This place has been a staple for so long. I finally tried yesterday. It was great! The burgers are what you are here for. I got a patty melt and my friend had the all American cheeseburger. Our server was awesome. She was wheeling and dealing multiple tables so efficiently but had grace under pressure, and on top of all that, it did not take away from her hospitality skills. We noticed all around, the crew compliment was firing on all cylinders. From the cooks to the middle management and of course the wait staff and bartenders. Nice! It's hard in the industry to find so many people to work cohesively and not compromise their personalities or attitudes! Gotta take care of the staff or the staff won't take care of the guests! What we can both say is it tastes great! Honestly great tasting burger all around. Juicy, hot, but unfortunately feels like the meat itself just needs a HINT of more seasoning. Thankfully for my patty melt, these cheese and onions melded together to be so good. Again, tastes great still, but the meat on its own could use a bit more flavor we feel. It's a testament to a burger to be able to eat just the patty if it was so good, but that wasn't the case here. Don't let that detract, still tasty, well priced, plenty of variety! Not just burgers. A BIG bonus: Great music, when you can hear it. Couldn't really hear it when it was primetime but by the time we finished, people were clearing out and in my years in the service industry, I gotta give it up for the music. I heard Boz Scaggs AND Steely Dan back to back before leaving--two captains, if not, admirals of Yacht Rock and from someone that has managed the ambiance in restaurants, it was perfect. Its almost a bulletin in my training of bartenders. Well done. Long story short, I'm definitely coming back!
Great place. Staff was great, food was quick and good despite being packed. Solid breakfast! I would go back without question. As a side note: don't know if we just got lucky but we ordered and split a fruit platter, considering its winter and good fruit is hard to come by. All of it was ripe, sweet and shockingly good. Well done Sam's.