while i was in michigan over the holidays, my sister made a pretty serious proclamation. "i know a place that has the best burger in michigan." clearly i could not just let that one slide and demanded that she take me there. a short ride on 275 and there we were... red coat tavern.
the place was hilarious and... red. i read some reviews online and one angsty eater claimed it was "too red" for him to enjoy his meal. i found it to be a high, but acceptable, degree of red.
enough about the lighting... let's get to the food. they have an impressive menu that includes a scotch egg, a cuban sandwich, and two different seafood chowders. but we were there for the burger. you get your pick of toppings including onions which can be raw, grilled, burned, or caramelized.
there are about 10 cheese options and gruyere is one of them. smoked gouda is another. you can get "zip sauce" which is a reduction of au jus and butter. hi, my name is liz and i have died and gone to sauce heaven. and what about the bun? do you prefer brioche, an onion roll, grilled rye? or maybe something else? they have it. don't like lettuce? well how about watercress instead? the options were out of control.
we all got the burgers and we shared sides of onion rings and fries. the burger was everything it was supposed to be. huge (1/2 lb.), perfectly cooked (i asked for, and got, medium rare), delicious. the ingredients and toppings were top quality. there was a long wait but once i got my food i found myself completely unable to care.
another point worth mentioning is the beer selection. the back of the huge menu has a ridiculously long list of beers from all over the world. you could go there for a year and not try every beer (well maybe you could).
service was friendly. bellies were stuffed. taste buds were sated. best burger promises were fulfilled.
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Yep, that place is seriously the shit. It's a little on the pricey side and there is always a substantial wait to be seated, but it's totally worth it.
Sounds like you had a tasty time in Michigan and to see you are blogging on the regualr again :)
I ran into my neighbor Karen who's the Resource Development Director and talked to her about organizing a Findlay Market Blogger/Facebook/Twitter meet up and she mentioned she is a huge fan of your blog. I'll keep you posted and invite you to help plan the meet-up if you are interested- Heather513 AKA AFoodiegurl
I omitted the important part about it being a Findlay Market meet up. Oops...only working on 1cup coffee at this hour. H513
awesome, sounds like fun!
You always find the tastiest and most immense burgers! That looks great.
I am undertaking your mission this Friday and will report back over the weekend. You should really give me more missions, it gives me an excuse to eat out!
yay, i am so excited! do you want to write a guest post? you can write whatever you want and be our portland correspondent.
Red Coat is one of the few reasons to voluntarily travel to Michigan ;P
Whaaaatttt... Can I be your Chicago correspondent???
yes be my chicago correspondent! what is your secret ingredient for the bouef?
Were you running this morning in O'Bryonville??
yes i was. let me guess. you were the guy coming out of your garage with a tennis racket and a newspaper who kept staring at me.
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