The Company Burger - New Orleans

From 2014:

The Company Burger – New Orleans

4600 Freret Street and yes, they actually have a parking lot! (closed on Tuesday)

I first heard about this place online, and I also seem to remember seeing them on a food show. I can’t remember the show, but I think Anthony Bourdain was involved. And I think Joe mentioned them, but it could have been me asking Joe if he had been there. But whatever….

The point is that these guys make a great burger! Fresh, never frozen, hand made patties. Fresh bread made every morning and sliced to order. Great meat and a lot of cheese. They are known for The Company Burger (pictured on the left)…two patties, two slices of American cheese, thinly sliced onions, and house-made bread and butter pickles. They cook it to medium and they don’t let you mess with it. No custom orders. They have ketchup and mustard on the table and they have a “mayo bar” (chipotle mayo, basil mayo, etc) for you to dress up your burger if you want, but it comes from them only one way. And I didn’t see any lettuce or tomatoes. It was a very tasty burger, really cheesy. I described it as a classic diner burger. It’s like a double at Jerry’s Drive-in, but on steroids (not literally, I think everything is “organic”).

There was a lamb burger (pictured on the right) on the menu and we decided to be adventurous, but while the lamb patty was great and the cheese was good, the roasted tomato-basil sauce-stuff that they covered it in was a bit overpowering. It was good, but not great. I would have liked the “sauce” to just be a little bit on the side, or perhaps just a kicked up tomato slice instead of a cup of sauce poured over everything. They hand cut their fries and batter the onion rings to order, so we had to try each and they were both good. Overall they are a little pricey. The pricier lamb burger accounted for most of it, but two burgers, two sides and two drinks cost us about $35. I think just ordering a company burger, fries and coke would still be about $15.

The Cooking Channel was there filming and we may end up on TV talking about our burger. While they asked me a couple of questions about the burger, when they got to Michaela it sounded like a commercial, “Tell me why this is the best burger in New Orleans.” It should be interesting, but I kinda hope I get cut.