Houstonist Bites: Lankford Grocery

Houstonist is at it again, we are rebelling hard against our very own New Year's Resolution to be healthier and perhaps a touch on the thinner side. We are going to turn into a cartoon tire spokesperson, but, hey, the sooner we hammer out a top ten list of burgers, the sooner we can, oh hell - move on to the fried chicken and chicken fried steaks. Who are we really kidding? We just have tiny, miniscule fits and starts of nutritional goodness, which are merely pawns in our chicken-fried game of food rationalization (admission is the first step, ya'll!). We found the break in the weather Saturday so invigorating that we hauled ourselves off to Lankford's for one of our beloved bacon cheeseburgers. As you can see by the photo, they make a dainty, almost delicate burger! We had to compact it with our little grubhooks before taking that first mind boggling bite. Oh yes, burger love has been elevated to a whole new level - burger lust. We have been paying the fine folks at Langford a visit for several years - so our burger lust is in full force and effect. In fact, we howled with outrage when the local news highlighted them - I mean really, now it's just more crowded! We do lust for the Lankford's - it's an itch that has to be immediately scratched, or we will just eat burgers all over town (you don't see right through our flimsy logic, do you?) in a brave attempt to quell the burger beast within.

We digress. We apologize. This burger is well seasoned and huge, not just a big fat burger patty, but generous veggies. It requires a good squishing into submission prior to consumption. Do not tattle on us, but, we find that it really needs to be cut in half. We've been told by waitstaff (years ago!), "It's a burger, pick it UP!". The bacon, oh the bacon, pardon us for moment, just one little moment...Okay, we're breathing normally again. The bacon on the burger was a half-pound of luscious slices if it was an ounce. We are totally serious. We have only seen bacon like this at Annie's and Christian's, for real. The patty is cooked to a pinkish-gray, so, it's past the point of freaking out those of you who don't like medium rare like we do, and still juicy, juicy, juicy. The vegetables are crisp and fresh and bountiful (we like to think that if there's lots of lettuce, well, it's good for us, kinda). We were so enthralled by the magnitude of bacon, we hardly noticed the toasted bun. That, or our eyes were rolled back in our head - which is a very distinct possibility.