New Red Robin @ Brandywine Towne Center

I do that in HomeDepot,, I ring all the door bells..... so I would chime all the chimes... I'm as bad as a kid

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No way GL, your children are capable of sustaining their balance and stimulating conversation - it's the kids of the parents who dump them in my store and then go tanning or get their nails done that have got me all worked up. Your little ones are a delight!

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Nothing personal, just a gut feeling!

I haven't tried the RR in BTC yet but I have other RR numerous times (I kept trying to give them a chance to redeem themselves) and I am not impressed. ESPECIALLY for a restaurant that presents the burger as it's staple item.

The burgers look like a frozen round patty that was just taken out of the freezer and tossed on the grill for 30 minutes. No matter how I ordered it, it came well done.

On a side note, if someone asked my opinion about "Cheeseburger in Paradise", I would copy what I said above and send it to them. Same crappy burger.

As far as good burgers go, "Jakes" and "Five Brothers" are neck and neck for the top of my list. REAL, unfrozen, meat.

Regarding the true chain restaurants, "Ruby Tuesday's" Triple Prime Burger is darn good.

I'm not a fan of Jakes.
I LOVE LOVE Five Guys.
I haven't tried Cheeburger, Cheeburger yet....probably won't bother (unless that have great milkshakes!!

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We're moving into burgerfest now! When I worked for a living, my 2 co-workers and I went to different restaurants in downtown Wilmington for a week - we sampled only burgers - for 5 straight days...Kid Shelleen's won easily, followed by Iron Hill, and then Washington Street Ale House, Jakes, and Dead Presidents. That was 3 years ago and for a month I couldn't even look at a burger.

I'm not impressed with Cheeburger Cheeburger (you'll note that the car dealer behind them has closed their doors!)....nice concept, but the food was lame at best. Anything fried was too greasy, and the burger didn't even fill the roll (very bad!), add to that a runny shake and you've got an overall BAD experience. They won't be around long.

Jakes is good, but Five Guys is better. Jakes needs to work on the roll - the standard McRoll doesn't cut it in the burger rolls. And, now that they are expanding into salads and other things (yes, healthier...but who gives a spit about healthy when the desire to consume a burger hits?). In either case, you need to go to their website and plan your burger. Five Guys does saute'd onions and 'shrooms and fresh jalapeno's. Add L-T and pickles and you've got my burger....and their fries are 'da mutha uffin' BOMB. Fresh and fried in peanut oil (roasted peanuts are all over the place - like Lonestar used to be, so if there are any nut allergies, stay away!)

Back to Jakes...the fries are FROZEN! And while a good burger, I think it needs bacon to make it a Great burger...but hands down, Jakes has THE best shakes. Way too many options and flavors...they're thick and creamy and you always want more when you finish one.

And completing the circle...back to Red Robin...their kitchen set up is just like Burger King. The burgers are placed on a conveyor belt and run through a broiler machine - which is why, regardless of how they say they will bring it to you, it's always "done".

For some reason, I'm feelin' the NEED for a burger now...and it's only 8:20am!

Oh, Hockey...Sweet Basil is real nice. Unless the kids are adventurous, they'd be better off with Domino's. We took a bottle of white and a bottle of red with us and had a great time ordering a single "course" at a time (we weren't in any hurry since we had friends with us that we hadn't seen in a few years). I'd post a review, but I don't recall the names of the stuff (or the ingredients) - I didn't drive that night and was partying my butt off!