burger parlor

i already went over a brief background on the inception of burger parlor in my early bird post , so let’s just say that this was one of the oc’s most anticipated openings in 2012, having been named as having the best burger in the oc weekly while in its pop-up iteration early in the year. greg’s been hyping up the opening for months, and was obviously all over it when burger parlor finallyopenedearlier this month. despite a rocky start (due to service issues that were just ridiculous to complain about – damn yelpers; see sinosoul’s post for more info), i was confident that the quality of the burgers would be up to par as i’ve read/heard before the brick-and-mortar opened. i went last thursday (via 1.5-hour-drive) to hang out with greg and han while pulling off the trifecta of watching three games at once – the 2 mlb alds matchups the steelers-titans game. via greg’s advice i texted the restaurant’s “mailing list” to get a secret deal of a burger side for $10.50. my burger was the chi

last week we took our neighbors d and l to check out the newlyopenedburger 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 out great for 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