I actually wasn’t planning on getting a burger at The Brook Restaurant but decided since I was there, what the heck.  I’ll start that diet later.  The real reason I was there was due to write ups of the infamous Brook Loaded Cheddar Fries in both The Tulsa Food Blog and BombFood Blog (check out these blogs if you haven’t).  I had been warned that the loaded fries were very large therefore I brought two of my three kiddo’s with me for assistance.  Thinking the fries would be easy we added the Bacon Cheddar Burger with a side of mac & cheese and another appetizer of fried mushrooms.

The Brooke Restaurant has been in the Brookside area for many years.  Before the Brook, the building was a theater.  The projector is still a fixture in the restaurant.  I really love that the Brook kept the history of the theater and helped in establish and maintain the wonderful Brookside district.

Since this is a burger blog I’ll stick with starting my review on the burger instead of why we came in.  The Bacon Cheddar Burger was good, not great, but good.  They did a great job of cooking the burger medium as requested, but the burger could have been juicier.  The cheddar cheese and bacon were also good.  The side of mac and cheese was similar to what I’d make at home, i.e. a little better than what would come out of a box.  Now to the real reason we were there – the Loaded Cheddar Fries were really good.  Unless you have a large table to share this with or you like left overs you had better pass on this.  There are a ton.  The cheese and bacon are top quality.  The jalapenos were of the canned pickles variety, okay if that’s all you have but much prefer the fresh.  The Fried Mushrooms were very good, some of the top I’ve tried.  We ended up taking home close the 3/4 of the cheddar fries and 1/3 of the fried mushrooms.  We tried to take home about half of the mac & cheese but had a container malfunction (i.e. it fell) before we made it home.

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