The southwest area of Las Vegas has recently blown up with some wonderful eateries popping up left and right within days and footsteps from each other. Cheeburger Cheeburger is one of those eateries that recently opened and has already earned a cult following in the Vegas Valley. So far, this is the only Las Vegas location, but I hope that we’ll be seeing more of them pop up in the valley soon.

A Wall of Fame greets you as soon as you open its doors. On this wall are dozens of pictures of burger lovers that have conquered their One Pounder and another set of pictures for younger burger lovers that have conquered the Half Pounder. The bubble gum pink walls, glass block, metal legged vinyl covered chairs and formica surfaced tables all add to the diner-esque feel of this burger joint. Definitely family friendly, Cheeburger Cheeburger makes you feel as if you were transformed back to the 50’s where small diners such as this one, was THE place to hang out with your friends or family and enjoy a wonderful meal and each other’s company.

Cheeburger Cheeburger is basically a “how-you-want-it-is-how-we-make-it” kinda place. From their burgers to their sandwiches to their shakes, you are in control.

Let’s start with their shake menu. You can either order a single flavor or combine a bunch of flavors to come up with your own personal flavor. As the sign says, there are 378,000 combinations. With all the different flavors that they offer, I don’t doubt it.

We kept it simple this time. Here’s a picture of 2 of the shakes that we ordered: Oreo Cheesecake Shake (left) and White Chocolate with Oreos Shake (right). All of their shakes start off using Dryer’s ice cream. SUPER YUMMY with chunks of oreos at the bottom. They even served it to us in the the metal cup that they made it in. Cute.

If you’d rather have a soda with your meal instead of a shake, they offer Pepsi and only Pepsi, that you can tweak with cherry syrup, chocolate syrup or vanilla syrup. So if Cherry Pepsi is your thing, they can make it. Chocolate Cola more your style, they can make that too.

On your table, in a plastic basket of other condiments and a set of trivia cards to keep you occupied as you wait for your food, is a bottle of their Zesty Seasoning. A mixture of salt, pepper, granulated garlic, use this sparingly over your burger and your fries and rings, if you want an extra dose of seasoning.

Now for the burgers.

First, you choose what size of a burger you want/need. They’ve got 5 different sizes: the Famous Pounder (actually 20 oz.), Delirious (3/4 lb.), Serious (1/2 lb.), Semi-Serious (1/3 lb.) and the Classic (5.5 oz.).

Then you choose how you want it cooked – medium, medium well or well.

Then you choose a cheese if you want cheese on your burger.

Then you go crazy and pick whatever toppings you want on your burger. Whatever you want. Don’t be shy – if you wall all 25 or so toppings, go for it – it’s included in the burger price. There’s really no limit to your imagination here. They also offer 3 “premium” toppings (bacon, sauteed mushrooms and grilled onions) for about a buck a piece.

After you’ve ordered your burger to your liking, you wait – for a bit – while they create your special burger. (This is when you make use of those trivia cards that they place on your table.)

It’s definitely worth the wait, as what you get is a burger that’s so close to one you’d make at home. Served on a roll instead of your usual sesame seed hamburger bun, the hamburger patty looks as if it were hand shaped and cooked to perfection without the excess grease that you’d get at some random drive thru burger place. Good food is definitely worth the wait.

Serious, medium well, pepper jack, 2 onion rings, grilled garlic, bacon

Semi-Serious, medium well, cheddar, 2 onion rings, bacon

Semi-Serious, medium well, with Swiss Cheese, tomato, bacon, guacamole and mayo

Best of Both Basket

A sampler of all 5 sauces for the rings and fries:

Texas horseradish (top left), Chile Lime (top right),

Creamy Cheese (center), Habanero Jelly (bottom left) and Creamy Jalapeno (bottom right)

*****

Cheeburger Cheeburger

8390 South Rainbow Boulevard

Las Vegas, NV

Phone: (702) 220-3912

Check out their website for their other locations across the US.