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Food Network crowns Saison’s burger one of the best
The Saison Burger is top-notch but is it your pick for best burger?
This year in Style Weekly’s Best of Poll Richmonders (or rather Richmonders who fill out online polls) selected Burger Bach, Carytown Burger & Fries, Jack Brown’s Beer and Burger Joint and Boulevard Burger and Brew as the best burgers in Richmond.
The Food Network disagrees. The Best Burgers from Coast to Coast are 52 burgers selected to represent all that is good and right in the burgers of America.
Saison owners Chef Adam Hall and Jay Bayer are two rural Virginia boys who share a passion for travel, Southern fare and homebrewed beers. They’ve brought those elements together at their Richmond place. Here they combine old and new techniques with flavors and styles that honor the South and its many global influences. The Saison Burger leans toward the all-American side of the menu. It starts with local sirloin ground by JM Stock Provisions. Rather than source the cheese, Hall makes his own smoked American, a combination of smoked cheddar and white wine set with carrageenan and sodium citrate. The cheese-smothered patty comes topped with housemade ranch dressing, pickles and Bibb lettuce. Hand-cut fries finish the plate.
