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Kirk's has been a sentimental favorite since my student days, so I kind of resented Gott's opening next door. I've eaten at Gott's a few times anyway and found it good.



Kirk's has really upped their game in some ways. Remember the old California Ave. location with no deep fryer, so no fries or onion rings, and the rather faded and greasy decor. The current location has good fries, onion rings or strings, and generally a bigger menu. The burgers are a little inconsistent, though, depending (I guess) on who's cooking. Never bad, but sometimes tastier than others. 



Service is whoever they can get. Usually just fine, though sometimes the cashier is underage and you have to wait for someone from the back to have a chance to come out and pour your beer. For a little while they had a cashier who perpetually needed a shower... Ugh.

Ha ha a double pineapple cheeseburger at Kirk's was the height of gourmet cuisine way back in the day at the old Calif Ave location.

They always had a lot of business and that grill had burgers on it all the time.

I remember those ladies who had to manage that brobdingnagian charcoal grill always had tons of Vaseline smeared on their faces to help ward off the heat.  Ugh what a job.  I wonder if OSHA even permits those kind of work conditions now.

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Kirk's has been a sentimental favorite since my student days, so I kind of resented Gott's opening next door. I've eaten at Gott's a few times anyway and found it good.



Kirk's has really upped their game in some ways. Remember the old California Ave. location with no deep fryer, so no fries or onion rings, and the rather faded and greasy decor. The current location has good fries, onion rings or strings, and generally a bigger menu. The burgers are a little inconsistent, though, depending (I guess) on who's cooking. Never bad, but sometimes tastier than others. 



Service is whoever they can get. Usually just fine, though sometimes the cashier is underage and you have to wait for someone from the back to have a chance to come out and pour your beer. For a little while they had a cashier who perpetually needed a shower... Ugh.

Ha ha a double pineapple cheeseburger at Kirk's was the height of gourmet cuisine way back in the day at the old Calif Ave location.

They always had a lot of business and that grill had burgers on it all the time.

I remember those ladies who had to manage that brobdingnagian charcoal grill always had tons of Vaseline smeared on their faces to help ward off the heat.  Ugh what a job.  I wonder if OSHA even permits those kind of work conditions now.