California Burger, SLC
Really a great burger, but it's true. You're either going to have to do calculus to decide if they'll be open when you arrive, or go off the vibe that they'll probably be closed when you think it's a normal time to get burger. You can tell that they don't really want you to come visit their restaurant, so it's best to not make any sudden disturbances lest you be barred from ever visiting again. The traffic situation isn't the worst, but it's certainly not ideal for someone from a little town. You're going to have to dodge children crossing the street, carefully navigate their steep driveway, and make a U-turn.
On 3 very separate occasions I have attempted to go to California burger, one of which I convinced my coworkers it would better than crown burger, only to find them closed. While they keep odd hours to begin with, they seem to be randomly closed. Why do they make it so difficult?
This might be my favorite burger place in all of Salt Lake. Are the floors oddly sticky and the benches graffitied? Yes. Will it take 30 minutes minimum to get your order and in the meantime will you be harassed by any number of marauding local youths? Yes and yes. Despite its flaws if you threw one of these burgers down a steep hill I would go somersaulting after it like that cheese race they do in England.
