I was running around yesterday and decided to try a new restaurant for lunch. They only serve hamburgers. There were four different beef hamburgers to choose from, along with a turkey or veggie burger option. The only side was fries. They went to great lengths to point out that they were smash burgers, using "craft beef" served on locally made artisan buns.
Craft beef was not a term I was familiar with. When I looked it up this is what I found: Michigan Craft Beef™ was created to fill the gap between grass-fed beef and commodity beef. It is antibiotic and hormone free. Michigan Craft Beef™ are fed a healthy balance of grasses and legumes (alfalfa/clover) that you would expect cattle to eat when grazing pastures, but they are also fed a special blend of natural supplements such as brewers grains (barley), flax, apples, and cherries that give Michigan Craft Beef™ its unique flavor profile and tenderness.
Give me a break. I am sorry, I might be wrong for saying this, but it is just beef. You can get a few brownie points for being local or for the special diet, but craft beef? The term "craft beer" is one thing and even that is over used. This seems way over the line. I feel like they are catering to wanna be food snobs.
To make matters worse the only way their burgers are cooked is, "all the way through". When I asked if I could get one medium rare, I was told they do it just one way because that was their "style". I bit my tongue really hard, I wanted to tell them I never realized over cooked was a style.
I have never had a drier more miserable overpriced hamburger in my life. Thanks for letting me vent. Also, let me know if I am looking at this the wrong way. I don't want to be the grumpy old, get off my porch guy.