One of the best fast foods burgers out there
The other night I had a craving for a burger, which had me thinking: where can I get the best burger in San Leandro? We are not a city known for burgers. There are lots and lots of places to have burgers here, to be clear, but none that are particularly noteworthy. Still, I haven’t visited many of those places for years and I thought trying the different burgers available in San Leandro might be a fun project for the upcoming year (or two). I had planned to start with Rocky’s Charcoal Grill – a place beloved by many in San Leandro. I have not liked their burgers in the past, but it’s been fourteen years since my last visit, so they may have changed. My old review is definitely ready for an update. Alas, Rocky’s wasn’t open (it was a Sunday) and Nation’s is very close by, so Mike went there instead.
I like Nation’s burgers. As far as fast food burgers go, they have always been my “default” for over three decades – though they now share this “honor” with Habit Burger. At 1/3 lbs, the burgers are fairly large, they ooze with American cheese and they are very generous with veggies and toppings – though I always get mine with just tomatoes, while Mike prefers his with lettuce and onions. The burgers are smothered in mayo, probably enough to cause a heart attack to someone with cardiac issues. For this reason, I feel that they mostly taste of mayo and American cheese, though enough to not really be able to forgo it. But I like them. If I had to grade them – and I do, because this is a project about finding the best burger, I’d give them 8/10 as far as “fast food burgers” go, and a 5/10 as far as all burgers go. Indeed, I will make Nation’s my standard for an average burger, and grade others accordingly.
In addition to burgers, Nation is known for its pies. These are of a similar quality to their burgers: enjoyable. On this occasion we got the blueberry pie which was on season, and we liked it.
Nation also has breakfast items, which also are totally fine as far as a fast food place goes.
I just went to nations and I love the burger and pie, even though they had to raise their prices. I just bought 1.5 pies and 2 hamburgers and 3 fries. The 1/2 pie in the mix up got forgotten. We call back and told the people working we had forgotten the key lime pie. That is when the wheels came off the cart. They failed to put it in the bag, but then just basically called my wife a liar. At which point papa bear was prime to open a can of you know what. So we went back to the stooge.
Bad to worse now. as I went in I said I was the guy that for got the key lime pie. Picture this a lady standing behind the counter with t=her hand ona back after I had given her the recipe to the pie and she said Where is the card? Needless to say I went off.I should have said what I did but when yo9ur know she knows and you had the receipt and she had her hand on the pie you bought and was unwilling to -fork it over. With a smile on her face. Well I was getting that pie no matter what.after me blowing up I got the pie. My point is this she did not buy the pie but to me was acting as if it was hers. I work for a few years in the hospitality business, and I know if the owner knew of this behavior. Well I am sure it would 0uld be stopped. this happened in Fairfield and I’m writing this in hopes that the owner might use the information to contact me so I can identify the person that did it because it was highly inappropriate. It was obvious they looked like they want to take the pie home and I pretty much claims to it when I blew up it took about two seconds to have the pie up on the counter and let me get out of there. It was clear she knew the pie was there. It was clear as she knew. I paid for it, and it was clear that she was Unwilling to give it to me