


Now the burger-flipping chef is lean and healthy it’s just his milkshake-sucking regulars we have to worry about. Lunchbox Laboratory, Seattle: See 219 unbiased reviews of Lunchbox Laboratory, rated 4 of 5 on Tripadvisor and ranked 238 of 4131 restaurants in Seattle. In 2011, John Schmidts Neighborhood Grills and Arnold Shain opened Lunchbox Laboratory in a 5,000 square foot location in Seattles South Lake Union.
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Here they were able to add a full bar with eclectic cocktails that would match the uncommon burger and shake recipes that they would come to be known for.
You remember Simpson, the comfort-food jockey from Blue Onion Bistro who went on to open Capitol Hill’s high-ticket Fork-then close it when an alarming weight-gain threatened his health.Lunchbox Laboratory specializes in unique burgers, salads, appetizers, shakes, alcholic drinks and also offers a kids menu. In 2011 Neighborhood Grills started the Lunchbox Laboratory by opening a 5,000 square foot location in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.
(May I humbly recommend the lean buffalo meat with goat cheese and basil aioli burger with the terrific bacon-onion salt fries?) Of course, the grotesque overabundance camp does make a point, amply evident between the grease-soaked buns of chef and owner Scott Simpson’s Hothead burger: ground prime rib oozing pepper-jack cheese, jalapeño ranch sauce, and thick bacon. From within this kitschy little kitchen in Ballard comes the most talked-about edible Rorschach test in town: Do burgers this loaded constitute grotesque overabundance or gratifying largesse? A somewhat fanatical cult votes the latter-and there they are now, clustered outside the joint, grateful for the lineup (there’s nearly always a lineup) so they have time to decide which of the six meats, seven toppings, 12 cheeses, and 21 sauces their burger should comprise.
