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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Burger Bracket: Big Al's vs Choice City Butcher


Place Big Al's Burgers and Dogs  
Location Fort Collins, Colorado
Burger Ordered Cheeseburger 
Size 1/4 pound I would guess
Price $7.99
With fries and a drink
Price included
Total Price $7.99
Menu Description American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions and sauce
Toppings American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions and sauce
This was a small and thin burger I would guess 1/4 pound. But was cooked perfectly and had a little pink here and there. This is what I think you should get when you think of a great burger.  The toppings were good which was lettuce tomato pickles and diced onions and a thousand island like sauce.  Excellent burger with great flavor juicy and greasy.   fries were thin cut and I was surprised at how much I liked them.  This was at a very good price of 7.99 for a combo with fries and a drink.
VS.
Place Choice City Butcher & Deli  
Location Fort Collins, Colorado
Burger Ordered Classic Burger
Size 1/2 pound
Price $10.75 comes with side and drink
With Balsalmic Potato Salad 
Price included
Total Price $10.75
Menu Description Classic Burger american cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mayo, mustard, ketchup
Toppings american cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mayo, mustard, ketchup
This was a good sized burger that was very good, it was maybe a little dry here and there.  The toppings were good and I thought the pickles were especially good, and if that wasn’t enough pickles there was a pickle spear on the side.  I did think that they got a little carried away with the mayo, mustard and ketchup.  The downsides weren't so much with the burger, they were the wait it took forever to get our food and they dont have french fries, so I got balsamic potato salad, which i didn't care for



 
Big Al's
Choice City
Bun
 
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Burger
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toppings
 
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Fries/Side Dish
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Overall Enjoyment
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These were two of the best burgers in the bracket, but unfortunately the were going head to head in the first round.   The burger at Big Als was smaller, but I thought a little better tasting but not by much.  The toppings were better at choice city and i really liked their pickles.  I liked the fries at Big Als very much while i didnt care for the potato salad at choice city.  Also when having a burger I would really prefer to have fries, so big als wins that.  So overall  I prefered Big Als although it was very close.So basically these came down to just my preference but a great burger can be found at either one of these places.
Winner
Big Al's Burgers and Dogs

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