Author: Bennie25

Jumbo Burger was opened in 1972 and is a bona fide Junction institution. Opened in 1972, it unapologetically serves up old school burger joint fare at reasonable prices and with consistent quality. To be clear, if you’re looking for a trendy, high-end burger, gourmet fries...or fusion approaches to souvlaki and gyros you’d best look elsewhere (NB: they only accept cash - no debit or credit cards - so be sure to have some on hand when you visit. If you don’t there is a third party ATM on-site, which we had to use). What you will find are pretty darn good burgers cooked on a gas grill, served up on a soft bun that holds up well to the ingredients. These burgers are not made with freshly ground sirloin. These ground beef burgers with some (but not too much) filler and are cooked to well done (don’t ask for medium rare) but are still tasty and juicy. Like most old-school burger shacks, when your burger comes of the grill you’re called up to the counter to select your toppings. Their bacon is grilled and super tasty, so unless you’re one of those rare people who don’t like bacon on your burger we highly recommend that you go with that. The veggies are fresh and tasty so you really can’t go wrong with the selection. The cheese is good old fashioned processed slices, so if you’re a purist you’ll not be thrilled. Then again, if you’re a purist you’re in the wrong place from the get go, so there’s that. We ordered the onion rings because they are a straight up comfort food/fond childhood memory for one of us - and they’re as good as ever. These are not super thin, super crispy onion rings. These have a fluffy batter surrounding generous rings of sweet onion. In spite of the soft fluffy batter these onion rings can’t be described as greasy. They have just the right amount of oil to flavour the batter, though, and a light sprinkle of salt brightens them up beautifully. We also ordered the halibut fish and chips. The thick cut fries were perfectly cooked - nice and piping hot with not a hint of greasy-ness (we snuck some as we were walking back to the car!). We can’t wait for indoor dining to resume because these fries would be killer devoured fresh at the table. The fish was the only (slight) disappointment of our meal. It was coated in a nicely done, crispy batter, but the halibut itself was almost paper thin. What was there was tasty, and for under $15 it’s likely all one can ask for, but in the future we’ll save our pennies and order a more expensive, more substantial battered halibut somewhere to satisfy our fish craving. All in all, we can definitely recommend Jumbo Burger. We’re already planning a return trip for another burger and to try their souvlaki. Oh, and more onion rings!More