Five Points’ $17.50 Bacon Cheeseburger: Fancy Does Not Equal Delicious

Date May 12, 2009

In the spirit of recession-era dining, NYC Food Guy is here to help you spend your money wisely with one of the first disappointing reviews since Despana’s Chorizo & Churros back in October.  The cheeseburger at SoHo’s Five Points Restaurant looks and sounds magnificent in all of its seventeen-dollar-and-fifty-cents-of-sauteed-red-onion, smokey-bacon-and-white-cheddar-topped glory.  And while each of the ingredients–including the toasted bun and the fatty, juicy, cooked-to-order burger–are delicious on their own, their flavors fail to create harmony, resulting in a fancy burger that’s just not worth its price.  Read on to find out which part of the burger you can do without and if there were any redeeming qualities at this entire meal…

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“Indeed The Tears Live in an Onion…”

When Williams Shakespeare wrote “Antony & Cleopatra” in the 1600s,  something tells me he didn’t know his words would describe my feelings about the onions on Five Points’ burger.  Not listed on the menu, the “fried onions” offered to us upon ordering were soggy and sauteed in something tart, perhaps balsamic vinegar.  They didn’t blend with the thick cut, super smokey bacon, the creamy white cheddar or the perfectly fatty burger.  They certainly didn’t enhance the sandwich.

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The fries, on the other hand, are excellent.  Crispy, hand cut and oozing potato, they saved what turned out to be an ordinary burger dressed in fancy clothes.  Save your $17.50 and go feast at the Red Hook Ball Fields!