While working on yesterday’s post about the new patio seating at Monk’s Kettle, I started reminiscing about Kelly’s Burger, which was housed in the same spot about a million years ago.
When I was a dirt-poor college student in 2003, a $6 Kelly’s burger was a major once-in-a-blue-moon splurge. And they knew it: On the back of the menu it said, “Not the Cheapest – Just the Best!” Different times. (A burger at Monk’s Kettle, if you add bacon, is $18.)
Here’s the beginning of a Chowhound thread about Kelly’s, started by Chuck McCall on May 14, 2002:
I checked out Kellys Burgers the other day, which just opened on 16th St between Valencia and Guerrero. Their menu consists of (drumroll please) mostly hamburgers (including a Texas burger which comes with a fried egg.) They also have chilidogs and sandwiches.
There were only a couple of other people in there (noon on Saturday). The staff was friendly. Its an order at the counter and they bring it to your seat kind of place. That tall dude who used to work Truly Med. down the block was behind the grill and apparently owns the place.
Oh yeah, that guy! As for pricing:
My total for the cheeseburger, fries and coke was $7.75.
Daaaaamn! I think you could also get a draft beer for $2 at happy hour.
Here’s a pretty good Yelp review by Eggs M.:
I ended up here on a date with the biggest piece of shit asshole you would ever want to have sex with just because he’s got nice arms and laughs a lot. Why, you might ask, do I have sex with these people on the first date anyway??!!! I don’t fucking know. I’ve been doing that since I was sixteen years old, it didn’t work then and it doesn’t work now that I’m old but still lame enough to be taken out for dates to ‘Kelly’s Burgers’. Why does everything have to be such a goddamn fucking nightmare? Should I feel humiliated when I see this guy out with his girlfriend, or just laugh it off? Fuck. Oh, the burgers were good though.
Check out the rest of the menu (via MenuPix) after the jump:
“While working on yesterday’s post about the new patio seating at Monk’s Kettle,” it was a photo and two sentences. Are you having a stroke?
Do you ever worry that you take things too seriously? How about you take some of that energy and make a donation to BAYCAT?
The Blue Cheese Burger with bacon was awesome, the Texas Burger was pretty killer too.
Mmmm… Groamd Cheek…
I liked that place, but I liked Urban Burger more. Now they’re both long gone, sigh…
Tell me that The Sycamore, at least, is still there!
“just because he’s got nice arms and laughs a lot.”
Priceless.
miss that place, the Lentil soup was killer too…