The bright orange and green walls with mirrors and lights make me feel like I'm tripping. Ordering at the bar while staring at a poorly designed menu on the wall is awkward. The long wooden bar says alcohol, but there's none to be had. I'm just not sure what to make of Burger.org, the kosher and in-your-face eco-concious burger joint right in the heart of South St.'s drunken mile.
Here's what I do know though: Burger.org makes one of the best veggie burgers in town! Didn't see that coming did you? Neither did I. 
The standard burger (veggie, beef, fish, chicken or turkey patty) comes with lettuce, tomatoes, grilled onions, housemade pickle, and special sauce. Other sauces like chipotle mayo and bbq are also available. Sauces in squeeze bottles are also scattered throughout the room on table tops, if you need more.If you like the obvious-vegetables-in-patty burger like the one at National Mechanics, you're going to love Burger.org's housemade veggie patty full of corn, peas, carrots, and spinach. This veggie fritter is soft, yet crispy on the outside, with loads of flavor. The sesame seed bun is very soft, reminiscent of a backyard burger bun, but larger. If you don't do buns, Burger.org will gladly wrap your burger in lettuce.
And, with that soft bun (and great patty), Burger.org just bested National Mechanic's veggie burger. But, Burger.org does not serve alcohol, so depending on your mission, National Mechanics may still be number one for veggie-filled veggie burgers.
For a little more dough, the El Mariachi burger adds guacamole, pico de gallo, and chipotle mayo to the mix.The Very Veggie burger adds grilled zucchini, mushrooms and eggplant.
Sweet potato fries, spicy fries, truffle fries, and regular fries are on the menu, but our order of barely spiced spicy fries were inedible. Burger.org couldn't seem to get the oil high enough to properly fry the spuds. These greasy, limp potato sticks should have never left the kitchen.Despite the fry mishaps and an atmosphere that perplexes, Burger.org's veggie burger is so good it now competes with Maoz's falafel, Hot Diggity's hot dogs, and Blackbird's pizza for quick and tasty South St. eats.
Burger.org
326 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19147
267-639-3425
11 comments:
Oh no! I hope you sent those fries back! Bummer.
I haven't tried this place yet. It's been on my list of places to try!
Sounds amazing, veggie burgers are my FAVE (I almost did a veggie burger theme for MoFo this year!)
Do you know if that veggie burger is vegan? I would assume no, just because most omnis throw an egg in their v-burgers, but it's always possible...
Cheers!
Dawn
Vegan Fazool blog
MoFo theme: Party in the Pantry
Nice, this is the second great review I have heard of their veggie burger. I am looking forward to checking it out soon!
Glad to hear the veggie burger was good. Normally I'm pretty positive about places trying to raise the bar, but eating the regular burger from here made me wish I was a vegetarian.
The burger I tried was downright awful...charred on the outside, raw in the middle and oddly lukewarm. I ordered it takeout - a good call as I literally had to go home re-cook the burger on my own grill. My wife's burger was in the same sorry state.
To make it worse, we were both ill after eating the burgers. Makes me wonder how much care is really put into their if the claims of quality meat.
My fries were also a complete let-down...soggy and gross. I would have sent them back if I hadn't already been home when I discovered this.
There are so many other good places to get a burger...avoid this place.
Dawn - Their website says that they offer vegan and gluten free burgers, although I'm not sure if what I was served was vegan. The main menu just says "veggie burger."
The corn in that burger looks so good! Don't they have a chicken.org open now too? I wonder if they make the same veg burger there too.
Sounds promising. If any of their burgers are going to be vegan, it would have to be the veggie burger, unless I am missing something important :-)
I was inspired by the look of these and made one tonight that looks very similar and tasted awesome. I'll try to blog it soon. Mine's definitely vegan!
Thanks for your reviews, I use them a lot.
xo, VF
A and J - Pretty sure it's just chicken (and a bit of turkey) over at Chicken.org.
Dawn - Thanks for reading! No, you're not missing any thing; I'm just always a little wary of vegan claims at some places.
also, kosher = no cheeseburger and from the looks of it, their regular burgers need all the help they can get.
Me, too. Hey, it could be that if you get the lettuce, tomato, onion and a pickle on a plate that THAT is the vegan option. No bun, too probably :-) If u ever find out post back, as will I!
Albert - I should have said glatt kosher, meaning that the meat is processed according to Jewish law.
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