This burger exemplifies the bourgeois-ification of San Francisco.
The restaurant portion of RH sits on the first floor of the four-story “mansion,” which is divided into sections of mock living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms to display the high-priced interior decor for sale.
When I first walked into the building, two men wearing black suits with bow ties opened the tall heavy doors so that I wouldn’t have to. The degree of service felt like that scene in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” when Ferris, Cameron and Sloane dine at a fancy restaurant in downtown Chicago. In the movie, a snooty, stiff maitre d' looks the characters up and down, scoffing at their less-than-satisfactory attire. Cameron, as one example, was wearing a Detroit Red Wings jersey. The arrogant host with a nasally voice threatens to call the police on the three friends as, by his estimation, they do not belong there.I bring this anecdote up not to say that the staff at the Palm Court were snooty, they were more than welcoming and made my visit quite pleasant.
Some were cloche hats with feathers, others were as big as what you see at the Kentucky Derby. There were also many people wearing elegant jewelry such as pearl necklaces and gold earrings that dazzled the dining room. In my long-sleeve, navy blue shirt and black jeans, I felt like I might as well have just worn Cameron’s Red Wings jersey.The burger at the Palm Court restaurant, with an order of truffle fries.The pictures of it on Yelp looked a little measly.
To my surprise, the burger actually came out with charred onions, arugula and an aioli slathered on the bottom ciabatta slice. The taste of the brick-shaped hamburger, cut in half bearing the pink center of a nicely cooked blend of chuck and rib eye, was perfectly salty and fatty. It certainly was not the best burger I have ever enjoyed, but it also wasn’t close to being the worst. My Art Deco period toque hat’s off to the chefs who made a fine hamburger.
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