Our third sojourn to Cincinnati for white-clad public dinner gives
us the chance to lunch and breakfast in town as well. Town of meat
eaters, sausages at Senate were
interesting, there’s a place called The Wurst Bar, they say they are
the absolute wurst, and we’re in. Small, cozy, customers seem to be
enjoying themselves. The service is far above average [Can’t
Remember] found a way to make chipper a positive term. She was
friendly, efficient and seemed genuinely excited to helping people
enjoy themselves. |
A small cast iron pan stuffed with a mild and juicy house-made
sausage bubbling in salty cheese arrived next to a bowl of even
saltier Fritos Scoops. The definition of so right it’s wrong. We
tried two of their Dogs with Character and the house burger. Each
came with a side of fries. All taters were fried just light brown of
bitter, giving them a nice complexity. The truffle fries had too
much truffle oil for my taste, while the simple sea salt accented
the potato without smothering it. The “crazy” fries were coasted
with a mix of all of their seasoning options which landed somewhere
in the middle, the heat, cheese, garlic, etc. tamping down the
trufflesqe funk to a manageable level. |
House Dip With Scoops® |
Bubbling Hot Tub From A Vegan Nightmare |
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The Truffle Asiago Fries Leveled By Too Much/Not Quite Truffle Flavor |
A Dose Of Heat, Garlic, Salt, Pepper, Etc. Helped |
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Dogs were the U-Betta Goetta and The Roonie. The Goetta was my third Cincy meat sludge experience and probably my least favorite. Not that it wasn’t just fine…but it seemed the most apologetic about the goetta. I love the runny richness of a poached egg, crispy hash browns and what could maple bacon gravy be faulted for outside of the fact that together, I couldn’t have told you what else was inside. There was also inches more bun than the invisible goetta. Fair sammitch, not much on the principle ingredient. The Roonie is a chicken sausage flavored with garlic and truffle. The very soft and fine textured link is juicy and mildly spiced which is accentuated by the fried onion strings and herbed Boursin cheese. I was hoping for a little more, there are several other options, but there wasn’t much wow factor in these two. |
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...Assisted By Multigrain Bun, Onion, & Cheese |
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The burger was another matter. Cheddar Wurst is sandwiched between a
blend of Ground Short Rib, Tenderloin & Striploin (a meat sandwich
in a sandwich?) and blistered to a thick crusty exterior and oozing
delicious interior. A yielding and juice sponging pretzel bun also
contains more crispy onion straws, a spicy & sweet mustard and both
American and Cheddar cheeses. Just spectacular in form and function.
There may be better wursts at the Wurst Bar, but don’t miss the not
wurst. |
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The All Time Wurst Burger |
You Might Forget About The Wurst |
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Excellent Doneness |
Who's That Crunchin'? Crust The Revelator. |
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Food |
Service |
Ambiance |
What's Best |
What's Worst |
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B | B+ | B | A | D | B | ||
Burger | Truffle Fries |