Going to charcoal tonight

Eat beforehand and have a beer with your friend?

I've never been. Their arguing with reviewers on Yelp is completely offputting, though. I really don't get why business owners do this. Seems the best course of action for proprietors in these situations is to let it be and just work on getting good reviews instead. But what the hell do I know?

It's pretty mind boggling that an owner of a restaurant does not know better than to take to yelp to defend its restaurant. Seems like no good can come from that

I've been to charcoal once. It is a very cool space and the food was decent. The prices did not seem out of the ordinary compared to the other burger places in the area. I've come to expect paying for gourmet burgers from the company, cowbell, hi hats type places in the area.

I think charcoal is one of those places people love to hate. Though the yelp thing suggests they could bring some of it on themself

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I've come to expect paying for gourmet burgers from the company, cowbell, hi hats type places in the area.

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Not defending Charcoal here but you are going to pay a tax eating at most places on Magazine St. Look at the Jewish place across the street. That slob gets $13 for a pastrami sandwich and the place is a dump. Charcoal charges that much for an Elk burger yet they are overpriced.

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I've yet to have a bad meal there but I keep hearing the horror stories so I haven't been in a long time.

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+1

Everyone I know shite on the place about how overpriced it was and wasn't that good. I went once and had a solid meal and thought the prices were ok. People just went off on this place, and I've yet to see why.

Is this the place where they have nicer dining area upstairs and the even more casual area downstairs? If so, I went a few months ago and found it to be good for what it was. Nothing special, but the gf and I both had interesting hamburgers for a decent price.

Wasn't making a joke. The place is a Jewish deli.

I haven't had a lot of "exotic" burgers, but I love a really fatty/juicy burger. I use brisket when I make them at home.

I wonder if all these weird meats would be too lean for my preferences

I've been a few times and always though they were sub par. The burger was over cooked and I think my meal was pretty expensive. If I were to get a decent burger uptown I would hit up Company Burger.