Harden's says
Following successful pop-up stints in Broadway Market and Hawker House, husband-and-wife team Stew and Liz Down have given up the days jobs and gone full time into cooking and serving their signature, overstuffed burgers at Shoreditch's Boxpark.
Harden's survey result
Summary
“Smoky, flavourful, moist, DEELICIOUS – the burger is so well done, I go back again and again”, chorus fans of this five-year-old independent with five outlets around London. Some hail the burgers – made from high-welfare native breed grass-fed West Country beef, dry-aged on the bone – as “the best in town”. Founders Liz & Stew dreamt up the project while working ski seasons in Canada – hence the name.
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“The burgers are so juicy and tasty” – “just the right combination of taste and juiciness” – at this small group, which has continued to expand from its Shoreditch’s Boxpark origins via a proper restaurant in Brixton Market Row to new branches in Market Halls Cargo at Canary Wharf and also the largest opening to date: a 45-seater in Exmouth Market (formerly a Dirty Burger). The brand only uses grass-fed, dry-aged British beef.
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“OMG! that’s what you call a burger!” – fans of this Brixton Market Row and Boxpark Shoreditch operation insist that their patties – dry-aged beef served with cheese, bacon, onion jam and garlic mayo – are “mind-blowing”. “Side dishes are great, too”. Founders Liz and Stew launched five years ago after working ski seasons in Whistler, Canada – haunt of black bears.
Summary
“Amazing and well-considered burgers, plus delicious, crunchy chips” help win very high ratings for this pop-up brand, which has now graduated to Boxpark Shoreditch. The backstory works well: one of the founders grew up on a Devon beef farm: all meat is sourced from the south west from native breeds that are grass-fed and dry-aged on the bone; bacon is from outdoor-bred pigs in the east of England…
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