burger parlor

when i heard of burger parlor, i knew i had to go. when i read the reviews from other blogs, i moved burger parlor immediately up my restaurant wish list. if you have ever read my blog before, you know that i love hamburgers. they are such a diverse, yet simple food. our county has such an embarrassment of riches when it comes togreatburgers here. i was just hoping that burger parlor could live up to the hype i had built up in my mind. burger parlor comes to us from joesph mahon, a classically trained chef. from la habra, he left to learn his craft, but now he is back in oc building burgers four nights a week. oh yeah, did i mention that burger parlor is a pop up restaurant? they share space with rialto cafe wednesday through saturday nights. the pop up aspect of burger parlor kind of added to my excitement a little bit. it was like a secret spot, even though it has been written up in numerous places already. enough chit chat tho

last week we took our neighbors d and l to check out the newly opened burger parlor in downtown fullerton also know as the soco district. it was our first visit to the burger parlor and although i had heard some raves about them i wasn't exactly sure what to expect. burger parlor serves dinner in the same space that rialto cafe serves breakfast and lunch, a concept that i find very intriguing. this works outgreatfor both owners because they can split the costs of rent. burger parlor is the new concept from fine dining chef joseph mahon, you can read all about him and the concept in this article from la weekly . all i know about joseph is that he seems like a pretty cool guy, i had a quick chat with him and when he found out i was i twitter he asked me for my name and thanked us for stopping by. but i know you are more interested in the food, so here it is. (please excuse the bad pictures, i think my camera was mad at me!) we ordered 3 different burgers, but i only got decent pictures