Susie Burger — Ham, Not Burger

If you find yourself hankering for a good burger, and you’re in the midtown area near 29th and P streets, take this friendly advice from me and Thompology:  Do not eat at Susie Burger.  The food is overpriced, undersized, and lacking necessary burger flavors.  See how that doesn’t work.  One thing they do well, though, is make you chuckle.  Our meals came with sliced pickles in a baggie that included some mini carrots.  I put the pickles on my burger, but I could not figure out what to do with the carrots.  Thompology ate his carrots separately from his burger, but noted that they tasted like pickles.  If I’d have known that, I would have put them on my burger as well (I like carrots,) but he didn’t tell me till I was done eating.  (His meal came much later than mine because he deviated from the standard menu item — he wanted it done his way.)

The layout is exploits a poor design inside and out.  Not that layout has anything to do with food quality, but it was bothersome and distracting.  The ordering line cuts across the finishing line, which impedes access to the hamburger condiments, ultimately delaying the eating process and resulting in mild irritation to the mind and stomach.  This can probably be fixed.  But even a savvy, efficient layout with super cool decor will make up for bland, expensive food.

I’m not a Susie Burger fan, and I do not suggest eating here.  There are plenty of other burger joints around the Sacramento midtown grid, so save your money and eat somewhere else.  You can thank me later.

Susie Burger is owned locally by the Haines Brothers, who own the Riverside Club and Bistro 33.  I like those places.  But here we have the brothers attempting to target a new audience.  Either they’ve clearly missed it, or clearly it dones not include me, and I’m a hamburger lover.


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Susie Burger — Ham, Not Burger was first posted to justinll.com on July 25, 2008.

4 thoughts on “Susie Burger — Ham, Not Burger

  1. Josh ZieglerJosh Ziegler

    I’ve yet to eat there because Nation Wide Meats and Squeeze Inn are the best burgers in town. The Shack has a good burger and so does Roxy, but it’s lamb so I don;t know if that’s standard fare.

  2. JustinLLJustinLL Post author

    Josh Ziegler,

    I’ve been to Nation Wide Meats and I think they’re a bit over priced for what you get. The burger is tasty, but expect to spend a bit too much.

    I haven’t been to Squeeze Inn, so I need to stop in some time and have a bite.

  3. Josh ZieglerJosh Ziegler

    Squeeze Inn has become a beast since it was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dish rags or whatever it’s called. I haven’t been in over a year because it is so busy and packed all the time. I don;t even bother, but I remember the great shiny moments I had there with their steak tacos, cheeseburgers, and fries. It’s been even longer since they had flair that hung from the ceiling.

    Still I can imagine that it hasn’t changed. Even through ownership changes they retained their greasy-ness and ability to make such extraordinarily good burgers.

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