5 /5 Kimberly Lundell: Character limit reached… see Yelp for full review.
Food Order:
Special Family Pack: 3 Texas Burgers (beef patty, American cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, mayo, sesame bun), 3 Medium Fries, 3 Medium Drinks $27.99
5 Pcs. Chicken Nuggets Combo (with Medium Fries & Medium Drink) $6.29
Cashier/Server: Athena
I went to Fresno for a belated family Christmas celebration with my cousins, & on the way back the kiddos cried of hunger even though we ate just a couple of hours ago. My husbands fav pit stop is in Tulare, so I searched for burgers in the area & Burger Land popped up. The LOs were against something theyve never heard of & cried for the usual fast food burger franchises.
Since they were the next exit, Burger Land it is! The burger joint opened a couple of months ago according to the initial Yelp review, but it could have been earlier. Upon entering, you feel as though you stepped back in time by the retro diner decor. Happy Days?
I had perused the menu earlier for their special & couldnt find it on the menu: 2 Texas Burgers for $7.99 (its on their drive-thru menu); Athena was kind & patient while I tried to find it on my iPhone. She suggested the Special Family Pack for our family of 4, which is a superb deal since a single combo is $10.99, or burger, fries, & drink would be $13.98 if ordered individually; she asked if we would like cheese ($1/slice). And a 5 Pcs. Chicken Nuggets Combo was added for the lil guy.
Our order was ready in a snap! I can smell the hot, juicy burgers & fries as I walked back, & wonder if it was a mistake to order the special. Not because the food was bad (even though I didnt taste it yet), but that it was wayyy too much food when I saw the size of the burger & the deceptive lookin package of fries.
The tantalizing smells caused someone to salivate (15 YO daughter). LOL The sesame bun was lightly toasted & held together well from start to finish as juices ran from fingers to hand. The patty was thin, maybe 1/3 or 1/4 lb.? It came with typical accompaniments: iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, mayo; nothing special, really... yet it made for a tasty burger… a very large tasty burger (everything’s bigger in Texas)! The crinkle fries were hot off the fryer, perfectly fried & seasoned... crisp skin & fluffy mashed potato-like inside with a sprinkling of seasoned salt. They have a Pepsi soda fountain; I chose Lipton Raspberry Tea. My daughter ate about 2/3s of the burger & 1/2 of the fries before giving up. She’s on the water polo & swim teams, & has an appetite, so I was a bit surprised that she couldn’t finish after clamoring about how hungry she was. My husband barely managed to finish his burger & only ate part of his fries; he finished the remaining 1/3 & I ended up finishing his fries.
My son liked his chicken nuggets, surprisingly over his preferred fast food franchises. Everything was too hot to eat right away… normally he could at least start on the fries, but the cut was thicker so they took awhile to cool. At least you know they were hot! He finished her remaining fries. We left stuffed to the hilt.
There’s 2 cashiers working this evening, Athena & another girl working drive-thru. Between the 2, they were either taking orders & expediting them, wiping down their work stations & dining room, re-stocking lids & straws, etc. While they didn’t wear masks (not a thing anymore post-pandemic lockdown), they did wear gloves. I also saw someone from the kitchen coming out to mop the floors by the kitchen entrance & registers. The dining room is spic & span, no sticky tables or dirty chairs/stools here!
Are we fans of Burger Land? You got that right! Though we don’t live in the area, we’ll definitely be back when hunger calls on our road trip.