Elite Event at Burger Bistro

I’m not an Elite member… yet, but I was at this event.
I came as a friend of the band… and left signing up for Unilocal,inspired by the sense of community, after using the site to help guide me towards different meal options on my area for the past 2 years.
I’ve been meaning to try this place out. The food certainly did not disappoint. I recall sliders of luther burgers, sausage burgers, bacon cheeseburgers, and waffle burgers. There were fries with dipping sauces. A big tub of chilled Six Point summer ale, and various hard ciders… and for dessert smores. Delicious.
Thanks to those that put this event on, the band, and the people I met (and have now forgotten, thanks to the libations). I had a blast, hopefully I’ll make elite status to make some more of these events in the future.

You know what’s so great about these Elite only events.
is that I get to actually talk to Jane or Peter!
So glad I was able to make it to this event as it feels like a long time since I last went to one (Dec or Jan?). It was great to see everyone who I missed!
I found Matteo wandering outside on the street because he couldn’t find the place, so I picked him up like a lost lil puppy and we walked in and saw no Unilocalers. We were led to the back where we saw familiar faces.
The slider I tried was the all American and it was delicious, the fries were perfectly cooked, and they topped off the night with chocolate mint ice cream cookies. I saw some other very interesting bites of donut burgers, something with salmon on top but I didn’t get to try them. It’s an excuse to come back and try them another time.
The beers were plenty and the Unilocal!beer bottle wrap kept my hands warm and my beer cold.
I got to catch up with everyone who I haven’t seen in months and a great time was had by all. We even got a pic with our Unilocal twins with both Peter D’s and both Sandy C’s!
Ok there’s the proof, please don’t confuse us online.
The owners were really nice and I took a menu to go. They even deliver to my sister’s neighborhood in Bensonhurst, which I’m really excited about b/​c I’m tired of eating mediocre Chinese food every other weekend when I visit my nephew.
Thank you Jane for hearing my rant about wedding expo’s. Thank you Peter for being such a gracious host. Thank you Peter’s hot GF for making him such a lucky guy.

Not having attended a YEE since February, I had a severe case of Unilocal blue balls. Thank you Peter D. and Jane K. for providing the perfect relieve.
The setting was awesome: an intimate backyard, a live band (Roosevelt Dime; glad to see you guys again!), plenty of yummy eats, and buckets and buckets of tasty brews. Five Bluepoint Summer Ales later, and the still chilly air felt just like summer breeze.
It was great to see so many friends I definitely missed in the past few months, and also so many new faces! Also, I was happy to see a YEE being held in a new neighborhood: I am glad we put Bay Ridge on the YEE map.
A shout out to the people at The Burger Bistro who really did an amazing job, with an endless flow of tasty bites steadily flowing from the kitchen. I particularly enjoyed the waffle and Kobe burger, the fries with wasabi mayo, and the chocolate ice cream sandwich. But I am so so so sad that I missed the tiramisu’! How could that possibly happen?!
I also had the opportunity to chat a bit with the owner, John Agnello, who is truly enthusiastic about his work. John said that, starting from memorial Day weekend, the Burger Bistro will stay open until late. Also, by the end of the evening rumors were spreading through the crowd about this place serving lion (yes, lion!) burgers in a not-​so-​distant future???
I want more!
PS: Word of the evening: «strucket», coined by Jamel to describe the string+bucket instrument played by the awesome band.

I gave it up easily and willingly. My YEE cherry, that is. It was everything I hoped for and more — starting with a lot of booze, which lead to the consumption of a lot of meat, and I ended the night with sticky hands. From the drippy ice cream sandwich. Perv.
In all seriousness, I couldn’t have asked for a better event to start off with. It was nice and intimate and, as expected, all in attendance — from the CMs to the band to the staff at the restaurant to the other Unilocalers — were welcoming and so dang funny! I wish I could have met everyone but grad school has taught me to respect time boundaries and 2 hours is not enough time to speak to all 50 people.
In terms of food, since I was not prive to the magic that is the donut burger, my favorites of the night were the fries dipped in wasabi mayo and the steak slider. I’m pretty sure I could use that mayo on just about everything from sandwiches to twinkies. Unless this is some sort of hazing ritual, I could’ve sworn I heard something about lion burgers in Burger Bistro’s future? Tomfoolery, hallucination, or my next trip to Bay Ridge?
Oh! And I am now the proud owner of a Unilocal bottlecap opener! I don’t need to open bottles with my teeth anymore (except when people dare me to)!

Burgers. Beers. Bay Ridge.
Cheers to my 700^th Review! (I started early last night!)
This was a very intimate gathering of Elites (No plus ones this time). When I say intimate, I mean everyone who attended got a piece of Melissa F. (wink wink!) The venue was perfect, a restaurant deep into Brooklyn. I love how it was the backyard of The Burger Bistro. The setting felt really laidback with that feel at home kinda feel to it. I felt like taking my shoes off and walking around barefoot.
These are the events that I like. A handful of Elites, awesome food and lots of drinks to go around. Good times! My highlight of the night was the Blue Point Beer with the Glazed Donut Burger. The beer was so refreshing that I couldn’t stop drinking it… I can’t wait for more outdoor events like this in the coming months. It’s always a pleasure seeing all the Elites and New ones as well…
Special thanks to Peter D and Jane K for throwing an awesome event.
I heart you, my Wifey Melissa! I’ll see (touch) you later!

During a week where I have been very productive, a great Unilocal event in Brooklyn, filled with great people, helped me yet again to innovate. I named one of the band’s instruments. They called it the bucket. Its a string on a stick and bucket. I renamed it the Strucket. Yep, so from now on, the bucket instrument shall be known as the Strucket. If you play it, you shall tell people you Strucket.
I think that verb will also work for Unilocalers who wake up the following morining and find out they too were making music the night before. The burger bistro was just that magical. Its where amazing things are conceived, like the burger on waffles, the burger on donuts, and the smores in foil. They had ice cream sandwiches, a back yard, and the people who worked there were amazingly nice. I didnt get to have the burger on donuts, which was not the «luther». I was told it is a special and you should call before you go if that is what you want. However, they should start making the «luther». It will bring lots more people there I’m sure.
You heard that here first too!

I’m not writing this because it was a wonderful intimate event.
(it was)
I’m not writing this because of all the cool new people I met.
(you know who you are, your name contains a consonant)
I’m not writing this because of the old friends I got to hang with.
(you know who you are, your name contains a consonant)
I’m writing because the burgers were truly fantastic. The waffle, the bacon cheese, pretty much everything I tasted. It was great seeing the owner out and about.
I didn’t see anything for vegetarians but if you love burgers this should be one of your destinations.
Thanks Burger Bistro and Unilocal staff, I’ll be back.

First, many thanks to Unilocal & The Burger Bistro team for planning and executing this event. What a coincidence, Unilocal’s first Elite Event in Bay Ridge happens to be my first Elite Event in my very own neighborhood. Especially with such beautiful weather nothing beats gathering with Unilocal Elites in a backyard with a beer in one hand and a burger in the other.
Not sure how from grabbing a beer from the big blue bucket let to a conversation about our names starting with J’s. There I was surrounded by Jen, Juan, later Peter was converted to Jeter, Vanessa to Janessa, and several others. Nevertheless, the J. CREW chatted the night away.
Excerpts from our conversation:
J1: «I want more fries in shot glasses. «
J2: «Did I miss the donut burgers?»
J3: «Oh man, this ice cream sandwich is good!»
J4: «I wonder what surprise is inside this aluminum foil… S’MORES!»
J5: «More beer anyone?»

Wow, Unilocal events just get better and better every time!
Louis P and I arrived promptly at 8pm and were delighted to find Peter D, Jane K and the gang welcoming us with great big smiles and warmth. That just lights the night up every time I come to one of these events. I’m happy to have met lots of new Unilocalers at this event. keeping the venue tight and intimate was great because there was no room to escape when I wandered around to try and mix and mingle.
The pear cider was my favorite drink and the doughnut burger and bacon chips were also clear winners for me.
The band kicked it, plucked it, and blew it hard and I’m sorry I didn’t pick up a copy of their CD.
Pete won another elite Superbowl last night. Next time he’s getting the ice bucket.

Like a maniacal, deranged burger spawn from Hell, the tattooed owner of the Burger Bistro roars up to this portal of demonic meat pleasure on his flaming spatula and whips up amazing soul en-​flaming enticements! Yes, I think we all signed our souls over to this mad man with one bite of the Glazed Doughnut Burger!
Yes, I said GLAZED DOUGHNUT BURGER!
In all seriousness, this was a perfect intimate Unilocal Elite event. There is nothing that says Spring is finally here like partying with a close-​knit group of friends on a backyard patio, cold beers and cider in a bucket of ice from Original Sin, Honest Tea and Blue Point, live band playing cool music, awe inspiring burgers and fries, great weather, and terrific hosts.
The food here is just fantastic. So many burgers and variations to choose from. Glazed doughnut burger, sausage and pepper burger, waffle burger, kobe burger, the list goes on and on. His minions kept tempting us with platter after platter of meat monstrosities! I was handed a menu on the way out and saw that you can build your own Frankenstein too if you wish.
Hey don’t forget those lip smacking french fries served in a large shot glass with three different dips — smokey BBQ, horseradish, and chipotle. Yes, I was the guy who had to do a shot of the BBQ sauce. Yes, it friggin’ love BBQ sauce. The things that I can do with that stuff… oops, where was I?
Oh yeah, right, I can’t forget that amazing smell of warm desserts that all of a sudden wafted over us. Smores! Ice cream sandwiches! Tiramisu! There was no escaping the Hellfire of awesomeness that Burger Bistro is! I bow down to the master!
Just a terrific event. There were about 50 of us and it was the perfect group size for this. I had a blast hanging out with friends I already knew, and made a few new friends also. Everyone was in a great mood. Once again, big props have to go out to Peter and Jane and the Unilocal team for putting together this über-​cool event. What a great spot! What a great night! Can I live there?
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Sitting on a rock down in the depths of Hell the Devil walks up to Phil and says «Hey dude, didn’t I warn you not to pee on the electric fence?»
«What?» I proclaim. «You mean it wasn’t because I sold my soul for those glazed doughnut burgers I ate all those years ago?
Damn.

First Elite event for me — BK BABY!
This event was so fantastic, I gave Burger Bistro a $ 10 tip at the end. Mainly because they introduced me to the best burger ever — the donut burger. It was a pimp slap to the face. And I liked it. Scratch that — I loved it!
Loved the live band, the music kept my hips moving while I ate.
Thank you Burger Bistro for hosting us! You worked hard in keeping my food baby going with the burgers, fries, smores & tiramisu!
Thanks Peter, Jane & the rest of the Unilocal team for putting this together!