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R.F. O'Sullivan in Somerville MA - Best Burger in Boston Restaurant Review Part I

  

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My brother recently wrote a post about the Best Burger Ever on his Cook or Go Out DC blog.  I have to admit, he does cook a mean burger.  Who knew that it was so easy??  Definitely check out his recipe.

Michael and I were in the car the other day talking about his post, and how we needed to try out his recipe.  While we love to grill as well, I have to say that when the topic of burgers comes up, we typically choose to go out rather than cook.  We have a number of favorite burger places in Boston, and recently made a new addition to the list which will be the part 2 to this post.  

So last night we decided to head over to R.F. O'Sullivan in Somerville, which is probably my favorite burger joint.  It's a little bit of a dive bar, but they have one of the best burgers around.  The burgers here are some of the thickest, juiciest and messiest burgers ever - I would definitely not recommend this as a first date spot.  By far my favorite thing about the place is their onion rings, which they hand-batter and then deep fry.  If you love onion rings, then you have to check this place out.  

3 things to note before you go here: 1.) The burgers take about 20 minutes to cook.  So don't expect to stop here for a quick bite.  2.) There are no free refills on soda.  3.)  Always order onion rings.  Or at least half onion rings, half fries.  You'll thank me.  

I have to say that last night I was a little bit disappointed with the service here.  The hostess told us there was about a 20 minute wait for a table.  No big deal.  We grabbed a couple of drinks at the bar while we waited, and even managed to grab a couple of seats there.  About 30 minutes passed, and it became clear that she forgot about us - she was seating people that came in after us and then started seating people as they came in the door.  No big deal.  We had seats at the bar, so we just decided to go ahead and eat dinner at the bar.  We placed our orders with the bartender, and had a couple more drinks.  As I mentioned above, the burgers take about 20 minutes to cook, so we knew we had some time.  After about 30 minutes, the bartender came over and asked us if we had indeed placed an order.  We went over what we had ordered with her.  She flipped through her pad, and saw that she wrote it down, but I guess she had never actually placed the order.  She apologized, put our order in and comp'ed us a round of drinks, but we were starving at this point with at least another 20 minute wait ahead of us.  And to make matters worse, we were sitting right near the kitchen, so we could see everyone else's burgers being cooked and sent out.  Talk about torture!  

In the end, we finally got our food and the burgers were delicious, as always.  I ordered the Creamy Blue Cheese Burger and Michael had the Boursin Burger.  I probably had about 3 beers in me by the time we got our food and I was ravenous by that point, so I probably would have eaten anything.  I was a little bit disappointed with the service, but I will say that the bartender was extremely nice about it.  I suppose I don't go to R.F. O'Sullivan's for the service, and I'll definitely be back for their amazing burgers.