Cheap Eat of the Week: the Holy Chuck burger
By Gizelle Lau
The Holy Chuck burger (Image: Gizelle Lau)
As far as Toronto’s burger joints go, it seems like slightly irreverent themes are all the rage. The Burger’s Priest, for example, is owned by a former seminary school student, and the burgers are named to suit: the Vatican City, the Priest, the High Priest, the Noah’s Ark, the Tower of Babel and so on. There’s even a message of gospel on the website.
Enter the next in a line of irreverent but tasty burger joints: Holy Chuck Burgers, where the logo is a cartoon cow with a cheeseburger on its shoulders, holding a platter with its own haloed head on it. Holy Chuck is obviously toeing the line between cute and impudent, but it’s still amusing.
The Holy Chuck burger ($9.99) is the burger shop’s classic signature item: a bacon double cheeseburger with caramelized onions. No fluff, no toppings, no tomatoes, no lettuce or any of that other stuff. The meat used in the burgers is fresh, never-frozen, high-quality beef, pork or lamb that’s ground in-house daily and promises to contain no fillers — just fresh meat and salt. If you’re down for a decent cheeseburger, the Holy Chuck is your best bet.
To wash it all down, Holy Chuck features some unique shakes, like bacon, fudge and sea salt; nutella and salted caramel; or wasabi, green onion and fresh ginger. Shakes are $5.49 each, or add one to your burger, along with fries, for an additional $7.99 – totaling $17.98 before tax.
Then again, if you’re feeling equally as irreverent as the place is, then make room for the “epic” Go Chuck Yourself burger ($19.99): six patties, six cheese slices, triple bacon and caramelized onions — all stacked between three grilled cheese sandwiches.
Holy Chuck Burgers, 1450 Yonge St., 416-962-4825
Gizelle Lau is a food and travel writer and photographer in Toronto who lives from one meal to the next. Her column, Cheap Eat of the Week, highlights dishes that costs $10 or less. Follow her on Twitter for your daily dose of food from in/around the city.
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Reader Comments:
I do not know where you got the picture of the hamburger you posted in this blog but it is not the hamburger you get at hc. Mine was tine dry I asked for med i got well done.the fries were dry and nasty,This all after waiting 20 min of a Friday 6 pm when i was the only customer.will not be back