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Sometimes you just need to check your pride at the door and do what must be done. Which is why we found ourselves Saturday afternoon at Macy Field's, Christmas shopping and looking for a nosh. The Walnut Room is still the Walnut Room, and the seventh floor food court is still dominated by fast food concepts from celebrity chefs. The newest, from Marcus Samuelsson (C-House), is probably the best of a lot that includes Rick Bayless Frontera Fresco and Takashi Yagihashi's Noodles by Takashi. Incidentally, all three chefs are members of Macy's Culinary Council, dating back to the store's days as Marshall Field's.
Marc Burger's offerings are made from 100 percent grass-fed Angus cattle, served on potato bread buns, and topped with fresh ingredients like home made pickles. Marc Burger's namesake sammich ($12.95) is a hearty patty grilled to order, topped with house made steak sauce and a fried egg. For the price, you also get fresh seasoned fries and spicy cole slaw. this time of year the service is going to be a bit slow; near closing time in the food court Saturday there were still lines at Marc Burger and Frontera Fresco. But this burger with one of Marc Burgers fresh custard milkshakes is a great combination regardless of the weather.
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That looks so warm and tasty.
Hey chuck, I hit "Weiner and still champion" last night, lured by the bacon. Is it normally just the one guy? He looked like Artie Lang's older brother and he was all alone against a pretty decent rush.
The bacon? Sinfully good. The dipping sauces on the corn dogs though, dear god I fear I may die of delicious.
Nice looking burger. I made a pretty good one myself last night: burger on one of those Mexican bread-things (botelo?), toasted with red onion, tomato and pesto sauce. Pretty good. I shocked myself. Next, have to try the egg on top.
That tomato looks terrible. Look how pale and white it is.
And that one fry... the one on the lower right... no, no, not that one, the other one... lower... now over one...that one! Yeech!
That was too funny, Stealth.
But @ garlic: that is my biggest peeve about any restaurant that serves hamburgers. If the tomato is not fresh, then please just don't put it on.
There is nothing worse than a crunchy, tasteless, whitish tomato.
I am not aware of any law that states you have to have a tomato, regardless of its color, freshness or taste, on a burger. But there should be a law that states you cannot put imitation tomatoes or pinkish discs on a burger.
I wouldn't give Portillo's or the gyro place up the street any shit for that tomato, but gourmet celebrity chef fancy schmancy $13 dollar hamburgers shouldn't have a tomato like that on it.