American Burger Bar

The Rochester West Side Burger Joint Tour brings us to American Burger Bar and The Holy Grail: a bacon cheeseburger between two grilled cheese sandwiches
— at American Burger Bar and Beer Boutique.

The idea is that you have a beer from the tap with your burger and then grab a 6 pack to go.
 

Dairy Queen

This week's stop in the 2014 West Side Burger Tour brings us to a relatively new addition to the area: Dairy Queen on Dewey Ave in Greee.
— at Dairy Queen.

The burger was nothing special. I did get the loaded fries. While those were awesome, they were, like, a billion calories - not worth it.

Steve T Hots and Potatoes

Today's stop on the Rochester West Side Burger Tour brings us to Steve Toehoe's
— at Steve T Hots & Potatoes.

The burgers are good, but Steve T is the brother of Nick Tahou, so, the answer is always the world famous garbage plate! Order it to go because they really fill that togo box.

Texas BBQ Joint

second week of the burger tour brings us to Taste of Texas in Spencerport.
— at Tex Barbq Joint.

I had this potato thing. The potato has hot, cheese was cold, and the brisket was Luke warm. Nothing worth returning for.

They did have complementary soup that was incredible. I tried the potato soup ad it was the best part of the meal!

Abe's Restaurant

Stop number 3 on the 2014 Rochester West Side Burger Tour brings us to Abe's on 104
— at Abe's Restaurant.

Abes is a favorite of the locals. The restaurant is inside of a log cabin and the decorations are very authentic. The food is standard burger and fry style.

Five Guys

Mark and I are kicking off the 2014 Burger Tour. Every Saturday for the next six weeks we will try a different burger joint on the west side in search of the best burger joint. We are starting off this year's tour at the 2013 winner: Five Guys.

My joke is that one needs to check their cholesterol before and after eating at Five Guys. The fries task great because they are dripping in grease. And I am not sure what Five Guys does to make their burgers taste so good, but they are going to be difficult to beat in this year's Burger Tour.

Downtown Disney: Ghirdelli Ice Cream Shop

On the advice of Lou Mangello, We decided to try the Ghiradelli Ice Cream Shop.


I ordered the Hot Fudge Sundae with cookies and cream ice cream.


Linda ordered the Waffle Cone with two scoops of chocolate ice cream.


We usually eat soft serve ice cream or cheap store brand ice cream. We rarely get high quality ice cream that is so full of flavor like we received today. Usually I can slurp down any ice cream, but this was so rich and flavorful that I had to take my time.


The total with tax was $17, which is a high according to the price I pay for normal bland ice cream. I think Lou made a good recommendation.