Update 04/01/2023: Green Burger is now permanently closed.
We had a shindig in Collingwood on a Friday night and kicked things off by meeting up with some friends for a quick dinner at Green Burger. It's a newish, all vegan burger place on Smith Street that's been getting a bit of buzz.
We had no trouble getting a table at 6 on a Friday, maybe because they're not licensed to sell booze. Instead they have a selection of milkshakes and three fancy sodas on tap - we both enjoyed the blueberry-lime option. The main attraction is the burgers: seven different vegan burgers, heavy on the mock meat and loaded up with ridiculous fillings. This place is very consciously not aiming at the clean-eating crowd.
I went with the big mock - Green Burger's Big Mac equivalent, with two smokehouse patties, double cheese, lettuce, onions, pickles and special sauce ($14.90). It's a real handful, overflowing with fillings. The patties are excellent - a smoky, firm mock-meat that holds together well. I wanted a bit more tanginess from the sauce, but the pickles added some sharpness and the whole package is pretty impressive (I did eye off my pal's McRibber with some envy though).
Cindy ordered a serve of the carne asada fries as a main. It's a huge mess of waffle fries, cheese sauce, soy steak, pico de gallo and chipotle mayo ($12.50). I loved these - the waffle fries are the perfect vessel to dig through the incredible pile of toppings.
I really liked Green Burger and there are so many more things to try - mock duck and southern fried chicken burgers, a mac and cheese, poutine, loaded onion rings and so much more. Green Burger feels like a fancier Lord of the Fries - it's still junky, but much higher quality
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The only blog review of Green Burger that we can find is over at Messy Veggies.
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Green Burger
240 Smith St, Collingwood
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Accessibility: There's a flat entry and a small number of low tables with bench and stool seating. We ordered and paid at a high counter.
What a fun place! I love burgers. I just went to Brisbane's all vegan burger place for lunch today.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely put Green Burger on your Melbourne list, Susan! I have been bookmarking so many Brisbane places from your blog lately, but changing jobs has changed my computering situation and I haven't been able to comment as often as I would like.
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