The place at 10 W. 7th St. downtown has been Knockback Nats for at least three years now but for some reason it's still hard to think of it by this name. It is set up like so many other pubs and bars, a place with plenty of televisions tuned to sports.
While a number of people have recently complained about the service being rude, we didn't find it that way. Indifferent might be a better description. It was as if the bartender didn't care whether we ate, drank, came or went. There was no hurry about getting us menus or even drink orders but they came. Now, you expect to wait a few minutes in a more upscale place but this is a neighborhood joint and it wasn't busy and yet we waited longer to get our drinks than we did to get our food.
Before we get to the burgers it's important to point out that Knockback Nats has a reputation for some very, very good wings. They are tasty and worth the trip. Unfortunately the same can't be said for the burgers.
They did not taste as though they came from fresh meat. These patties had spent some time on ice. They were cooked medium well on a flattop which generally leaves a nice little char around the edges from the fat cooking down. No real char this time. And the flavor was pretty bland.
The buns were nice, doing their job of holding things together but it would have been nice to have some juices coming from the burgers for the buns to soak up. The garden wasn't bad, nor was the cheese. But nothing could save this burger for us.
Maybe Knockback Nats needs to knock back to the days when it was Rockin' Robin. From Mark's memory the burgers there were pretty decent; better than these.
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