Out of the bin of extraordinairly bad ideas, Redwood gives us our first ever $15 veggie burger. First off, veggie burgers are almost universally bad no matter how pricy they are.  Think about it - this is a food born with a split personality.  Is it supposed to be a burger?  A patty of veggies?  What is it supposed to taste like?  Is it supposed to taste like anything at all?

Secondly, if you are going to go ahead and make a $15 veggie burger, it should really taste a whole lot better than this:

The veg burger at Redwood combines white beans and wild mushrooms into a mammoth patty that apparently wants to compete, in terms of sheer volume and prestige, with the 8- to 10-ounce gourmet steakhouse burgers out there.  To its credit, the burger tastes light on traditional binders like breadcrumbs and rice. But it has other problems, like a mushiness that I can only compare to oatmeal, even when the patty is topped with house-made pickles and tomatoes.

Sorry Redwood, you’re just giving veggie burgers a bad name.  Now Spike on the other hand, he’s got it going on.  Panko encrusted, deep fried veggie burger?  Hell yes, thank you, please.

It’s like eating Quaker Oats between two brioche buns. The flavor isn’t much better.

Tags: hamburger, meat substitutes, restaurants, vegetarian

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