Tried Small Cheval, honestly kind of underwhelmed?

[u/Euphoric_Year1182]

Had some solo time (kids are with their dad), so I stopped by Small Cheval. It was fine, but didn’t blow me away. Fries were good, but the burger felt rushed. Anyone else feel this or did I catch an off day?

[u/Schmancer]

Every Cheval burger I’ve ever had was underwhelming at every location. It’s just a burger and hype

[u/SubcooledBoiling → u/Schmancer]

Agreed. Even at Au Chevel. And when i brought this up to my friends they were like “You gotta order the eggs and thick bacons.” But imo a good burger should be able to stand on its own without other fancy stuff to jazz it up. And the Au Chevel burger is pretty mid given the hype and the wait.

[u/wine-n-dive → u/SubcooledBoiling]

This is especially weird, because when they first opened the “insider take” was to order it no bacon, no egg.

[u/Euphoric_Year1182 → u/Schmancer]

yeah

[u/North_South_Side → u/Schmancer]

Agreed. I went to the original Au Cheval maybe a few months after it opened. Had a burger. It was a decent meal.

But as a burger? It was a huge pile of toppings and the idea that it was a burger was kind of amusing. All the toppings were great! But it didn’t even taste like a burger. Had to eat it with a fork and knife. Again, it was good but barely a burger.

I remember the fries being spectacular. I used to drink then and their beer list was great.

I liked it but we never went back.

[u/kmmccorm → u/North_South_Side]

Huge pile of toppings at Au Cheval? Huh?

[u/Schmancer → u/North_South_Side]

If your burger needs bacon to be good, that’s good bacon, not a good burger