If you head out to test Knife Burger at JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, you may well want to choose your swim go well with alongside. The newest featuring from meat learn John Tesar is effectively a company of the resort’s pool bar, a coated but open-air pavilion with tables and bar seating and guests in many levels of undress and dampness.
If you did not currently know that Tesar, whose knife & Spoon cafe at the Ritz-Carlton following doorway was not long ago awarded a Michelin star, was attached to the burger joint, you likely would not figure it out if you just hopped out of the pool with a craving for a chunk to take in.
Neither the signage nor the menu, which options a lot more than just burgers, give any indication that the celebrity chef is included.
But guests from the Dallas location, where by the only other Knife Burgers at the moment exist, could possibly make the relationship when they see the entry for a burger referred to as The Ozersky, Tesar’s homage to the late foods writer Josh Ozersky, that has grow to be Knife Burger’s contacting card. It is a basic burger, also, a uncomplicated patty with some red onions and melted American cheese on a plain white bun.
The patty was not thick – “You can have pink or no pink,” I was instructed when I ordered – but its flavor was extraordinary, thanks typically to the grilling that gave the exterior – the portion all around the pink – a wonderful charred pretty much crispy crust. The superior good quality meat will help, way too Tesar is recognized for applying floor sirloin from 44 Farms out of Texas. And for all its off-the-shelf visual appeal, the bun was contemporary, which added to the total satisfaction.
I sampled a further burger called The Magic, which I experienced thought was localized for this Knife Burger but it seems on the Texas menu, as very well. (No, it does not have mushrooms on it.) It does not entail any exclusive prestidigitation other than turning the bun into an English muffin. But it also involves bacon, cheddar cheese and lettuce, tomato and onions, things so burger-requisite they are outlined a LTO on the menu. It’s normally wonderful to have bacon on a burger, and cheddar cheese is tonier than American, but I consider I appreciated the simplicity of the Ozersky burger a lot more.
Burgers came with a selection of fries or fruit. There have been a good deal of fries but I just cannot comment on the fruit since who orders fruit with a burger?
There are other things on the menu but I didn’t check out them – after all, it’s not termed Knife Hummus.
Knife Burger in all probability isn’t a destination restaurant except you’re now at the vacation resort and the bar is a quick swim absent. But with a lot of locals picking out resorts for a staycation this summer season (JW has a specially fantastic offer with 30 p.c off in August, make contact with the vacation resort for details), Knife Burger is very likely to see a lot of small business from Central Florida burger enthusiasts.
Knife Burger is at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. It is open each day.
