Sonny's Three Meat Burgers

                Located at 7683 Beechmont Ave. in Anderson Township, Sonny’s Three Meat Burgers is a new and somewhat unique entry into the local burger game. Taking over a space that at one time housed a catering business and turning it into a small diner with about 25 seats, Sonny’s offers up a limited menu that centers around burgers. They also offer up a chicken sandwich, chicken fingers and a fish sandwich. All of the entrées come complete with a drink and a side. Everything is homemade in the restaurant.

                While this place is small it is bright and comfortable. You order at the counter and then have a seat and your food is delivered to you when it’s ready. The service is fast and friendly. When we were there they had their lone television playing a music video channel which neither of us had never heard of before but reminded Mark of the old days of MTV, back when that channel actually played music videos.

The Burgers

                These burgers, as advertised, are really made up of three different meats. There is fresh ground beef, ground pork and ground chicken all mixed together with some spices. We both detected some pepper in there but nothing was too intense to take away from the flavor of the burgers. And we both agreed, after the first bite, that these burgers were good.

                Each of us made the mistake of ordering the Sonny Burger, a large double decker with cheese and their special sauce. The reason it was a mistake was that there was just too much burger for either of us to finish without a struggle.

                With the first bite you can really tell that these burgers are different. There is a unique flavor to this blend of three meats, different from any burger either of us had ever had before. The special sauce was all but swallowed up by the flavor of these three meat patties. And it isn’t just the flavor, the pork and chicken give these patties a different texture as well. It’s firmer, more condensed. Trust us, these burgers probably aren’t for everyone.

                While we both raved about this unique flavor while we were eating our burgers, a couple of house later we both agreed that maybe they weren’t as good as we initially thought. It can be strange to think back on a burger after it’s gone (unless it’s given you an intestinal disturbance or something else that would require commode counseling) but independently we both agreed that we didn’t like the burger as much as we initially thought.

                Perhaps the problem was that we literally bit off more than we could chew. The Sonny Burger proved to be too much for us at the time. We just weren’t as hungry as we thought and these babies are pretty big. That overpowering flavor just stole the show for us.

                In a way that’s a shame because taking that first bite of the fresh peeled, fresh cut, and perfectly cooked French fries was pure heaven. This is how fries are supposed to be made. You taste potato, not freezer burn. There are bits of skin still on one or two and that’s perfect. Unfortunately, for both of us, the burger was all consuming.

                We both agreed that Sonny’s is well worth the trek out to the east side and we will go back. Only we won’t order up the Sonny Burger, just the regular model and see if having only one quarter pound, densely packed three meat patty stays smoother with us for a longer time.