i ♥ burgers (Las Vegas, NV)

Every year during March Madness, Daniel and I meet a few friends out in Las Vegas for some well-mannered frivolity. To kick off this year's trip, we tried i ♥ burgers, a new restaurant located in The Shoppes at The Palazzo. I'll apologize in advance for the picture quality, forgot the camera for this trip.

To start, we had a difficult decision between the Tahitian Vanilla Bean or Coffee Bean Haagen-Dazs Milkshake. But the decision was made easier when our waiter informed us of their beverage special: $2 PBR drafts. The choice was clear and the beers were served.

I ordered the Dante burger, which is made of ground sirloin and is topped with provolone cheese, caramelized onion, roasted garlic aioli, and is served on a brioche-style bun. I also added the applewood-smoked bacon and an organic farm fresh egg. In addition, I ordered the Parmesan garlic fries with the herb remoulade. 

The burger was absolutely phenomenal. Dante was cooked perfectly, was nice and juicy, the bacon was a perfect complement, and the egg was a great addition. The fries were nothing special though. It was more like fries with some Parmesan sprinkled on top and no garlic flavor was noticed. The herb remoulade was OK; regular ketchup would have been just as good.

[DANIEL]
I enjoyed the burger as well. I ordered the standard angus burger with swiss, applewood-smoked bacon, and a fried egg, also served on a brioche-style bun. For the fried fare, unfortunately they were out of the Triple Truffle fries, so I chose the breaded mac and cheese. The burger was perfectly cooked, and the yoke kept everything moist. The breaded mac and cheese bites were good, but nothing out of the ordinary. But I guess one isn’t looking for much when he orders deep fried macaroni and cheese. They were served with the secret fry sauce aioli, which seemed pretty similar to Chris’s remoulade with the addition of parmesan.

All in all, i ♥ burgers lives up to its name, serving up delicious burgers. While the fried foods left a bit to be desired, make it here on a $2 PBR day and you’ll have a good meal and a good time.