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Culver's
What the heck is a Culver's? What is it?
Review brah tell me what is it? Well, that's what I'm here to discuss
That's what I'm here to go over with you to enlighten everyone
Perhaps even go on an enlightening journey myself a Culver's is one of those chains. That's it's regionally based though
I would say that they're expanding
It's a burger chain, you know plain and simple fast-food burgers for the most part
They're known for their butter burgers and we'll get into that in a minute
They also you know kind of serve cheese curds a frozen custard a variety of of chicken sandwiches sides
You name it and they're mostly centered in the Midwest
I believe their headquarters is in Wisconsin
But you kind of find them in the Great Lakes region and now they're kind of expanding to different places
A few of them are starting to pop up in Florida
few of them maybe in the southwest
In Texas, I think there's a few now, but really they're based out of the Great Lakes now thinking to myself, you know
Culver's I've been here before. It's like this is the first time I've ever been to this establishment, right?
I've been to Culver's and I know what they serve. I've always been satisfied with their food, but it's been a while
I was thinking to myself before I went here. I was thinking you and wonder and wonder if they're still good
I wonder if they're still maintaining the standards. You know, how how the quality is?
I think you know how some fast food places can be just changes. Sometimes the food starts out good and
Sometimes it gets better. Sometimes it gets worse and I was thinking to myself
well, if I'm the only one wondering this well
Maybe I am maybe like I'm the only person in the entire world even wondering about the quality of of culver
I don't think that's the case
Well, I'm just gonna check in see how they're how they're doing and really just get like a generalized
Culver's meal and give an overall assessment of it
Now the last review that I did for Culver's was two years ago back in 2017. So things could have changed
And I'll be honest if I think it's good
I'll tell you and if I like if I'm trying to throw it back up in my mouth
I'll tell you that - I'll try not to make a mess of things, but I'll let you know
But uh, we'll see I'm just gonna take an objective look at all this stuff
So we're gonna be trying to try a burger and a dessert. So we're getting a little bit of everything here
So to start us off, I'll be trying out the Culver's Deluxe burger
I thought that's like a good representation of their their their wares best way to put it
It comes with cheese two slices of Wisconsin cheddar cheese. That's supposed to be one of the the higher-end
cheeses
comes with lettuce tomatoes pickles
red onions and
Their Mayo and it also is a butter burger
so what that is I was going to explain it is
They just say it's lightly buttered right at first when I heard the name butter burger
I was even scratching my head and I was thinking like what the heck is a butter burger
Is that like there's this one video that I saw I remember those from Wisconsin. They're making these burgers
They were taken like half a stick of butter and just slamming it on the thing. It is not like that
Don't don't think the name is a little misleading
But don't think that it's like drenched in butter and that you know
It's gonna take ten years off your life if you eat this thing
It's just there's a little bit of butter on the bun. That's all that there is to it
So the name is a little misleading, but that's where it stands
I'm also going to be trying out there Wisconsin cheese curds a blend of yellow and white
Wisconsin cheddar deep fried and then that frozen custard
I believe it's cookies and cream with some Oreo pieces today. So, you know
What what's on the metaphorical menu?
No
We'll just work our way through it really the best way to do it. You can see there's the Culver's bag right there. I
Am holding it preciously
Yeah, you got like that's it that's the greatest achievement in life
And here's the Colbert's
commemorative box right there
and
Let's see this burger so the Culver's deluxe
There's the burger in there the Setting Sun right there
There we go, I'm using some real high-tech
Light adjustment right here. It's like I'm holding the burger box blocking out the sunlight for the optimal viewing experience, but
That's really what I'm doing. Uh
You know
You can kind of see you can really see the beef patties there if I take it out of its
Wrapping and now we're really living on the edge. So be wary
The toppings are underneath everything which is kind of
Interesting and see those cheese slices. You can see the some of the tomatoes the onions all that stuff
It's like a signature Deluxe burger. Hence the name
So I'm gonna try it out. I'll let you know what it tastes like
the Culver's Deluxe burger
From Culver's going in
We'll take a couple more bites
Yeah, we'll take one more bite
The Culver's deluxe what do I think about it?
It is a very rich burger. I think that's the best way to describe it. All right
It's got a ton on it. Everything blends together really? Well, I would say the biggest observation of it number one. I
Would recommend if you get something from Culver's
I would say got it with two beef patties because sometimes it can be a little thin, you know, the buns are very
You know, they're they're chewy. There's a lot to it. There's a lot of substance right and
I would say I would recommend getting like two two beef patties if you're up for it
I think they get the optimal flavor of the beef
Well, it is rich though. It's flavorful. It's juicy. You know it tastes good. It's good quality
And you know, I could taste a little bit of that that butter on the bun, you know
it adds us a little bit of a
Mostest the salty, you know just texture to it. It is a salty sandwich
It's the best way to put it. I imagine that the beef patties are seasoned than everything -
The other thing that I did notice there all the other toppings on it a fresh, you know, they go together
well
the one thing that I do notice of I do want to mention I
Think two slices of cheese on it is actually a little too much like half the time you get these
Fast-food places and the cheese is like absolute garbage. I think you know where I'm getting at
This is rich cheese, but it's just like one slice I think is enough. It does the job
So is just a little overboard though again, if you want to live life on the edge and go for it
But, you know proceed at your own risk. I'm just saying that right now
I'd recommend one one slice of cheese price for that $5 19 cents out of 10, you know, I think it's good quality
I'm gonna give it a 7 out of 10 because I think when it comes down to fast food
Fast food burgers and all that stuff. I
Think it's better quality than a lot of the stuff you get on
Alright, let's let me move over real quick to be
Can get some dipping sauce
I recommend the marinara sauce, but if you want to get like a ranch or something you can do that, too
Like I said, this is just a blend of the fried deep fried, Wisconsin cheddar cheese, okay
We had a cheese curd on the loose
There we go that thing put it in there
We'll be careful with it this time around you can see there that you are in there though
It's like a little sack of cheese curds
right
Fried you see it right there
We'll just try it out
These remind me
They're like mozzarella sticks, but different of course, right? They're cheesy. It's like that same consistency
It's got like that deep-fried
coating
Crunchy, you know fatty. It's like a good little snack. That's like something you could pop in
Real quick, I'll try it with the marinara sauce. I don't want to keep this going too long
So I just let you know how it goes
Honestly, I'm fine eating them without any dipping sauce. But I think a lot of us like that dipping sauce
Sorry, it was a huge obnoxious truck that was driving by things like the size of a monster truck. It was ginormous
But yeah, the marinara sauce. I don't know why I saying mozzarella
I guess because the mozzarella sticks the marinara sauce does go really well with it though and why you'd want to do
Real quick
Kind of put them
Back a little prematurely. I wanted to show you the inside of one of these cheese curds. Anyway, I'm gonna take a little
See
There's that cross-section you can see all the cheese in there, you know, and it's definitely it's got that fried shallow fried coating I
Think it's a good size. Oh good nice little fried accompaniment to your right here burgers
It's definitely good quality
$3.00
89 cents is the price out of 10. I would also rate those
You know
I would give it a 7 out of 10, again I've not had a lot of cheese curds
But it's pretty good for what it is. It still is they're maintaining the standards. No doubt about it. This is their cookies and cream
There's a Culver's insignia the cookies and cream frozen custard right there
definitely
It's more like egg based best way to put it you can see there it is
This is also what they're known for just a custard in general not the cookies and cream
They have a flavor of the day though. So it changes by the day. So it's something to check out
I'm going to try it out real quick for you
It's called
Mmm, that's good. I've been sitting here for 12 minutes. It's still cold, which is good. It's not good soup or anything yet
It's just really smooth it's the best way to put it
It's really smooth just really creamy and it's just got a nice texture to it. That's the best way to put it
You know, it's just rich it tastes good and I think it's a good dessert for time consolidation
Anyway price for this two dollars 49 out of ten six point five rating
One of my one of my last thoughts on Culver's to be quite honest over the years
I think they're still maintaining the standards a lot of places go up and down, but I think Culver's is still,
I mean, they're still they're still doing their thing and I think they're doing a good job at it at that
Have you ever find one just check it out. See what they're all about. And I think you'll have quality meal
That's all that I have for you three reviews in one and again, that's all I have
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