Burger Crew meeting called to order on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 4:15pm Mountain (3rd stop in Burger Crew Does Salt Lake City Trip!)
Members in attendance: Angela, Trevor, Wayne, DK, Innie, and me (Sumana) Special Guests: Will, Marissa
Ordering Big Mosida Burger – Single with added jalapenos ($10.50): ¼ lb. Mosida Farms smashed beef, topped with American cheese, pickles, onions, lettuce, tomato, and a special spread [ordered by DK/Marissa] Whole Farmhouse Burger – Double ($15): 2x ¼ lb. beef patties, topped with American cheese, pickles, onions, lettuce, tomato, bacon, egg, and a special spread [ordered by Angela/Trevor, Wayne/Innie/Sumana/Will] Side of tallow fries ($5) [ordered by Angela/Trevor]
The Burgers Patty: juicy and well-seasoned; seared in beef tallow and hit all the umami notes. All members agreed the patties are amazing. Buns: held up all the burger juice! Toppings: gooey cheese; sunny-side up egg, chewy and peppery bacon
The Sides Tallow fries: hot from the fryer and addicting! They were cooked perfectly, and we were lucky that they made a extra and decided to give us a full tin of fries. Self-service condiments: ketchup, mayo, mustard, BBQ sauce, cholula, sriracha, and Farmhouse sauce Drinks: soda fountain machine; also the market has other drinks for sale
TIP: Definitely get extra Farmhouse Sauce to dip your fries (or burger) in!
Miscellaneous – Easy and open street parking – There’s a butcher shop in the back of the space. Definitely worth checking out! – How to order: Cashless system with two tablets on the front counter where you order your food. The workers would deliver food to you when it’s ready.. – Genius that they have a sink with soap in the dining area – There’s 1 restroom at the back of the market.
Value $9, $12, $13, $13.50, $14, and I abstained Average value = $12.30
The Verdict 4.2, 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.9, 5.0 Average rating = 4.6
Burger Crew Meeting called to order on Friday, June 20, 2025 at whatever time we got there (Burger Crew Does Salt Lake City).
Members in attendance: Angela d. (that’s me!), Sumana S., Trevor Y., Wayne T., Dennis, K. and Innie C.
Fancy burger crew guests: Will G. and Marissa G.
I. Ordering
DK and Marissa weren’t feeling too fancy, so they opted for a single Plain Luxury – Hokkaido milk bun, custom beef blend patty with sharp American cheese and kewpie mayo ($6.50) with jalapenos on the side and the Blood Orange Beet salad – Fresh citrus, beets, feta, roasted pistachio, house pickled onions, house blush wine vinaigrette ($14 full). As we get older, we see the importance of having some fiber with our copious amounts of beef.
Look at all that mayo! Fiber featured in the background
Trev and I split a double Classic – Hokkaido milk bun, custom beef blend patty, sharp American cheese, kewpie mayo, lettuce, and tomato ($10.90).
Check out that lovely lace
Innie, Wayne, Sumana, and Will also split a double Classic (with a side of jalapenos). Yes, you heard it right, 4 people splitting a single burger. To be fair, it was already the 3rd burger of the day and we still had all-you-can-eat at the Salt Lake City Bee’s game coming up.
II. The Burgers
You know what makes me feel fancy? Lace. And this burger was decked out in a beautiful smash patty lace that’s hard to find consistently at places that claim to have smash burgers. So Fancy delivered in that area. The crunchy edges were my favorite; I found myself eating around the edges, but unfortunately, there was just no pop of flavor from the beef. I really want to know I’m eating a cow instead of just inferring it.
The Hokkaido milk bun definitely sounded fancy. They were good, squishy, and slightly sweet. Our bun was falling apart at the bottom. Pro tip 💡unwrap your burger right away so it doesn’t get steamed and disintegrate your bottom bun.
Burgers come wrapped in fancy gold. Be sure to unwrap quickly!
Toppings? It was on the high end of the mayo spectrum (some liked it while others didn’t care for it). The tomato was cut thin (which I appreciated) and some mixed green salad on top. It didn’t add much to the burger (but Innie appreciated the texture it provided). The jalapenos are house made with capers and onions as well and pack a punch in terms of spice.
III. The sides
The salad was delicious and refreshing. It did feel very fancy with beets, blood oranges, and pistachios.
IV. Miscellaneous
It looks like they used to have a brick and mortar online, but they are in the process of moving to a bigger location. So we had a privilege to eat from their fancy truck. Props to the chef who was toiling in a hot truck on a hot day to deliver these burgers. We ate under easy ups feeling not-so-fancy, but I’m sure once their new location is done, it will be great. Sumana noted that she didn’t get a receipt and had no opportunity to tip.
Since it was a food truck, there was no bathroom available, but I think the owner came by to check on us and allowed us to use the bathroom in the prom dress place (that they’re transforming into their new location). So he was super nice!
V. Value
I ask the members how much they would pay for their burgers. We would pay anywhere from $11 to $13. So they are well priced burgers!
VI. The Verdict
Very solid smashburger that had a bad luck of following Mosida Market Butcher Block. Had we not just eaten their burger (which was amazing, by the way), the ratings here would have likely been higher. Despite the heat and very unfancy location, we enjoyed these burgers very much. For those who will enjoy it in their new location, I’m sure you’ll have a great experience. The ratings: 3.7, 3.8, 3.8, 4.0, 4.0, and 4.4.
Next location for Burger Crew Does Salt Lake City: Copper Onion
Burger Crew Meeting called to order on Friday, June 20, 2025 (Burger Crew Does Salt Lake City).
Members in attendance: Angela, Sumana, Trevor, Wayne, DK, and Innie.
Honorary burger crew members: Will and Marissa.
I will preface this review that I got chosen to write this one because I didn’t give a single vote as my top 6 for this trip. I completely poopoo-d the burger based on it’s look of the burger and the establishment. I was completely wrong with my judge-a-book-by-it’s-cover snap reaction. Upon stepping into the restaurant I felt like I stepped back in time to 1985 and Burger King and Carrow’s had a baby. The decor felt very dated but also well maintained. However, the burger absolutely shined and it’s quite possible the idiom “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” was coined because of Crown Burger. Judging from my experience I would believe they haven’t changed a thing and never needed to.
I. Ordering
Angela & Trevor – Double Pastrami Innie – Crown Burger Double (split with Sumana) Wayne – Double Crown Burger DK/Marissa – Single Crown + Cheese Fries Will – Gyro Plate
II. The Burgers
First of all, it’s increasingly rare to find burger buns with sesame seeds. The patties felt very avg fast food style patty. If you told me it was frozen, I would absolutely believe it. But the PASTRAMI. Huge win. It was lean in a good way and super tender. We also found that the double beef patty with the pastrami had just the right ratio. You can opt for the single patty if you want a pastrami forward experience. Can’t really go wrong with either, just depends on which adventure you want to go on.
Back to the patty, it was seasoned well enough albeit a little chewy. I can’t imagine it’s top grade beef blend that’s cut and blended in-house.
III. The sides
Sweet Potato Fries – SPOT ON crispy and potato-ey. Very impressed. Usually these are one or the either and rarely both. Great job Crown Burger.
Cheese Fries – best described as “MEH” with the melted shredded cheese. The fries were also thick cut.
Gyro – Does this count as a side? Yes! Side to our burgers. Great portions with lots of meat and dressing although the “pita” was soso and honestly not needed.
IV. Miscellaneous
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V. Value
I ask the members how much they would pay for their burgers. We would pay anywhere from $11 to $17. You’ll find a pretty good value here with friendly service!
VI. The Verdict
V The ratings: 3.7, 3.8, 3.8, 4.0, 4.0, and 4.4.
Next location for Burger Crew Does Salt Lake City: Mosida Market
So a little birdie told me that we have a reader (which is one more reader than I thought we had) that was clamoring to know about the burger crew trip to Salt Lake City. With life being life and no accountability other than our (very quiet) voices of responsibility, we have not posted about things that have happened 3 months ago.
I decided to do a quick recap of our trip. This one goes out to you, Mark!
Cutthroat Burger
We visited cutthroat, which is a food truck that was parked outside Saltfire Brewing. They showed a deep dedication to burgers by continuing to cook burgers sitting in a metal food truck in over 100 degree weather.
If I’m recalling correctly, this burger was good, but not great
Crown Burger
This Salt Lake City institution was recommended by my co-worker. So we arrived before they opened and got a well-deserved breakfast burger.
The pastrami didn’t disappoint! In fact, I could have done without the burger and just had straight up pastrami
Mosida Market
After some miscommunications and lack of reading/following itineraries, we finally ended up at Mosida Market.
This was the burger highlight of the trip! It’s also a butcher shop so they know their meat. The meat was amazing and the sauce was so addictive we had to push it away before we drank it by the gallon
I wanted to go back again, but it was too far away! Go to the one in Provo (it’s beautiful)
Fancy Burger
This was another purveyor of hot burgers cooked in a hot hunk of metal.
They had the poor luck of following Mosida Market. The burger was actually very good, but with Mosida Market beef juice still on our fingertips, we didn’t enjoy it as much as we could have had we come on a different day with empty stomachs.
Fancy burger served in a not so fancy location. But it sounds like they have a cool spot in the works
Copper Onion
This burger showed up on many “best of” lists. And it lives up to its name. It is definitely an onion burger.
I tasted all onion and not enough meat
Franklin Avenue
Our last burger stop in Salt Lake City was Franklin Avenue, where everything sounded amazing. All the food was amazing, but the burger was just okay.
So there may or may not be more detailed reviews coming at each of the burger crew members’ discretion. Keep an eye out!
