Honest Abes
Honest Abe’s
Honest Abe’s is a fairly new addition to the Lincoln Ne restaurants known for their hamburgers. You probably don’t think that much can be said about hamburgers but I beg to differ as these are what I would refer to as “grade a” gourmet hamburgers. Their motto is “We make honest burgers for honest people.”
I was accompanied on our first trip for all of us to Honest Abe’s by my friends Logan and Kathy Harris and their daughter Torri. Honest Abe’s is located at 854 N 70th St in Lincoln which is in the Meadowlane Shopping Center. Their hours are Monday through Saturday 11 Am to 9 PM.
The first part of my review is the only real negative and that is concerning the atmosphere. The interior of Honest Abe’s is quite small, and therefore seating can be quite limited and quite crowded. In the future I would get my meal to go. Because the clerk/ server was so kind and cheerful I will give the rating on the atmosphere a “good” rather than a “poor” or “fair” rating.
I would grade the wait for the food and the service given both as excellent.
Each of us tried something different and overall we were all pleased with our selections. Kathy had the “Greatest Burger Ever” which consisted of a 6 oz beef patty / apple-wood bacon/ grilled onions / romaine lettuce/ American cheese/ awesome sauce? / and ketchup. She didn’t say much about the burger except that she liked it and although it was quite large as were all of our burgers she liked it.
Logan had the burger called “The Fireside” which was made with a 6 oz beef patty/ jalapeno -bacon crumble/ sriracha ketchup/ pepper-jack cheese/ cumin lime mayo/ and romaine lettuce. I asked him if he thought it was as spicy as he expected and he said it wasn’t but that it was very good.
I had the “Curry Up & Get It” which I expected to have a curry flavor but it didn’t. The ingredients for this burger are a 6 oz beef patty/ Abe’s sauce/ feta cheese/ pickled cauliflower/ and baby spinach. It was a bit more bland than I expected but I still enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the very flavorful Parmesan truffle fries and thought that they were excellent.
Torri had a children’s meal consisting of a hamburger and fries and soft drink which she couldn’t finish because she said she was full.
We all agreed that the hamburger buns could have been “less bready” or possibly toasted.
I would on a scale of poor to excellent give the food a “great” rating.
Because of the small size of the location I can only rate our overall dining experience as “good” rather “great” or excellent.”
On the site grounduprestaurants.com/honestabes.html they state “And one more thing, our menu revolves like a pistol, so be sure to check back for our most recent creations on location, or on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/eatabes