burger and pizza has been a staple in the area for a long time(not bad), father spoke of it many times from his hopping around skills of the sixty's and seventy's...................... Harolds is less then 2 miles down King George Road.
So , hopefully within  the next bunch of weeks, I can do a "Roadfood run" and hit both places!
 
Gosh , it's been ages since I had a pizzaburger!
But I'll probably stick with the regular burger and that $5.00 bar pie... My BF would really love the idea of that bar pie, as he loves good pizza, and he loves good value...
 
Oddly enough, there are hardly any reviews I could find on the place... I did find one on Yahoo....(it shows 7 reviews, but only one came up, and it spoke fondly of their pizzaburger)
I guess no news is good news, in this case?!?
 
At least no one is allowed to smoke in there (anymore)..
It's not the kind of place where I have to dodge lots of old drunks, is it?!?
I hope people are doing as much eating as they are drinking!
I occasionally take out food from Pistol Petes, in Pleasantville, near me, (AC area), and I seem to be about the only one eating!
The food is "okay" to decent there, depending what one orders...
 
Looking forward to that Liberty Tavern, Steve!!!
ellen
 
p.s. Have you tried that Pollo Tropical on Rt. 1 in Metuchen / Edison?  I've been there a few times, plus their locations in Florida!
But we better not talk too much about chicken here on the burger forum!!
(or else the Roadfood police might come get us)

 

what happen to me response ?
 
 
 
 
 
LIBERTY TAVERN been around for a while , my father must of had a few nights there in his day,(alway's had something to say about the Liberty from the west coast). Harolds is about 2 miles down the road from the LIBERTY. ( KING GEORGE ROAD ) Burgers and Pizza are fine, no real WOW  factor, but good..................................

Hey, DOG BOSS,
I went to BLITZBURGER twice, in North Brunswick (it's in the Shop Rite plaza)  Lilked it much more the 1st time, though..
 

 
my second trip was interseting also, a little old man was making noise about a bug or a hair in his burger. he had to be helped out with his walker and very dark wrap around sun glasses, you know that type.......................... oh yeah, that's happened as he finished his burger.........

Encouraged by this review in the Star Ledger a few weeks ago:

http://www.nj.com/homegarden/entertaining/index.ssf/2009/10/elevation_burger_in_montclair.html

I made my way to Elevation Burger for lunch today.

Not a whole lot to report. The burger was OK, but not quite as good as Five Guys which to me it resembles. (Not that Five Guys is the best I've ever had either).
 
It's cooked on a griddle and wasn't very big. I got a single, having first made a stop at Nicolo's bakery (as long as I was driving up to Montclair...) for some sausage bread, so I wasn't starving.

http://www.nicolosbakery.com/bakery.htm

I really should have got a double. The smallish patty (1/4 lb before cooking?) was totally overwhelmed by the lettuce, tomato, pickle, onions and "Elevation Sauce" (reminded me of Russian dressing). It was tasty, I'd give it a "B" if I had to rate it. The bun could have been better too, it seemed to be standard-issue, and did not hold up at all.

The fries are shoestring type, cooked in Olive Oil (not a good idea IMHO, they don't get crisp enough) and like the burger, good, but not as good as Five Guys.

The burger, fries, and fountain soda (free refills) came to a little over $9. About what I would expect, considering the hype.

Oh, one other thing, they built the burger upside down, meaning the burger was at the top, with the lettuce, tomato, etc underneath. Easily enough solved by turning the bun upsde down, but why??

If you're in the area it's worth a stop, there's nothing similar in Montclair, but it's not worth a long drive.