Get Real, Dumont Burger
As cranes hover in the Williamsburg sky, prices at Dumont Burger have soared even higher. A regular burger now costs $13. What? Dumont Burger, get real. Hold your horses. The condos aren’t filled up yet, the economy is collapsing, and the neighborhood will always need an excellent, moderately priced burger. Don’t you already sell your burgers at a higher price at regular Dumont? And presumably an even higher price at Dressler? [We love both places. —Ed. ] And you guys just opened the takeout place next door. So I’m guessing you’re doing well, and I don’t see how jacking up the prices is really necessary. Respect the customer. But anyway, if you want to sell $13 burgers (formerly $11.50, I believe), allow us to make a few suggestions:
- Add a cup of finely shredded red-cabbage coleslaw to the plate
- Place one or two onion rings atop fries (or next to salad, if that option is chosen)
- Turn up the fucking heat in the winter so we aren’t forced to opt for takeout even thought we planned to eat there, and the drive to my house basically ruined the fries
- Buy some stools with backs
- Put lemon in your water without me having to ask
March 26th, 2008 at 10:05 am
“* Put lemon in your water without me having to ask”
Noooo! I hate when they put lemon in the water without asking! They can’t just assume everyone likes lemonated water. I think they’re right in leaving the lemon choice up to the customer.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Ok fine, maybe I hastily threw that one in there because of last night’s experience. I guess I meant to say “Even though you took my drink order—water with ice and lemon—but someone else brought us plain water instead, and I said ‘oh don’t worry, that’s fine,’ (which it actually was), maybe you should’ve just gotten me a water with lemon as well, just to be on the safe side.”
March 26th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I’m going to have to side with Adam on this one. Putting a lemon in someone’s water is awfully presumptuous, not to mention pretentious.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:13 am
It’s pretentious to have good taste?
March 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am
If you consider lemon in water good taste, yes.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:23 am
limes are better.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:31 am
gross
March 26th, 2008 at 10:35 am
dude. it was $8.95 for a burger when they opened. That’s a crazy increase for just three years!
March 26th, 2008 at 10:45 am
@Todd P: WTF? Really. That *is* insane.
@blim: The only time I expect a lemon or a lime is with a drink that obviously requires it — several cocktails come to mind as do hefeweizen beers and Coronas/Sols, etc. I also find lemons often come with Diet Cokes (not that I order those). Also annoying.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:49 am
i am sorry but a lemon in a diet coke is PROPER
March 26th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
i’m going to have to say, i fully appreciate a lemon wedge served on the side of my water glass. i won’t go as far to say i expect it or that it is proper (tho yeah i kinda do and duh water with lemon is soooo much better). plus if they keep it wedged on the side, non-lemon lovers can simply remove it.
March 26th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Diet coke is not proper. Lemon in regular coke is PROPER.
March 26th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
not surprising. food prices are up worldwide, fuel prices are way up, rents in williamsburg are up.
March 26th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
laufbug is correct. Lemon in diet coke is proper.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:07 am
I agree with blim, I hate diet coke and I hate lemons in my water.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Lemons in water = Change we can believe in!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
yes, buy some fucking stools with backs. the first time i went to dumont burger, i was exceedingly hungover and it was hell. i think they have to assume (given the neighborhood) that the clientele will usually be hungover/drunk and need some back support.