In honor of their new 40-day dry-aged hamburger,Primehouse in Chicago is selling the normally $15 burger for only $5 this week. Phil Vettel of Chicago Tribune's food blog The Stew reports that the "seriously good" half-pound burger is topped with garlic spinach and fried onions on a potato bun with smoked-bacon mayonnaise. The burger is only available at lunch (11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) until Friday, so Chicagoans, get your burger now!
Primehouse
616 North Rush Street, Chicago IL 60611 (b/n East Ontario Street and East Ohio Street; map)
(312) 660-6000
Posted by Nick Solares, October 14, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Primehouse
381 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 (at 27th Street; map); 212-824-2600; brguestrestaurants.com The Short Order: Huge ten-ounce grilled burger in the classic steakhouse model Want Fries with That? Comes with superb steak fries Price: classic cheeseburger $12, steakhouse burger, bacon and blue cheese burger $14 Notes: The burger menu is available in the bar room from 11:30 a.m until closing (10 p.m. Sunday, 11 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 12 a.m. Thursday-Saturday) and in the main dinning room during lunch and brunch (11:30 a.m to 4 p.m., 7 days a week)
When Primehouse opened a year ago on the first of this month (happy belated birthday, Primehouse) I questioned whether we really needed another steakhouse in New York City. The three years preceding Primehouse's debut had seen an explosion of new steakhouse openings with the Zagat listings seemingly doubling during that time frame. Its not that I don't love steakhouses (far from it), but how many tired iterations of the same menu—porterhouse for two, creamed spinach, hash browns—does one town really need?
Fortunately and refreshingly, Primehouse managed to differentiate itself from its competitors both by virtue of a bold, contemporary decor and, more importantly, by offering some exceptional cuts of Creek Stone Farms beef from their unique Himalayan salt-lined dry aging room. In fact, Primehouse has quickly become one of my favorite steakhouses in the city.
A Ten-Ounce Bargain Burger
I don't usually consider a burger that costs over $10—let alone $14—a good value, but the one at Primehouse is actually a veritable bargain considering that it is a full ten ounces of beef and comes with what seems like two large potatoes worth of fries, plus a generous helping of very fresh lettuce, onion, and tomato. In a pound-for-pound comparison, a similar amount of food would cost more at Shake Shack because you would need to order two burgers and two fries to equal the mountain of food that Primehouse serves. Although I am sure it would not be appreciated, you could share this with someone and both leave satisfied.
