Bar Luca

Fuuuuark, where to start with this one. I had it super early - around 12pm (usually not hungry until 5) so it was always going to be a bit of a battle, but that cheese foam isn’t for me. Having said that, and browsing the reviews, I can tell this has and will continue to appeal to those cheese lovers out there. Plus at $12 - you probs won’t be finding another BL special like it. I might give this one another go at Loaded.

I’ve had many blames over the years and unfortunately this was one of the worst. I usually love bar Luca and been impressed by a lot of the specials recently (friends also got the special tonight and loved it) but this classic missed the mark. Flavours were still more or less there but everything else was off... smashed patty overcooked and tough, the Maple bacon which I usually love was so chewy it wouldn’t even break apart and construction of the burger was sloppy at best. Poutine on the underside of the burger, half the fries fallen out and everything lopsided just made for a difficult eating experience. The texture of the poutine even seemed different. Not sure what was going on in the kitchen tonight but this is one of the first times I’ve left bar Luca unsatisfied.

The Blame FOMO 🍗Southern Fried Chicken 🍟Tater Tots Habanero Poutine 🌶Chili Maple Mayo 🧀Cheese Foam-oh 🍔Bl Milk Bun + Add Maple Bacon + Add Beef Patty + Add Cheese 18.50 ($12 Burger, 6.50 hacks) Very good, cheese foam should be a permanent hack.

Quick, tasty, kickass

🍗Southern Fried Chicken 🍟Tater Tots Habanero Poutine 🌶Chilli Maple Mayo 🧀Cheese Foam-oh 🍞BL Milk Bun   Such amazing value @ $12, only one piece of chicken but this isn’t about the chicken; the poutine and mayo were amazing, finger licking stuff with a nice touch of spice.  Loved the cheese foam, it was plentiful and I was dipping the burger with every bite.

Cutie

🥩🥩Double Beef Patties 🧀🧀Double American Cheese 🧀🧀Double Colby Cheese 🧀Deep Fried Mozzarella Patty 🥒Sweet and Spicy Pickles 🌶Pickled Jalapenos 🌰Diced Onion 💦Maple Burger Mustard 🍞BL Milk Bun   This was cheesy and then some, absolutely phenomenal!  Best patties I have had at Bar Luca since they have switched to smashed, loved the spice of both the pickles and jalapenos and that maple burger mustard was sweet yet had that wicked mustard taste.  Again I forgot to get bacon and felt it was the only thing missing.