Charbroiled Standard - Annie's Burgers
In the battle of classic burgers joints between Lankford Ford Grocery, Sparkles, Annie's and Guys Meat Market to name a few many peoples loyalties overshadow their taste buds. Growing up on fast food these loyalty feuds have sparked an interest in me to search out true burger joints and other dives and bring some insight on other people favorites.
Annie's has been touted as the classic burger joint in Houston and well there are some truths to the reputation.

Located on South Post Oak spotting the joint is a bit of a task. I got there around 11:00 on a Friday to avoid the lunch rush. Not having had any breakfast I opted to have a taste of their breakfast tacos as well as a burger for lunch. Annie's offered a variety of choices for breakfast options, including pancakes, biscuits and other southern favorites, but people tend to gravitate towards the tacos, so I chose tacos. After a quick look at the burger menu, a cheeseburger seemed like the fairest review for a Houston favorite. Prior to entering I did read some Yelp reviews most of which had mentioned their frozen lemonade which was, in one woman's words, "to die for". So their it was, I ordered two breakfast tacos, one sausage and egg, one bacon and egg, a frozen lemonade, a double cheeseburger and to top it off onion rings. I was surprised by the bill but decided not to cast judgment just yet. So Annie's, like any classic diner, has plenty of seating and a  condiments bar-which only had tabasco, napkins, salt and pepper. After about ten minutes I heard my order called over the PA system.

The breakfast tacos

The breakfast tacos came with two salsas, one mild and one that was supposed to be hot. Both tacos were amply packed with their fillings. The sausage and egg taco was in one word, moist and lacked flavor which the salsa didn't truly made up for. Now the real star was the bacon in the second taco which was cooked to what I consider to be perfection  a mix of crunchy and tender but overall thick and flavorful. If you plan on going to Annie's definitely try the bacon.

The double cheeseburger

Classically wrapped in a wax paper wrapper Annie's burger definitely looked classic, it was sloppy, greasy and cheesy. Topped with a thick slice of beef stake tomato, a thick layer of iceberg lettuce, some onion, American cheese and two beef patties, Annie's burger was classically char broiled. It did not blow my mind but the burge admirably ticked all the check-boxes a cheeseburger should. People have complained about Annie's patties lacking flavor or any seasoning but I found the char broiled taste to compensate for any shortcomings. That's it, Annie's double cheeseburger was a standard char broiled cheeseburger that left me feeling that Burger King did not have a monopoly on the char broiled burger.

Onion rings

The true star of the Annie's experience has to be the onion rings. Big, thick, fluffy and crunchy while retaining a sweet onion-ness that is often all too lacking in other rings, these were on point. Large, cooked to perfection, and full of flavor, Annie's onion rings did not really need the in house made sauce-but the sauce IS good. .

Frozen lemonade

Standard frozen lemonade that can be found at a variety of fairs, circuses, and music festivals monopolized by beer stands. Its mediocrity can be overlooked thanks to its super-sized serving.

Price

The burger alone was five-something, but I went ahead and have provided a picture of the receipt.
Note #5 T1 is for the two breakfast tacos.

Parking: Average lot, ample.

Atmosphere: It was a diner.


Annie's Burgers
http://www.annieshamburgers.com/
10821 S. Post Oak
Houston, TX 77035
713-729-8661
Mon.-Wed. - 10:30am-7:00pm
Thur.-Sun - 7:00am-7:00pm