Fatty Friday (on Saturday) -- Allen's

No Athens burger quest is complete without a trip to Allen's, a Classic City classic which boldly claims to have the best burger in town. Allen's has been around forever and was, apparently, a big tradition "back in the day." The original location closed down a few years ago and people freaked out. You would have thought it was the end of food as we know it the way people flocked to get one last burger. Hello! If it's so good, why weren't you eating there all along? Some people were so upset that they reopened Allen's in a different location and that is where we dined the other night.

There were two burgers to choose from, the 4 oz. Allen's burger and the 8 oz. Billy's burger. Not knowing which one was supposed to be the best in Athens, we each got an Allen's burger and split a Billy's burger.

As we started eating, I was reminded of an episode of Parks and Rec where Ron and Chris have a burger cookoff. Chris makes super healthy, super fancy turkey burgers with fresh ingredients and the judges love them. Then, Ron slaps down plain 50/50 burgers on buns and wins the contest. I tried to find a clip for y'all, but I couldn't. Sorry.

Anyway, Allen's went with the less is more approach and it works. The only complaint I had was that the smaller burger was dry. Otherwise, CB and I agreed that the food was pretty delicious. In fact, CB said it was his favorite burger so far. I am still partial to The Royal Peasant, but was pleasantly surprised at how good Allen's was. I'd give it a 7. What, exactly, does that mean. I don't know.

Fondest regards,

The Lady