The Bison Burger

See this burger? Looks like a regular old cheeseburger, right? WRONG. It’s a bison burger from the one and only Corner Room. I know I know, I’m supposed to be trying new and exciting foods, but in my defense, the thought of a bison burger sort of intrigued me.

I went to The Corner Room for dinner tonight with two of my cousins who also go to Penn State. I had high hopes for my bison burger. I expected an explosion of new flavor. Maybe they’d put new seasonings on it that you wouldn’t really put on a regular burger, making it spicy and savory. Maybe it would be a different texture than what you’d expect from the old beef cow. Hey, maybe it would even be presented on a gold platter with a dancing waitress and chorus!

But no. Not at all. While the waitress was pleasant and certainly deserved her 18% tip, she did not dance, nor did her coworkers sing to me as I received my meal. The burger satisfied my rumbling tummy, but did not send my taste buds into a frenzy. And my wallet wasn’t too pleased with the deal either. The taste may have been a little stronger than the average restaurant-cooked burger, but I think my dad makes better burgers than what I had tonight.

The upside, and why I still may choose to order a bison burger at The Corner Room in the future? It is so much healthier than a regular burger! Compared to a regular hamburger, the patty itself on average has 76 less calories and 7.73 less grams of fat. That being said, if I go to The Corner Room I probably won’t order any type of burger at all, because I am a huge beef snob from growing up on a farm, and I can probably get a better burger at home than anywhere else.

So the final verdict: If you’re at The Corner Room and are dying to have a burger, you might as well have the healthier version and get a bison burger for the few extra dollars. Just don’t expect it to come on a gold platter.