Last night my significant other and I went to Bull City Beer & Burger’s opening night. It was a mad house, and it was awesome. We unfortunately had a long wait for our burger, because they had run out of their fresh baked rolls for the second time that night. We didn’t mind waiting though, because there was plenty of beer and the communal table prompted a conversation with the couple seated across from us. (Communal tables are something I find wonderful in a city like Durham where the people are warm interesting. I think these tables were a brilliant idea.) The conversation with our new acquaintances was a special facet of the night out.
Our burgers were awesome, and the fries were even better. The beef is all grass fed and comes from a local farm in Hillsborough. It’s good to know where your food comes from, and it’s good to know it’s been treated humanely and not pumped full of horomones. (Many thanks to, local Durhamite, Eleni Vlachos’ documentary “Seeing Through the Fence” for making me conscious of this.)
J and I went back with her parents for lunch today, and had a chance to talk to the owner, Seth Gross. Bull City Beer & Burger made over 400 burgers on the opening day, they ran out of buns twice, they ran out of tomatoes during dinner, and they ran out of potatoes by the end of the night all because of the incredible demand. Permits for the sale of their own beer were held up, but they should be able to start selling their own creations in a week or so. In the mean time they have plenty of guest taps.
I’m excited for the English style bitter ale Seth plans on selling. I’ve found very few bars in the states who keep a bitter on tap.
This blog post does not do the place justice, I hope you check it out BCBB for yourselves.
