01-14-2020, 10:07 PM
(01-14-2020, 09:41 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote:(01-14-2020, 09:21 PM)BruceAshe Wrote: So many complaints that it wasn't the same burgers (which they weren't allowed to have the recipe for)
I always found that whole situation very bizarre. They bought a restaurant with a signature dish, but the former owners refused to share the recipe with them, even going as far as trying to make an arrangement where they would deliver the ground meat but not divulge the exact ingredients. So they came up with their own version, then a year later the former owners started selling the original version through Stemmler's.
Something always seemed really off to me about this. Maybe the deal with Stemmler's pre-dated the selling of the restaurant? I'll give Nick Benninger and Fat Sparrow credit for trying to keep the place going and maybe they thought the reputation of Uptown 21 and Taco Farm would give them a fighting chance, but I personally wouldn't have tried it without the original burger recipe, at least not under the same name.