Prep Kitchen – Del Mar, CA

For this burger review, the UBR staff headed down to Old Del Mar to attend a final California burger review with Chuck “Dog Biscuit” Huston.  Chuck, Hunter’s previous VP of Sales and Marketing, has and continues to be mentor for the entire UBR staff as well as many others within the industry. Not the cheeseburger review industry, the sprinkler industry, where we all still hold real paying jobs which of course we’ll abandon once we have enough fuel for the official UBR Gulfstream 5 jet.

Since we did not have the UBR cop car, Chuck insisted that we walk down to the restaurant as he didn’t want to ride in Mike’s Explorer, because Chuck is a man of class.  As you may have already guessed, this began a tireless session of whining by Mike because he had to walk a whole four blocks…….downhill.

Prep Kitchen is located on a street corner in Old Del Mar on Pacific Coast Highway.  We opted to sit on the patio which provided partial ocean views.  The setting, ambience, and weather could not have been better.  It was the perfect location to have laughs and regale of times past with Chuck, Judy Netteland, and Pat Sullivan (another retired veteran survivor of the sprinkler wars).

When it came to the actual burger, our expectations were high and did not come close to being met.  The mediocre meat puck, although edible, was nothing special.  After waiting for over 30 minutes for our food, we were thinking it would come out presented with origami French fries…..or at least a friggen’ pickle. Maybe the pickles were what Troy saw the cook eating in the kitchen in plain view while we were waiting for the food.  I guess he was too hungry to cook our food before his.

However, even the lame service of an even lamer burger did not even have a chance in overshadowing the great day we enjoyed with great company.  The UBR staff is looking forward to future review with Chuck in Texas. Godspeed Dog Biscuit.