Saturday Night Cheeseburger At The Cardinal
Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night Cheeseburger! Starring The Cardinal and featuring the Ready for Prime Beef Player, Marty Wombacher. And now please welcome tonight’s host, The Cardinal!
Night is falling on Manhattan as we head down Broadway to east 4th street.
I'm drinking a beer on the way hidden inside my patented Vitamin Water bottle beer disguise. You'll never get me, coppers!
There's a lot of people out tonight, I hope I can score a seat at the bar at The Cardinal.
Okay, here we are, let's go see if we can score a seat at the bar.
Wow, it's a small bar and it's all filled up.
The tables are all filled up too. I'm starvin' like Marvin over here and don't feel like searching for somewhere else to get a cheeseburger.
Wait a second, there's outside seating, maybe I can get a table out there.
There's one lone table and I was told I could take it, so that's what I did.
And before you know it, pretty and friendly waitress Alex serves up a beer. I got a bottle of Left Hand Milk Stout, that's right, they don't serve Budweiser here.
Here's a shot of my table complete with a bottle of water and beer, who could ask for anything more...well a cheeseburger would complete the picture, but we must have patience.
A view of the other outside diners from my vantage point.
Okay, I've placed my dinner order and now...
Sit back, relax and watch the world go by. I don't eat at outside tables much, but I have to admit, it's kind of nice sitting out here tonight.
And before you know it, the first course has arrived! Deviled eggs. They look great!
They're creamy and topped with a hunk of bacon, a wonderful appetizer!
And here's the main course, the cheeseburger! It comes with a pickle and homemade potato chips.
A very delicious burger! And the chips and pickle were good too.
And now it's history.
I paid Alex at the bar and she gives a wave and a gorgeous smile goodbye. It was a great meal and evening at The Cardinal!
My Meal
There’s only one burger on the menu at Cardinal, but it’s a winner. It’s a skillet cooked burger topped with grilled onions, bibb lettuce and a dabble of homemade barbecue sauce. The burger is housed in a bakery fresh potato roll. It recently made Time Out New York’s best burger list and I can see why. It comes with a pickle and homemade potato chips. For an appetizer I got the deviled eggs and they come three to a serving topped with a bit of bacon and slightly seasoned. A tasty treat indeed.
Other entrees on the menu include: Smothered and Fried Pork Chops with Red Eye Gravy; Fried Chicken, Catfish and the BBQ Plate which is a combination plate featuring: ribs, pulled pork, brisket and hot links. All the entrees come with your choice of two sides including: a Pickle Plate; Fried Green Tomatoes; Deviled Eggs and Fried Okra. You can get wine by the glass and they have eight beers to choose from including: Left Hand Milk Stout, Narragansett, Full Sail IPA and Ommegang Witt. And all these years I thought Ommegang Witt was an Boswesnian comedy troupe, oh well, you learn something new every day!
Cheeseburger Rating
Three and a half Wimpy’s, easy to see why it’s at the top of the Time Out New York best burger list!
The Cardinal
234 E. 4th St. (Near Ave. B)
212-995-8600
Further Reading: EV Grieve, Paper & String and East Village Eats.
Cheeseburger, East Village, The Cardinal Posted on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 10:29AM