The Alpine Burger:
I’m not sure what’s
even on this one
other than some
kind of tangy mayo.
I forget about them
sometimes, so
when I do order
them, I get to have
that “Oh, Yeah, I do
like these” moment.
The Big Boy
Original: I love
this burger.
There’s an extra
bit of history on
this one. At one
point, a certain
other chain
decided that the
Big Boy original
was too similar
to one of their
big sellers, so
Big Boy reduced
the size of their
beef patty to
1/5lb. to avoid copyright issues. It’s a double decker burger
with two beef patties, lettuce, cheese, and special sauce It’s
good. It’s good enough that it frustrates me when I want to
order other things.
The Fries and Gravy:
Fries and gravy is
a pretty ubiquitous
thing up here. We’re
starting to see some
Poutine around town,
too. However, Big Boy
seems to have found
this perfect balance of
salt on their fries and
pepper in the gravy (a
throwback to their KFC
days) that make me
want to eat this until my
stomach hurts.
The Pizza Burger Flying
Style: Two pieces of bread
pressed and toasted around a
burger patty, cheese, and pizza
sauce. This was the first thing
I ever had from Big Boy. This
is how they got my business
forever. I don’t know what they
put into that pizza sauce, but
whatever it is, they had better
not stop.
The Poppers: I order these without
hesitation, every time I go to Big
Boy. They’re just cheddar and
smaller chunks of jalapeno. As
much as I do enjoy taking my life in
my hands to navigate the minefield
of molten cream cheese from other
jalapeno poppers, sometimes it’s
nice to just be able to enjoy them
without fear of a trip to the ER for
third degree cheese burns.
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The Brown/ Purple
Cow: We ordered one
of each. I described them
earlier in the article. If
you’re still reading, and
have not had either or
both of these shakes,
STOP READING AND
GET IN THE LINE.
I’m going to wrap this up be reiterating
what a Diamond in the Rough we have
here in Bismarck. It has a menu that
is unique to its franchise, and does a
fantastic job of preserving the drivein aesthetic from when it was built.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, my never
ending quest to find a good hot dog in
Bismarck is calling me back to Big Boy
to try a Coney Dog.
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