Burger Wars

Northern Indiana has a competition in which restaurants compete for the award of 'Best Burger'.

The View Tavern won with their 'Becky Burger'.

The Burger Competitors

This seemed to be a really good thing to check out so we made our way there.

The View Tavern is the quintessential neighborhood bar with lots of neon signs, beer signs, bar stools and a number of table that seat four. You must be 21 to enter and (of special interest) smoking is allowed - perhaps even encouraged.

This is important as my sister is very averse to smoking and avoids any place that smells of smoke. She walked into the bar and immediately turned to leave, however we we there to have the award winning burger and ended up sweeping her into a chair so we could order. This put her very far outside of her comfort zone but she was a good sport even thought I think she laundered her clothes immediately on returning home to get the smoke smell out.

My sister at the View Tavern

Julie awaiting a Becky Burger

My Brother in Law enjoying the moment

April was our waitress and she is most personable. She made the entire lunch a great experience.

The Becky Burger has two kinds of cheese, BBQ sauce, bacon and a 98% lean burger. A burger that lean could be very dry, but it was actually very moist.

I did some research to find out how to make lean ground beef turn out juicy burgers. Several ways are listed - 1/4 cup of finely ground carrots per pound of beef, an egg if the meat is to be cooked to well done, oatmeal and/or searing the beef to lock in the juices. 

I don't know how the View Tavern does it, but they have some way as the burger was REALLY good! If you are in the area be sure to stop by.