Super Duper Bacon Burger - Tony's Restaurant, Birch Run, MI

On I-75, about 90 minutes north of The Motorcity, is Birch Run, MI. Birch Run may be most well known in the region for it large outlet mall, but it also boasts a plethora of roadside amenities. One of the many food establishments on offer at Birch Run is the locally owned and operated Tony's Restaurant. An American diner of some notoriety, Tony's has made a name for itself by serving stereotypical american diner cuisine with a twist: bacon. Bacon can be ordered on pretty much everything. And when you order bacon, you get a FULL pound of bacon on your item. Crazy: yes. A cardiologist's dream: yes. Does is taste good: .....let me pontificate.

So, naturally, at Tony's I wanted to experience an item with bacon. Therefore, when I saw the Super Duper Bacon Burger, I knew I had met my meal. True to form, the Super Duper Bacon Burger was loaded with at full pound of bacon. However, I must admit that I was somewhat disappointed with the bacon. It is obvious that Tony's is banking of quantity, not quality, in making it's name in porcine products. The bacon was SUPER greasy and very chewy. But what do you expect when everything on the menu can be ordered with bacon? The chances of getting 'thick, peppered bacon from heaven' are probably pretty slim with that sort of business plan. Besides the bacon not much else about the burger had many redeeming qualities. The burger itself was VERY overdone and honestly pretty tasteless. It wasn't very salty like corn-fed beef, but it didn't really have that hearty meaty taste of grass-fed beef. Honestly it seemed as though it was just a dry, warm, brown platter for holding up the bacon. The tomato and lettuce with the burger were nothing to write home about, and the bun was your typical kaiser roll bought at most food service companies. Now, I have to say that I am not necessarily sad that I ate at Tony's. It was definitely something that I had on my 'list of things to experience before I leave Michigan'. However, Tony's has also NOT earned a repeat customer. The experience was enough, and pretty much the only thing.

Super Duper Bacon Burger - *** 3/10

Other Perks of Tony's: Breakfast might actually be kind of good there and the service was pretty good. The perk is the experience.