Burgers & Blues
Since Burgers & Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd, Ridgeland) has only been open a few days, I was surprised to see a fair number of people there when I went today. But I was less surprised when I opened the menu and learned that it is an Al Stamps joint — his reputation for burgers totally precedes him (in a good way) in this town.
Atmosphere-wise, B&B is a great counterpoint to Al Stamp’s other restaurant, Cool Al’s. There’s nothing wrong with a divier vibe, but if you want to be waited on and watch six or seven giant TVs while you eat a Stamps burger, Burgers & Blues is the place to go. The inside is spacious and modern, with some arcade games, a long bar that includes a several beers on tap and some more in bottles, and, pictured below, a second bar (which I later learned is an ice cream bar). Outside, people were in the process of building one of the largest restaurant decks I’ve seen — a sign said it would be open this weekend. The bartender told me that Al’s wife, Kim, is running Cool Al’s while Al works at Burgers & Blues.
In a complete and embarrassing failure on my part, I have never had a Stamps burger before tonight — at Cool Al’s I’ve only had the veggie burgers. (The specialty veggie burgers were not on this menu, though they have a garden burger, portabello burger, and marinated tofu burger.) Here, I got the 4.5-oz Pimento Burger ($5.95) and small fries.
The burger was a delicious hand-formed patty. It might not have been quite as juicy as the legends I’ve heard about Mr. Stamps’ burgers, but that was probably a new-kitchen thing, and it was great regardless — I had no complaints. It was perfectly seasoned on its own, and the pimento cheese (which was an ideal ratio of creamy to chunky) added great additional flavor. This miniature burger didn’t quite fill up the whole bun, but there was enough extra pimento cheese that the extra bread did not go to waste. The fries were also as good as I had heard — definitely freshly cut, skin-on, a little floppy and greasy (which I love). They offer lemon pepper or spicy seasoning for the fries, but I got mine plain and was perfectly happy.
The burger section of the menu is, not surprisingly, long. Each burger comes in three sizes (4.5 oz, 8 oz, or 1-lb) which range in price from about $4 to $11, depending on your choice of toppings. All of the specialty burgers sounded intriguing, especially the Lea & Perrin and Feta burger and the Peanut Butter Lovers. I cannot wait to try those.
I’m not sure of their hours, but Burgers & Blues is open Sun-Thurs, 11-9; Fri-Sat, 11-midnight, and their number is (601) 899-0038. I think and hope they’ll do well and am looking forward to going back often.
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Had a burger with the works and fries today from Burgers and Blues. It was GREAT!!
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Do the burgers here also take 45 minutes from order to table like Cool Al’s? If so, it’s not doable for me for lunch.
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Rico Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Not sure about Burgers and Blues, but if you call in to Cool Al’s your burger will be waiting for you…
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Brian Reply:
April 21st, 2010 at 7:45 am
Service here seems to be very different from Cool Al’s. I was in and out for lunch in 30 minutes. Can’t beat a Cool Al burger that also gets served at a decent time frame!
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YAR Reply:
April 21st, 2010 at 8:45 am
Yeah, I talked to someone there who said they are working on making the turn-around time pretty fast, which they can do here (unlike at Cool Al’s) with a bigger kitchen, more kitchen staff, and more grill space. I don’t think I waited more than 15 minutes for my burger.
Had a burger there yesterday. They are very good. It is a little “pricey” for my taste though, especially during lunch time. It would be better if the fries came w/ the burger instead of being $2 extra.
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We took the ride from downtown for lunch yesterday. We ate on newly constructed picnic tables on the new large outside deck. It was a great atmosphere but very windy yesterday! I had the Bacon and Blues burger and spicy fires. The burger was juicy with excellent flavor. The spicy fries did not have much “spicy” to them but were good. My two lunch buds were also very happy with their cheese burgers and sweet potato fries. Our wait time was about 40 minutes for the burgers but our appeztizer of fried dill pickles did come out within 5 minutes, which made the longer wait bearable. I was given 2 thumbs up for my recommendation!
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Devin Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I’ve been twice. The first time was about 40 minutes to get my order, the second time closer to an hour. For a burger.
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My husband I went there Friday night, May 7, 2010. We was totally impressed!!!! The food was EXCELLENT, the service was EXCELLENT and the entertainment was EXCELLENT. My husband is a huge Doug Frank fan. We hope to see Doug there more often as we plan on eating there more often. Outstanding!
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Went Sunday evening and the service was really, really bad. I had heard that they could be slow, but this was crazy. They were not that busy, but it took almost 30 minutes to get waited on, and then over an HOUR to be served! To add insult to injury, they got our order wrong. The food was good, but there are too many other places in the area that make a great burger to have to tolerate service this bad…
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The service at mcdonalds was better. I’m not sure what the big deal is on this place. I can get terrible service for way less $$
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For whatever it is worth, I’ve been twice now, and the service was fine- today in fact it was even fast! Both times I was not there at peak hours (once at 11:30 AM and today at 12:50 PM). Don’t know what happened for the rest of you, but give them another shot- awesome!
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Been twice, two nights in a row. If you’re looking for McDonald’s fast food, this isn’t it. Go to McDonalds if you’re looking for a good place to hang out and great food this is the place. Our service was great both visits and very personable. The prices were reasonable and the entertainment was awesome. This is different than other places in Jackson. A lot of fun.
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