oh it is summertime the weather is warm
and the grill is hot a great time to
make some burgers so we brought back one
of our favorite restaurant reviewers
Jerry from Jack's restaurant reviews he
goes all around town he has a very
difficult job I'm the best job in the
world but you have a tough job don't you
you and your wife going around and just
reviewing these restaurants and letting
your your followers know what you think
is the best
so today you're bringing your list of
best burgers in Northeast Florida so
let's talk best burgers so picasso's
mandarin we talked about Picasso's with
veterans but these guys just nail it on
burgers they're the only we didn't we
did a list of best burgers that we share
with you today and they're the only
double that made it I've got a liquid
cheese it's awesome check them out the
next one five points tavern five points
tab chef Jeff Forrest went to new york
did the big restaurant thing came back
to his roots in jacksonville you know
took over a little spot in vibe points
and they do a lamb burger that if you
want a nice high-end wonderful oh my
goodness wow i can't believe that tasted
so good burger that's the spot I love a
good lamb burger Jay really I mean the
tender the flavor it's just a little bit
different than that beef it's a good
change of pace so the craziest name for
restaurant in town I think is our next
on the list and that's kaki Lackey kaki
Lackey so this guy's from from the
Carolinas and the slang for Carolina is
khaki liking north khaki lagy that sort
of thing he he's got a food truck so
it's a burger wagon truck and with a
giant sign over hand that says
award-winning burgers and they are they
do one with a key lime guacamole and
you'll want to beg for a container of
welcome bola to take over okay
it's that good okay and with us today
not least drumroll please every burger
yeah this is chef kori Cano passuk the
chef at Epic burger and he's gonna make
up some amazing burgers for us in person
on the show today all right welcome so
give us your secret I bet you've got
some things you can't give away but you
can you can give us a little glimpse
right what goes on behind the scenes
yeah well at epic burger we cook on a
flat top grill as opposed to char grill
so that you can taste the toppings a
little bit more the the char flavor
doesn't over
the burger today we have a fruit and
cheese burger which is my favorite
really and I found out recently Jerry's
favorite it's got a Quebec vintage aged
super sharp cheddar really you bet that
Tang that pop it's a little bit more
than that it's almost like eating the
blue cheese it's really strong we put
some bacon on that with a bacon on it
got a finger on it we put some Riesling
poached apples on there really okay Wow
get a nice heaping portion of apples
yeah got to got to get your fruit in
right got to get your fruit in so I'm
not gonna feel so bad when I eat a
burger for breakfast and then we've got
some honey drizzled on top so this is
kind of like you would do if you had a
fruit and cheese plate since the cheese
is so good we tried to like charcuterie
right here almost top it all off and
that's a baguette that you used that's a
baguette yep same thing likes fruit and
cheese plates so we got the baguette
there Cornish Sean's on top that's a
really good burger so chef you and your
wife started this your logo kind of
looks like a chain but you're not a
change mom and pop operation tell
everybody where you're located we're at
Atlantic Boulevard and Gurnett Gervin
which is kind of between Kernan and
Hodges okay so kind of like East
Arlington as you head out toward the
beach yeah yeah okay and then what else
do you have here I mean well this meat
yeah what do you use what are you guys
for you guys but it's all fresh ground
beef it's a butcher's blend so it's nice
and tasty this is going to be our
epicurean burger this is our largest
selling burger at Epic burger both
burgers we've won competitions with
first one we won with was this right
here we have a blackberry demi-glace mmm
we have a few mushrooms
it's a little earthiness to it this
burger came about originally we had a
burger with foie gras on it which for
the most part on a hamburger is kind of
a novelty and we had a lot of vegetarian
vegan customers asking us if we would
consider not selling it so I thought
about it and I thought if I could make
something that was as good or better
then we would not sell it and we did
so this is more than just kind of like
your fast-food burger place oh yes is I
mean you have a culinary background
correct yep what is this what are you
putting on this is a balsamic mayonnaise
we also had a Maytag cave ripened blue
cheese mousse on there and Parmesan
cheese
and up so where do you get your
inspiration because you're obviously not
using run-of-the-mill ingredients just
trying to make the best burger we can
coming up with the best balance of
flavors on it trying to turn the burger
into a dish that's really always been
the goal lots of healthy options we have
bison salmon house-made veggie vegan
burgers gluten-free options we actually
do a lot of gluten-free business as well
all right well look at this thank you so
much all right yeah Corey from epic
burger go find him in Atlantic and urban
and then of course follow our friends
Jerry Watterson and his wife at Jack's
restaurant reviews let me tell you I
trust him I trust him with my life
they've got the best reviews and they go
out there they find the good restaurant
so you don't have to work hard you go
straight to the good ones and we will be
right back