Steak n Shake vs. Blake's Lotaburger

OK, so we took dad to the shuttle at a bit before 8:00 am this morning, and by 12:15, muzzer and I were on our way to the local hamburger hotspot. When dad is not around, our diets are a bit more adventuresome. Not better mind you, just different.

So muzzer said: "OK Gussie, what do you want for lunch? Wanna go to the new Vietnamese place over by Las Montanitas or to that burger place up on the corner?"

As you know, dad has warned me about this obsession with Oriental food. Plus, I am a big fan of Steak n' Shake, a Midwestern icon of fine fast food. My curiosity about the Lotaburger place has been ongoing since we drove through New Mexico the first time. There seem to be a lot of these Lotaburger places around here, so I thought it might be a good bet. And she did ask what I wanted. After some grousing about male members of this family and their limited lexicon of food, she gave in, packed up the leash and keys, and off we went!

So, first impressions were pretty good. It is white (not unlike Steak n' Shake) and has a busy parking lot. It certainly smelled interesting. We ordered a combo, and right away, muzzer was impressed! This place has Pepsi, her beverage of choice, not plain old Coca Cola like S n' S! First point to the new place.

We walked up, put in our order at the window, and waited under the shady awning. Nice folks, great mix of folks waiting, many of them seemed to be WFT fans. (no, I wasn't wearing my new bandana!) Order came in a white printed bag, theme colors are red and blue. Kind of like the black and white bag better. A bit classier.

Would you believe she made me wait until we got back to the casita to try the burger? That woman could give lessons to the folks running that Cuban prison thing that is always in the news.














Anyway, here are our impressions: Hamburger: OK flavor, a bit drier than S n' S, but still quite good. Scores a 4 or 5 out of 10. French fries: Blech! These were just barely OK, and nothing to write home about. Scores 2.5. The winner and still champion. TADA! Steak n' Shake by a mile. Or actually, by about 1000 miles or so, to the nearest one just outside of Oklahoma City!

And, for those of you with nothing better to do, here is the url for a site that is developing a list of blogs by dogs. Or, Dog Blogs as they call them. It is not complete, and it is certainly not all fox terriers, but there are some nice ones on the list, and we figure it will only keep growing.

http://www.dogswithblogs.com.au/

Oh Yeah, and Dad, if you are reading this, bring me back a takeout order from Steak n' Shake. Muzzer may think they will be too cold by the time you get off the plane in Albuquerque, but I can handle it! Tell them to hold the bun, please.

Thank you
Gussie