AlwaysInformed: Thanksgiving Burger

Maryse Chevrière — November 24, 2009

A cross-section of New York Burger Co.‘s Thanksgiving Burger.

Every holiday should be burgerfied. Something that New York Burger Co. (view) picked up on, at least for Thanksgiving. In honor of Turkey Day, the restaurant is serving a special Thanksgiving Burger.

The turkey burger ($6.75) comes topped with a generous smear of maple sweet potato mash and cranberry orange chutney. The burger is good, the meat is juicy and well-seasoned, and the combination with the sweet chutney truly harkens the flavors of the classic holiday feast. The only issue is the sweet potato mash— its sloppy, mushy texture adds little. If anything, it weighs the burger down, masking the turkey and contributing unnecessary sweetness. What it really needs is stuffing—arguably the best element in any Thanksgiving sandwich.

The burger will be on the menu through this Friday, November 27th, since presumably no one is going to want to eat turkey after this week. And if they are, it’ll be on a sandwich at home with leftovers.