Burgers R Us: 3.7/5

All burgers come with onion rings for $10 (tax inc.)

Mushroom Swiss Burger
  Score: 3.6
Pizza Burger
  Score: 3.1
Pulled Pork Burger
  Score: 3.0
Avocado Burger
  Score: 3.8
Chili Cheese Burger
  Score: 4.4
Bacon Cheese Burger
  Score: 4.2
Bacon Ranch Burger
  Score: 3.6

Burgers R Us forges gourmet burgers on Broadway. The flaming red truck offers an impressive nine beefy works of art on a bun, and Burger Club tried most of them. The day started out with a little rain, but the clouds parted so we could enjoy our burgers under the sun.

The truck wasn't always about burgers though. Sabrina and Blair McKibbon also own Healthy Eats and started a second rolling kitchen serving Portuguese food that my coworkers and I affectionately called the “Pork Chop Truck”. The meals were elaborate and sumptuous, but they realized quickly it wasn't going to work as a truck. A new flaming appliqué and menu and voila – homemade burgers for the Broadway crowd cooked up fresh by Blair’s brother Phil.

If you're shopping menus on Broadway, don’t be deterred by the $10 price tag at Burgers R Us. The beefy burgers are made fresh, flame broiled and easily twice the size of other truck patties. Everything on the menu comes with a side of onion rings. I assume the brothers farm onions in their spare time. I really enjoy a fresh onion ring, and these were piping hot and crispy delicious. If you don’t want the rings, they’ll take $2 off the price of your lone burger.

It can be a challenge to serve the lunch rush quickly, and a big thick patty takes time to cook. Burgers R Us flame broils the patties, places them in a steam box, then puts them back on the grill so you get your burger hot. When eleven of us showed up at once - as well as plenty of sidewalk surfers – Burgers R Us were handing out stacks as quick as they could assemble them.

The sandwiches were passed out the trailer window wrapped in foil-paper to those whose number matched the call. The onion rings accompanied in paper trays like little super-hero sidekicks. The “sitting wall” was still wet from the rain so we dined along a nearby fence which made a great burger bar.

A couple of us had the Avocado Burger and were treated to two slices of bright green alligator pear. The bun was a soft, sesame Kaiser and the leaf lettuce and tomato were bright and fresh. The patty was big and beefy, lightly charred from the flames and held together well. It was a filling burger that balanced well with the other flavours.

A few people had the Mushroom Swiss Burger. April wrote “The burger came with gravy and was pretty tasty. Even though I am not a fan of onion rings, these ones were really crispy and while I had planned on just trying one, I ate most of them. Well done! If this burger was served in a restaurant with comfortable seating, I think it would rate much higher as a whole. Too bad they don't serve milkshakes - It would have been the perfect complement to the burger!” Mireille added “The burger was piping hot and I could taste the char goodness. It was a very nice size as well. I enjoyed the gravy which had a nice mushroom flavour.”

Mark had the Chili Cheese Burger: “All meat extravaganza; no veggies - love it! Excellent charred burger. Real chili with a sweet flavour.” Burgers R Us make their own chili and pulled pork. Stephanie said the Pizza Burger was “Fun and tasty” but the photo of the burger on the TV menu was much less messy than hers with its foundation of homemade pizza sauce running down the bun.

Nelson had the Pulled Pork Burger and jotted “Lots of pulled pork, which was good but it overwhelmed everything else.” Russ had the Bacon Cheese Burger and wrote “A little bit of flame cooked love. The bacon was thick and smoky. It was curly though, so it made things fall apart. Great ingredients and a homemade patty.” Brian opted for the Bacon Ranch Burger and observed “The bun was fresh and sized right.  The patty was seasoned nicely, topped with fresh lettuce and tomatoes, crisp bacon, and a flavorful ranch sauce. Overall this was a well-executed burger.”

Burgers R Us is usually the last food truck on Broadway. Phil and Blair told me how the parking patrol would start to get nervous around 2:30 pm. I asked how I could contact them and was handed a water bottle which confused me until I looked more closely at the flaming label – Twitter, e-mail address and a phone number for their sister trailer, Healthy Eats, that they can always be found with. Now that’s a handy business card on a hot day.