Elevation Burger Montclair, NJ is Great

This week we had burgers and fries before a movie at the newest outpost of the now famous Elevation Burger.

While many restaurants open in August as a soft start, using the usually quiet month to iron out kinks, Elevation Burger has hit the ground running and is delivering very fine burgers with an  efficient and attentive staff.

This is fast food at its best. The burgers are superb, made with 100% organic, grass fed, free range beef. 

You can adorn your burger with any combination of 12 toppings. I went for the caramelized onions, lettuce tomato and ketchup. The buns are soft and flavorful.

For the vegan set there are two vegetarian burgers that look pretty good. A salad and a grilled cheese sandwich are also on the menu.

The fries, which are fresh pealed and thin cut on site are great too. They are cooked in 100% olive oil, no nasty trans-fat here. A refreshing departure from the previously frozen fries you find elsewhere.

To quench our thirst we picked a micro-brew root beer. I forget the name but it was really delicious, just like the root beer my granddad made at home decades ago in Pennsylvania. Fountain sodas as well as Malts and Shakes made with fresh scooped ice cream are also available.

Lastly, don't miss the fresh baked chocolate chip oat meal cookies. They melt in your mouth and a perfect end for the meal.

My only disappointment was that they require cooking to medium well or well, I like my burgers medium rare, but the meat was so tender and delicious that I did not care.

Elevation was founded is 2002 by Hans Hess who after leaving California could not find the great burgers he enjoyed there. He and his wife April spent three years developing their burger and open their first restaurant in 2005 in Falls Church, Va. Elevation Montclair was opened after months of hard work by New Jerseyan, Matt Jerkovich and his friends Brian Edgar and Andy Herriott. They plan to open Elevation Burgers in Clifton, Paramus, Hoboken, Morristown, Red Bank, Summit and Westfield. 

Every aspect of the restaurant has a view toward good healthy ingreidients and environmentally concious business practices. Ingredients Matter

More Info is here Elevation Burger Web Site or here Facebook Page.

Address: 367 Bloomfield Avenue at the corner of North Willow Street

Hours: 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday

Matt is a great guy and runs a great restaurant and we have become Facebook friends, and for full disclosure he bought my son and I dinner. Thanks Matt.

 

Comments

[Debbie Steele]

I had been hearing nothing but great things about Elevation Burger and finally got my husband to go with me for a bite. I was not disappointed. These burgers are probably the best I have ever eaten. The fries were great, too. I sampled some of hubby's banana shake. All I can say is OMG!!! It's a good thing I don't live too close. I would be there every day!

[Teri - Bloomfield, NJ]

These burgers are seriously delicious! They are super fresh and don't make you feel like you need 3 gallons of water for 3 hours to wash down the saltiness. I had the same toppins you did... carmelized onions on a fastfood burger? How awesome is that. In fact, I think my hubby and I may go back tonight for another - we have been craving them. And I don't feel as guilty because of the high quality of the ingredients. Yum!

[David]

Ps, if you want a really great burger, go to Early Birds on 139 Pompton Ave, Little Falls, those kids pay great attention to their biz, great stuff!

[David]

Matt may be a great guy and the burgers may be free range but generally I found the best part to be not having to get up to get my food and then not having to tip anyone. The burger was not well stacked, like something out of McDonalds, the bun was lousy, fries a bit greasy and seriously salty (which is not a bad thing but really salty!). All in all, as a burger mavin who goes around trying new burger joints often with a couple of buds, I won't be back any time soon.