I found Crunchy’s by doing a Google search for the phrase “Best Burger in Lansing” What I got was a link to Crunchy’s Burger’s and Pizza who, according to their website, was voted the best burger in Lansing by the Lansing State-Journal. We made two trips to Crunchy’s. The first time, we popped in late on a Friday night because my girlfriend wanted to do karaoke. It was late so we didn’t get food. We went back a second time on a Saturday afternoon after we went to a Lugnuts game.
It was also the same day as the Green and White game at Michigan State University, which is right down the road, so the bar was pretty packed by 5:00. We found a booth located in the room off of the main dining room. A waitress eventually came over for drink orders and found us a couple menus. I had to go with the Famous Crunchy Burger. A 1/2 burger comes with American cheese, lettuce, tomatos and pickles. So, was it the best burger in Lansing? It was definately the best burger I’ve had since moving to Lansing, but not the best burger I’ve ever had. The meat was fresh and very juicy. The bun was a mega-mart poppy seed bun, so nothing special there. The sandwich came with chips, but I upgraded to fries and for the second meal in a row, they were fresh cut. My girlfriend chimed in on the fries saying despite being fresh cut, they were crunchy like the out of the bag ones (which I hate and she likes) usually are. So for once, we were both happy with the fries.
Speaking of my girlfriend, she went with the Traverse City Cherry Burger. We had seen this on the menu at a few restaurants here in Michigan, so she decided to finally try it. The waitress warned her it wouldn’t taste like cherries which must be a misconception to out-of-staters (she saw our drivers license when we ordered drinks). She it pretty much tasted like a burger, but she did say she probably put a little too much ketchup and mustard on the sandwich because she forgot to order cheese.
Both of us ate for under $20 with drinks. I was actually shocked when I picked up the bill because I figured it had to be wrong, but it wasn’t Crunchy’s wasn’t quite everything I hoped it would be. The burger was good, but not knock my socks off good. The atmosphere is unique. Being a college bar, they decided to just encourage vandalism instead of trying to stop it. Patrons have been writing on the walls, tables, and any other surface with Sharpie’s for quite a while.
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