This is a report, not a review.
Yesterday for lunch Hepcat and I went to Cheeburger Cheeburger, the new franchise on Seventh Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope. Just open for two days, I was dying to try it. Hepcat was resistant to the bright pink interior but that wasn’t a problem for me. He liked the big windows facing Seventh Avenue, which are good for taking pictures of the street.
The waiter was very friendly, very nice. He brought us our drinks in jam jars that said Cheeburger Cheeburger on them. After studying the menu for well over 10 minutes — there’s a lot to look at, lots of choices, and toppings and ways that you can customize your hamburger (peanut butter?) — we ordered.
The calories are listed next to the items on the menu so I decided against the hamburger and ordered a turkey burger instead. Hepcat ordered a blue cheeseburger with onions.
While we waited some of the staff presented a customer with a cloth sculpture of a cheeseburger because he finished a One Pounder, their 20 ounce burger. In the menu it says, “If you can finish this monster, we’ll take a picture of you and put it on the wall with the other Wall of Famers.”
You’ve been warned: if you ever eat one of those the staff will come out and embarrass you.
While we waited Hepcat wondered about the music, all fifties, sixties and seventies.
“It sounds like everything is speeded up. It’s weird.”
“The place has a real American Graffiti vibe,” I said.
We then tried to remember all the restaurants that have been in that spot. Rex, Nam, Miracle Grill…many escape my memory.
We waited for our food for quite awhile. Hepcat noticed a neon sign that said Same Day Service and kept joking about it.
“It says same day service…”
Our burgers arrived in those plastic baskets they used to have at diners. My turkey burger was very tasty. Hepcat seemed to enjoy his blue cheese burger.
Chee Chee seems to be attracting a big lunchtime crowd. Doctors and nurses from Methodist Hospital were definitely in attendance.
We’ll be going back to try other items on the menu for sure.