Dan's brother was in town so we thought that burgers are usually a fan favorite of everyone and we didn't want to spend hours racking our brain of someplace to try. I actually really hate the Meat Packing area and in retrospect, I wish I had thought of korean fried chicken earlier (who doesn't like fried chicken!?), but it was in a easily accessible location.
Bill's is located in the old Hog Pit bar area and next to another BR Guest restaurant, Dos Caminos. The set up is pretty simple, a bar with several tables with red checkered table clothes. As the name of the menu would imply, they have mostly burgers and shakes on their menu. I ordered the mushroom and swiss burger ($7.50) and split an order of the sweet potato fries ($4.95) with Dan. There were a bunch of other good sounding burgers, but I always love a good mushroom and cheese burger. I had read online that they serve burgers on english muffins, but ours all came out on regular buns, which was a bit disappointing.
So the burger itself was fine. Nothing special, just ok. I had ordered it medium rare, but it was definitely more towards medium because it wasn't very pink on the inside. I didn't like that the bottom bun got very damp from the burger and started to fall apart before I could finish my meal. The fries were also overcooked and could have been a bit more crispy. For some reason, I tend to get annoyed at places where fries (or some kind of side) is not included in burger order. I mean, why the hell would one order just a burger and no sides?! But everyone else seemed to really like their meals and the waitstaff was pretty nice (they comped us a beer because they told us one type of beer wasn't available, but then was available, so the brought it out free). While it's not amazing place, it's a decent place to go for a bite to eat in an over-price neighborhood.
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