$16 For A Burger, Okay! I'll Have One?

The Cannery, Newport Beach CA

Menu description:

ANGUS BEEF CHEESEBURGER 16

1/2 lb. angus beef, cheddar, nueskes bacon, lettuce, tomato, served with french fries

What's wrong with me? I'm at a seafood restaurant, by the ocean, celebrating a 75th birthday. I should be having some kind of delicious fish dish. A sixteen dollar burger on the menu? This is a different kind of challenge! At $16, this better be dang tasty! Actually, it's probably a $12 burger but, the view and the staff cost a couple more $$. It was truly a delicious burger. After sharing small pieces with others at the table there was a new kind of understanding of my choice. The samples were the burger only. None of the fancy stuff. That's from me. I'm not going to order it if I have another chance to dine there but, anybody that wants to enjoy a decent burger in a wonderful setting, relaxing and cozy considering the size of the building. (two floors, several bars, sushi etc)

4 of 5 Stars. Good taste, cooked to my request without telling me that they can't cook it medium rare. Family thought it was tasty too.

TKs Burgers - TKO

Maybe it was because we were renting a beach house for several days and I spent a couple of hours taking surfing lessons from a pro. Possibly, it's just a decent burger. The sign outside is a burger. The atmosphere is surf. A simple menu, no fancy choices of what kind of burger you want. They could have had goofy names, considering the location. I didn't really even consider a Shiitake or Turkey burger. The order came pretty quick considering they made it for us. It wasn't just sitting there waiting for modifications.
Tasty, priced well. Location was funky. Staff was cool. I'd go there again.
4 of 5 stars.