Dirty Martin's 

Brian:

Dre:

Zach:  This was our second trip to Martin's although the first in the bracket.  On our first trip we all thought it was pretty good but nothing specatular.  I do remember thinking they had the best ice in town.  In fact my write-up on my other burger blog went on and on about the ice.  I had to wonder if I was just ice-crazy on that particular night or if it was really that good.  Well, I can safely say now yet it really is that good.  I had a root beer and before the burger had arrived I had eaten all the ice and drunk all the root beer.  It's so good!  It tastes so good when it hits your mouth!  Their ice is just a certain level of softness and consistency that makes the drink cold but doesn't water the drink down.  Their soda fountain may play in to things also as the root bar was particularly fresh, fizzy, cold, and delicious.  OK, I'll move on now.
  This burger is pretty solid. I had the OT Special which is a double meat double cheese joint.  It's not huge it probably weighs in at less than a 1/2 pound as these patties are pretty small old school flat-top style patties.  Ingredients are pretty fresh.  It all has a pretty good balance, the only thing lacking really is more flavor from the meat which should be the main component of any good burger.  It's good but it's not bursting with greasy good flavor like Flattop good. 
  Sides were somewhat dissapointing.  Rings tasted weird like the grease was holding some random flavors that didn't belong.  Fries are a bit sub-par.  Tots are good but as we discussed all tots are good, there is no real variation there.  The serving on the tots is kind of small considering they are probably cheaper than rings or fries to make. 
   Atmosphere is pretty nice, we sat outside.  The large tv's are either distracting or entertaining depending on how you want to look at them.  I'd really rather not have them when I'm eating with friends, it's more a distraction even when it seems entertaining.  Price is definiately pretty fair for the amount of food and quality, especially for the burger more than the sides which are strictly ala carte and cost $3+. 

 

Box Score:  

Dirty Martin's		2/15/12
	Andre	Brian	Zach
Bread	8	8	7
Meat	8.5	8	7
Toppings	8.25	6.5	7
Construction	9	8	8
Overall	8.75	8	7.25
Total Burger	64.063	58.125	54.38
Sides	7	6.5	6.5
Atmosphere	7	8	8
Value	8	8	7.75
Non Burger	18	18.5	18.38
Totals	82.06	76.625	72.8
Combined		77