On Friday, March 19th, 2010 and to surprisingly little fanfare, a locally owned and operated burger restaurant by the name of Five Star Burgers launched in Albuquerque’s North Towne Plaza at Academy and Wyoming. Its opening predated by about a week, the launch of a similarly named burger establishment, an east coast based interloper named Five Guys which has exploded across the country with nearly 600 locations in 39 states. The latter opening was greeted with ruffles and flourishes, pomp and circumstance and throngs of curiosity-seekers and “chain gangs.”
A very solid burger for ABQ. Given the organic/grass fed/sustainable/gourmet burger nirvana you can find around the rest of the country right now, I hope they continue to up their game. Sides are interesting and fun, and beers and drinks are high quality.
The best burger in Albuquerque. (With the possible exception of the burger from Rustic Truck.) Five Star's burgers are always juicy and full of beefy flavor. Amazingly, this even applies to their turkey burger. I generally hate turkey burgers, but the one at Five Star is so flavorful it actually competes with their beef burger.
The downside of Five Star is that the French fries are only okay. Try the homemade potato chips instead, served with a drizzle of blue cheese sauce. They are only listed on the Happy Hour menu, but are available anytime. If you go with fries, get a mixed cart of regular and sweet-potato fries and dip them in the divine green-chile mayo.
5901 Wyoming Blvd NE Ste P-3 - Albuquerque
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