New Cincinati Burger Guys and Gals!: January 2014

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Carota's Pizza

Our 42nd Review & 2nd of 2014

Official Review #42

Carota's Pizza

115 Main Street Augusta, KY 41002

606.756.2343

We Love their Baked Carota Sandwiches with Ham & Swiss cheese, & like their Pizza, & Steak Hoagies, so when I saw Burgers on the Menu, I had to try them out, I don't expect great Burgers at Pizza places, but I still try a Burger anywhere I find one.

Mine came with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion & Mayo, I could not tell 100% if this was a Frozen Patty or real Beef, it was a good Burger, it was a mishaped piece of meat, & tasted good, so I'm not sure & I just didnt feel like asking, LOL, so I still don't know.

Either way, it was good, not great, not awesome, but for a Pizza Joint, it was a surprisingly good Burger, there are 4 places in town that serve great Burgers if your out just for that, but if your here with friends & want a burger, it's good.

I suggest never to order just a plain salad, I did, & it came on a regular sized plate, with barely a handful of lettuce scattered on the plate, it might have had something else mixed in, but I was so shocked, how little & just plain crappy this salad was, it was less than $3 I forget the exact price, but it was not much, it was barely worth two bucks, if that, I doubt I would have paid a $1.50 if I had seen it ahead of time, so forget the salads here, if this one was any indication of what they do here.

Price is good, & service can be very slow at times if they are even slightly busy, they usually have 1 waitress & she can't handle it all at times, the place looks clean, & it's located on Main Street in Augusta, Ky.

Final Thoughts: Good Burger, try it out if your here, but again, I like 4 other Burgers better in town, but that does not take anything away from this one, but I go here for the Baked Carota & Pizza anyway.

Final Review: 6.5* (Try it-above avg/Good to VG)

Next Tasty Review: Pasquales Pizza in Maysville, Ky.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Cadillac Cafe

Our 41st Review

Official Review #41

UPDATE! This one has gone out of business, the food was not too bad, but the cleanliness of the Cooks and Waitresses, were awful, GLAD IT's GONE!

Cadillac Cafe

735 US Highway 68, Maysville, KY 41056

606.564.9909

This is our 1st review of 2014, we completed 40 reviews in 2013 & we hope to do another 40, if not more in the coming year.

We had passed this new Cafe several times, before we decided to give it a try, it's good looking, old timey Cafe & very clean on the inside, the Waitress was very nice, but the Cook was talking on his Cell phone as he cooked our Burgers, & he also did not wear any gloves of any kind, so due to these 2 facts, we decided we will not ever return to this place to eat again, as Cell phones are known to carry many germs & bacteria.

We did not think much about this at the time or we decided later, we would have canceled our food order & left without trying the food, this is no way for any place that serves food to allow it's employees to act, it's the same as if they used the restroom & did not wash.

So on to the review, which to us does not really matter, because we can't recommend this place due to the unhealthy actions of the cook.

We all ordered the plain Burger, which came with Lettuce, tomato & onion, and all with Fries.

Fries were good, & the Burger was not a frozen patty, & we ordered them medium well done, the Burgers tasted good, but we could have done as well or better on our own grill's.

That's about it for this review, since due to the cook's actions while preparing our Burgers, we will never return here again to eat & can't recommend this place to anyone else, as they are lucky that patrons were not made to get sick due to these unhealthy actions.

A note to the owners & hopefully the cook that afternoon was not an owner, either teach this person how to properly prepare food & wear the proper gloves & to never, ever touch a Cell phone and cook food, without washing your hands, look it up on the net, how filthy cell phones are, they are up there with Computer Keyboards & other items.

Final Thoughts: I would have fired the Cook on the spot if it was my place of business.
Just an Update to this review, someone left us a comment saying we were nuts & wrong about the cook, that they have seen different, well all I can say is, whomever you are that left that comment, you were not there the 1 day we were there & I saw the Cook, flipping burgers with no gloves on & a flipper in 1 hand & his Cell held up to his ear in the other hand, so please do not dispute something when you were not there to see it, I have no reason to lie or exaggerate, I only comment as I see it, & after seeing that disgusting unhealthy, germ spreading way of Cooking, I will never take the Chance to eat here again, you of course may continue to do so, because if the cook was so careless that day, then it's clear to me, it is most likely not his only neglect in being clean while cooking, so please by all means, continue to eat here, & anyway, Delites & Hutchison's Grocery barely 5 minutes or so away, have Burgers that are twice as good anyway, so I would go to either before I would eat this Burger again any how, so Healthy or unhealthy cooking standards aside, their are much better burgers around town & other closer areas.
And if this was the only time out of everytime this cook has cooked a meal here, it's 1 too many for me that he held his Cell phone to his ear while cooking my Burgers, & all Cooks by Health & Cleanliness standards, should cook with some type of gloves on.
So I will excuse your comment about us being nuts about our review, I saw what I saw & that changes nothing in my mind, personally, that was absolutely dangerous for anyone to cook like that, you could cause germs or anything to spread to the food & make anyone sick from it, so luckily none in our party got sick from this trip, but please enjoy your burgers here, just keep & eye on how the cook uses his hands & what's in them, & if they use no gloves, you better wonder what he has touched before he handled your food, because read online & look it up, a Computer Keyboard & a Cell phone are 2 of the very top Germ spreader you can find anywhere.

Final Review: We will rate the Burgers a 5.5 here, maybe we were biased by the cooks unhealthy cooking, but no matter, it would not have rated much higher, just a good, plain, simple burger, there are much better in Maysville & not far away.

Next Tasty Review: Carotas Pizza in Augusta, Kentucky

Top 50 Burgers!

Our Top Rated Burgers, Click on a Name and; it will take you to our review of that Burger Joint! #1. Prime 9.8* (Extremely Exceptional-Must try!) #2 Anderson Township Pub (Extremely Exceptional-Must try!) #3 Bard's Burgers & Chili 9.7* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #4 Delites 9.6* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #5. Putters 9.5* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #6 Local Post 9.4 *(Exceptional-Must try it!) #7 The Turf Club 9.2* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #8 By Golly's 9.0* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #9 Hangover Easy 9.0* (Exceptional-Must try it!) 6 Locations tied at 8.8* for 11th Place! #10 Dunlap Cafe 8.9* Exceptional-Must try it!) #11 Donnas Place 8.9*(Exceptional-Must try it!) #12 Tavern on the Bend 8.9(Exceptional-Must try it!) #11 Flipdaddy's 8.9 (Exceptional-Must try it!) #11 Freddy's 8.9* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #11 Herb & Thelma's 8.9* (Exceptional-Must try it!) 3 Locations tied at 8.6* for 12th Place! #12 burgers & crafts 8.6* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #12 Five Guys 8.6* (Exceptional-Must try it!) #12 Zola Pub & Grill 8.6* (Exceptional-Must try it!) NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ZOLA's PLACE! Which is not that good & Closed for now! 3 Locations tied at 8.4* for 13th Place! #13 Burger Brothers 8.4* (Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #13 Ladder 19 8.4*(Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #13 Willies Sports Cafe 8.4* (Try it-abv Avg/Good to VG) #14 Street City Pub 8.3* (Try it-above Avg/Gd to VG) #14 Biscuits To Burgers 8.3*Try it-abvAvg/Good toVG #15 Trio Bistro 8.2* (Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #15 Wahlburgers 8.2* (Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #15 Quaker Steak & lube 8.2* (Try it-ab0ve Avg/Good to VG) 5 Locations Tied for 15th Place! #16 Gabby's Cafe 8.0* Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #16 BucketHeads 8.0* Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #16 Teller's 8.0* (Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #17 Zips Cafe 7.9* (Try it -abv Avg/Gd to VG) #18 Town & Country 7.9* (Try it -abv Avg/Gd to VG) #19 B&A Street Kitchen 7.8* (Try it-abv avg/Good to VG) #20 City View Tavern 7.7*(Try it-abv Avg/Gd to VG) #21 Mad Mike's 7.6* (Try it -abv Avg/Good to V.Good) #21 Frisch's 7.5* (Try it -above Avg/Good to V.Good) 2 Locations tied for 22nd Place! #22 Oakley Pub & Grill 7.4*(Try it-abv Avg/Gd to VG) #22 Camp Washington Chili 7.4* (Try-abv Avg/Gd to VG) 6 Locations tied at 7.0* for 23rd Place! #23 Buffalo Joe's 7.0*(Try it-above avg/Good to VG) #23 Izzy's 7.0*(Try it-above avg/Good to VG) #23 Augusta General Store 7.0*(Tryit-abvavg/GdtoVG #23 Cafe on the Green 7.0*(Try it-abv avg/Gd to VG) #23 Zazou 7.0*(Try it-above avg/Good to VG) 9 Locations tied at 6.5* for 24thPlace! #24 Dutch's 6.5* (Try it-above avg/Good to VG #24 Tumbleweed 6.5* (Try it-above avg/Good to VG) #24 915 Pub & Grill 6.5* (Try it-above avg/Gd to VG) #24 Corner Cafe 6.5* (Try it-above avg/Gd to VG) New owners for this business, Burgers are not as good, they are still good, just not top 10 anymore. #24 Marathon Diner 6.5* (Try it-abv avg/Good to VG) #24 Drake*s 6.5* (Try it-abv avg/Good to VG) #24 Gold Star 6.5* (Try it-abv avg/Good to VG) #24 Carota's Pizza 6.5*(Try it-above Avg/Good to VG) #24 Pleasant Ridge Chili 6.5*(Try -ab Avg/Gd to VG) #24 Smashburger 6.5* (Try -ab Avg/Gd to VG) #25 Bubbys Burgers 6.45*(Try it-abv avg/Good to VG) #25 Tickle Pickle 6.4* (Avg/Nothing Special) #26 Gas Light Cafe 6.3*(Ag/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #27 Augusta Pub 6.2* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #28 Chandlers 6.1* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) 5 Locations tied at 7.0* for 29th Place! #29 Mac's Pizza 6.0* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #30 DeSha's 5.99* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #31 Logan's 5.98* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #32 MVP 5.97* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #33 Rick's 5.95* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #34 Chicago Gyros & Dogs5.8*(Avg/Nt Bad-Not Spec) #35 Log Cabin Inn 5.7* (Ag/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #36 R & G 5.6* (Average/Not Bad-Nothing Special) #37 Howard's Place 5.5* Ag/Not Bad-Nothing Special THE REST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST! Dairy Yum Yum II 5.0* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Spec) Quatman Cafe 4.9* (Average/Not Bad-Nothing Spec) Culver's 4.6* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Knuk-n-Futz 4.5* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) This is Roneys/Roy Rogers old rating from years back at the old location and early on at the new on, more recently they seem to be buying cheap meat, it's moved from an 8 to a 3.5 and maybe not even deserving of that. Roney's 8.0* (Try it -above Average/Good to VG) Red Robin 3.5* (Average/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Hitching Post 3.5*(Average/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Pasquale's 3.0* (Average/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Logo's Sports Bar 3.0* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Fricker's 2.5* (Still Would'nt Bother!) Mt. Adams Bar & Grill 2.0* (Still Would'nt Bother!) Waffle House 2.0* (Still Would'nt Bother!) THESE PLACES ARE NOW CLOSED AND NOW OUT OF BUSINESS! The Ratings they did have on our list before closing! #2. Hutchison's Grocery 9.1*(Exceptional-Must try!) Margie's SouthernCafe 7.5*TryitabvAvg/Gdt0VG) Cincy Burger 6.5* (Try it above average/Good to Very Good) #5 WhackBurger 9.0* (Exceptional-Must try it!) CLOSED! Cadillac Cafe 5.5*(Average/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Went out of Business, I could have predicted this one after our Review of the place and saw how the Cook worked, and the bugs. #16 Bravo Cafe 7.5* (Try it -above Avg/Good to VG) Closed Permanently! #16 Bearcat Lounge 8.0* (Try it-abv Avg/Good to VG) Was located in the Marriott Hotel which is now Graduate Hotel. #34 Toot's 6.0* (Avg/Not Bad-Nothing Special) Closed out of Business Toby Keith's 5.5* (Average/Not Bad-Nothing Special) I liked the place, Food was ok, but it was huge and always mostly empty.

Food Definitions!

Hand-Made- made by hand, not by machine, and typically therefore of superior quality.
Made to Order- specially made according to a customer's specifications.
Char-Grilled- grill (food, typically meat or fish) quickly at a high heat.
Medium Well- Mostly gray-brown throughout, but with a hint of pale pink inside. Good for someone who wants an ever-so-slightly juicy Meat, but detests any sign of "blood" in their meat.

Medium- A more pronounced band of pink in the middle of the Meat. However, there should still be slightly more gray-brown than pink coloration.

Well done- Grayish-brown with no sign of pink, usually slightly charred on the outside. Cooking a good meat to this level of doneness is a challenge. It has to be done slowly on low heat, or else you end up with shoe leather.

Pre-Made Frozen Patty - This is not 100% real beef, it's just that a piece of whatever, that comes Pre-made up in a Patty and Frozen in a box of a Dozen or more, not real beef, some can be good, but most are not.