terry's turf club

readers, i have died and gone to burger heaven! terry's turf club serves without question the absolute best burger i have ever had in cincinnati (other than my own of course). after months of hearing about it from beth and maggie, and reading about it in citybeat and on wine me dine me, i had been dying to go forever. finally today i got my fill of the absolute most delicious burgers you can get in this city.

make sure you are hungry before you walk through this door

first of all i loved the atmosphere. i was all excited about all the neon signs since i just went to the american sign museum. it is very small and cute and on this pretty dead part of eastern ave. right near bella luna. when avani and i got there at 5:45, we were the first people other than a few locals at the bar. we did not know what to drink so we asked our server who recommended the margaritas. they were tasty. fresh squeezed juice and not too sweet.

even if the food tasted like crap i would have enjoyed eating here

we munched on peanuts and perused the menu. "oh my god, lump crab meat!" "whoa, scallop with ginger curry!" "holy shit, a lobster tail sandwich!" "dude, check out the sauces!" (note to vegetarians: they also have a very huge and tasty looking portobello mushroom available). it was clear we were newbies so our waitress came to the rescue again. she asked us some questions about what we liked:

waitress: well this is your first time here so you have to have the burger. do you guys like burgers?
me: oh yes.
waitress: so do you guys like goat cheese, or bacon, or grilled onions?
avani: umm... yes, yes, and yes.
waitress: what about sauce? what sauces sound good?
me: all of them.

in the end, with the guidance of our awesome server (whose name i have totally forgotten), we ordered two burgers to share. one had lump crab meat, bacon, and bearnaise sauce. the other had burgundy wine/mushroom/truffle sauce, bacon, goat cheese, and grilled onions. we also ordered fries to share.

who can argue with this???

ok, all i can say is OH MY GOD. the meat was perfectly juicy and cooked medium well. the sauces were amazing. the lump crab meat was real crab. the bacon was thick and both crisp and tender. the grilled onions were perfectly caramelized. the buns were buttered and toasted. we crammed our food in and both got stomach aches. we actually barely touched the fries but they were delicious too. fresh cut potatoes just fried probably 5 minutes earlier.

avani cannot argue

at the end of our meal, the waitress tried to tempt us with gelato but we were too stuffed to even think about it. and then she brought us some anyway! a little taste of both the mango and the black raspberry. they were tasty (especially the mango... it tasted exactly like real mangoes) and very light. still, we couldn't finish it.

me wasting precious time taking photos when i could have been eating

our total bill was $42 which is definitely more than you might expect to spend on burgers and a couple drinks, but well worth the price. you could easily have eaten cheaper... a burger alone costs $6.50, and an order of fries is $3.50. it was all the add-ons that raised the price for us.

i totally loved terry's and i can't wait to go back to try more of their awesome menu! you guys should all go as soon as possible. or don't... by the time we left, the place was full. i don't want it to get overrun!