Get yourself to Connecticut and eat this burger. I’m normally a proponent of specialty buns for burgers but who am I to argue with tradition? Especially when it’s more than obvious, this isn’t about the bread! It’s about the fresh ground beef and a tradition that is almost 110 years old! Condiments be damned, the subtly of the onion and light amount of cheese spread really brought out the true tastes of this beef legend. The upright cooking method allows what little fat is in the meat to cook off, leaving just the natural cooked beef taste to swirl around and dance on your taste buds. It was cooked perfectly and filled with delicious fresh beef flavor. Wow! WOW!! This was a serious burger for serious burger lovers.
Was I ready? Was it going to be a good as I imagined? What if I had hyped it up too much to myself? What if I spent one too many hours salivating over the idea? After a deep breath, I took my first bite…wow. 165 blog posts later, I was about to eat Rosetta stone of hamburgers. After a brief chat with the staff, Chuck and I bought some Louis apparel and ran back out to the dining room moments later when our names were called. While sipping Foxon’s and making inside jokes, I heard someone say “are you the Reverend?” It pays to blog about your burgers my friends. A few moments later a group of people, finishing up their burgers, got up from the large wooden table in the corner leaving 4 open spots. I had the urge to order 10 burgers in fear that I may never get the chance again but with the impending gut busting BBQ to follow, I kept it simple: 1 burger, medium-rare with cheese and onion and a diet birch beer. But no matter, we lined up and placed our orders. Not a single one of the large wooden seats was open. The tiny little wooden restaurant that was almost 3 times as old as me was packed to the gills. I reached for the handle on the large wooden door and with a slight tug…it came open!!!! I almost started chanting “ HERCULES HERCULES HERCULES!” out of sheer excitement. With so many failed attempts, was I going to be denied Louis’ legendary beefy goodness yet again? Did I check the website correctly? Oh Meat Gods, please don’t deny me. My heart was pounding with excitement and a slight amount of fear. Shortly into the ride, Chuck, in tribute to the popular film “ The Hangover,” dubbed this adventure “The Lunchover.”Īfter a quick 2 hour ride up route 95, we arrived excited and hungry for burgers. Chuck and Kyle jumped at the chance to join us. Wilson’s is only about 30 minutes from Louis so I suggested a double gut busting lunch adventure into the lands of Connecticut. Louis also serves home made potato salad, tuna sandwich, homemade pie, bagged potato chips and your choice of Snapple or delicious Foxon Park Natural Sodas and that’s it! Believe me, you don’t need anything else!I’ve been wanting to go here ever since I first heard of the place and when Wing-Off member Dan emailed out to a bunch of us suggesting a holiday season road trip to try Wilson’s BBQ in Fairfield, CT, I finally saw my opportunity.
Not only is it not allowed, you will be removed from the restaurant. If you are even considering asking for, or even worse, sneaking in ketchup, shame on you.
You have your choice of onion, tomato or cheese spread as toppings. More than a century later, Ken, Louis’ grandson is still serving burgers the exact same way freshly ground beef, cooked in the same cast iron vertical broilers and served on white toast. The owner of the establishment, Louis Lassen broiled up some ground beef, placed it between 2 pieces of toast and sent the customer on his way. In the year 1900, legend has it, a man ran into a small luncheonette and requested a quick meal that could be eaten on the go. How does that old saying go? “If at first you don’t succeed, fry, fry again.” Or am I thinking of “5th time is a charm”? Either or, in this instance, they are both true! After 4 failed attempts to visit Louis Lunch, the birthplace of the hamburger, I finally scored a beef touchdown!! But I digress…On a street in downtown New Haven, CT you will find a tiny little building that lays claim to serving the world’s first hamburger.
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