At this point, I’m sure you all are as tired of reading about bad burgers with frozen patties and rock hard buns as I am of eating them so, this week, I made it my mission to find at least one burger that I could actually recommend going to try for yourself.

Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t think this was an unreasonably high standard, but the recent results have proven otherwise.

I’ve had quite a few high recommendations for The Glass Monkey, so I figured it was a good bet. I decided to pair them up with Original Joe’s, as I’ve had some decent pub food there years ago, though I hadn’t tried the burger.

The Glass Monkey Gastropub- 5842 111 st

The Glass Monkey is a place I’ve been anxious to try, given some solid reviews and personal feedback I’ve received. The restaurant was fairly busy for a weeknight, which was a good sign in my books, but once we sat down I couldn’t help but observe that of the 23 diners in the restaurant, 21 of them were women. This was going to make dinner very uncomfortable for me, what with having to suck in my gut for a solid hour.

The burger at the Glass Monkey is a sirloin burger, topped with Sylvan Star Gouda, lettuce, tomato and pickle.