New Cincinati Burger Guys and Gals!: June 2019

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Local Post

Our 85th Review

Official Review #85

Local Post

3923 Eastern Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45226

513.371.5858

UPDATE AS OF 02.23.2023 We went on a Friday for Lunch, I had a Coupon I purchased for $27 to get $40 in Food here, We ordered the Plain 1/4 Pound Burger with lettuce, tomato, onion & pickles on a Brioche Bun for $13.75 it was the cheapest burger on the menu, we order a large Pizza for $15.75 with Pepperoni $3 extra & Banana Peppers $2 more, so $20.75 for a pizza, it was good, but we like Dominoes & we thought it was much better than Local Posts Pizza and for the price we could have nearly ordered 3 at Dominoes for the same price, just outrageous for Pizza, & only good at best. The Burger was good, but just plain good nothing special & Not a top 10 Burger as it was upon our last visit in 2019, & 1/4 pound instead of at least half a pound, the burger was so small on the bun it reminded me of Mcdonald's tiny piece of meat on their crappy burgers, LOL! We also ordered Cheesesticks, 6 for $9.50 maybe the best we've ever had anywhere, but that was the only good thing here we would recommend, total $43.20 & we drank water, but $40 came off on the Coupon, I will never eat here again & I can't recommend anything but the Cheese sticks, I am moving them out of the top 10 down to around the 30 or lower spot on the list. Many better burgers all over the area.
This was our 1st visit to the Local Post, I had not heard of them before and had not seen them in any best burger lists in Cincinnati, I saw them advertising on Groupon Coupons, so I bought one and we tried it out today around 5:30 PM on Friday 06/29/2019

I looked they may have taken an old building and renovated it into a beautiful sports bar, it has a downstairs seating area with at least 1 Pool table, we ate upstairs and did not go down, it's much bigger on the inside than it looks outside, parking is mostly on Eastern Ave. during extremely busy times, a parking spot might be hard to come by, it was already getting crowded, the place looked very clean and updated, the waitress was a lovely young girl that was extremely nice & Friendly & helpful, she brought us refills on our water which came in some different glass wine bottles, a nice touch, but it was warm inside and we could have used some ice as the water got warm fast, the waitress really was awesome, she came back many times asking how everything was & if we needed anything, solid waitress, she did a great job.

We started out with the Cheese Curds: Wisconsin cheddar curds, local beer batter and fried golden. served with sriracha aioli, $8

we just returned a couple of weeks ago from a vacation in Madison, Wisconsin and tried Cheese Curds at several places while there, including the #1 rated location in Madison, known for their cheese products and curds, these curds at Local post we would both have to agree were every bit as good as the #1 place in Madison, so before i get to the burger review, I would definitely recommend going here for the Cheese Curds, they were absolutely Awesome

Now for the Burger review.

I ordered the East End Burger: American cheese, bacon, red onion, shredded lettuce, tomato & garlic aioli. delivered on challah with a fried pickle topper. $14

The East End Burger was just fantastic, the flavor of the beef was delicious, I knew from the 1st bite it was definitely to 10 and maybe top 5 on our best burger list, I always tear off a piece of the meat to taste it with nothing else on it and it was very flavorful, I always order my burgers Medium-well when asked, this one they did not ask and came what appeared to be very well done, it had what I call, blackened seared edges, and again it was delish, after the 1st bite into the whole burger I knew it was one of the best I've ever had, the fried pickle on top was excellent, so I can also now recommend the Fried Pickles as an appetizer, the bacon was nice and crispy and tasty, red onion & lettuce and tomato were fresh and good, the garlic aoili also added to the flavor, the bun did not fall apart which for me is a key to a good burger, it was tasty and added to the flavor, the 2 patties added up to a very thick burger, and covered the entire bun, with just a bit sticking out, the meat appeared to be hand-made and not frozen patties out of a box, My Wife also agreed it was one excellent burger, she like it so much we switched burgers as she liked it better than the one she ordered, which we will review here next., it was also a big burger, you better be hungry, you can get it with chips or upgrade to fries for $2, or a House Salad for $5 more, we did both, she got a salad with ranch and I got fries with mine, the fries as compared to others, were just ok, I could eat them, but would not order them again, I would get the salad and or stick with the chips, the salad was big, fresh and very good, and so was the ranch dressing, just some plain old hand cut fries would be better.

Now for my Wife's burger, she ordered the Royale With Cheese: two 1/4 lb. patties, american cheese, pickles, onion, lettuce, and posty sauce delivered on 16 bricks focaccia $14

The 2 patties on this was thicker than on my Burger, and also very tasty, but we both preferred the thinner patties, but that's not taking anything away from these, they tasted very good, the Focaccia bun was good, but we both also preferred the Challah bun on the other one, we switched burgers she like the East End Burger so well, I liked both but also preferred the East end.

overall a very good burger, I only rank 1 Burger per location, as I take the best one from each place, but i would rank this one outside the top 10 on our list, would I order it again, no, 2 reasons, the East End Burger is that much better and just did not care as much for the Focaccia bun, a good Brioche would be nice for this one.

Final Thoughts: Awesome Cheese Curds, very good Fried Pickle on the burger, and overall the East End Burger makes it to #5 on our list, we will return, & I definitely recommend the East End Burger, and Curds, overall it's a wonderful place to go, a bit loud, hard to hear inside, but very nice place, you can watch some sports & have a beer and a burger and appetizers.

Final Rating: 9.4* **(*Exceptional**-Must try it!*) Just above Zola Pub & just below Willies Sports Cafe, not a lot of difference in the, all are awesome.

Next Tasty Review: The Tipsy Cow from our Madison Wisconsin Trip.**

East End Burger

East End Burger half eaten! LOL!< Awesome!

Fantastic Cheese Curds!

Salad!

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.