Hopdoddy's

Brian:

Dre:

Zach: Well, the day has finally come to judge what would seem to easily be Austin's most popular hamburger joint (not counting McDonald's).  I have never really enjoyed a burger at Hopdoddy's.  I've been 5 times now although on one occasion I had a tuna burger which I didn't like either.  I was actually hoping that my burger team would agree with me that it wasn't that stellar.  And I do have a lot of faith in them, even though we don't always agree, I think after as many consecutive weeks as we have had out in the field, we have a pretty good idea of what is good and what is not.  Sure enough, no one was too impressed with this burger.  We all got different ones.  We all thought the patty lacks flavor.  It does sort of have a flavor, but it's not really a good burger flavor.  They didn't really cook it like we asked either (more done than medium or med rare as we asked).  Their toppings are quite fresh, no doubt.  Bread is cooked fresh, but I really don't like the texture or flavor of the bun either.  The fries were good, and when they brought out the queso con carne they were REALLY good but most times putting queso on something does make it really good.  We also discounted heavily for their confusing atmosphere, long wait times, and for messing up our order in a few different ways.  All in all I think we all think it's too bad people are lining up like cattle in a chute for this burger which scored very low on our scale and wouldn't have even gotten out of the first round had it not gotten a by. 

 

Box Score:  

		2/15/12		VS
	Andre	Brian	Zach
Bread	8	8.25	7
Meat	6.75	7.25	7
Toppings	7.5	7.5	8
Construction	6.75	7	7
Overall	6.75	7	7
Total Burger	53.125	55	53.75
Sides	7.25	7.5	8
Atmosphere	5.25	4.5	6
Value	7	7	7
Non Burger	16	15.5	17.5
Totals	69.13	70.5	71.3
Combined		70