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Most eateries make every effort to ensure you won’t find bugs in their food. But at the Fair at the PNE, Gourmet Burgers has decided to go in a different direction.

Brian Jones’s cricket burger is crawling with insects, albeit not literally: the crickets stay exactly where they are, sandwiched between a beef patty, fresh tomatoes and lettuce, and slathered in chipotle mayo.

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Staring at the creation, with cricket legs spilling out the side of an otherwise appetizing burger, one is left wondering why. And as to Jones’s cricket fries, a poutine, of sorts, with crickets instead of cheese curds, same question.

“Why not?” said Jones, a self-described foodie, standing in front of his Gourmet Burgers stand, which has been a staple at the PNE for the last 16 years.

“Every year I come up with something a little more unique to enhance fairgoers’ experience when they come to the fair — that’s what it’s about for me. It’s coming up with a product every year that’s fun, that people haven’t tried before.”