Ted’s Restaurant

ok, went to the original location to try it again. better than last time but still hard to understand how anyone can actually prefer their burger cooked like this. ok for a novelty. surprisingly expensive.

Ted’s famous steamed burgers right outside my workplace in Hartford? Win. I don’t even have to drive to Meriden or Cromwell!
At $ 6 a pop, the price is about right in this day and age of expensive hamburgers. Still too expensive, though, if you ask me (yeah, I don’t really buy into Mooyah’s prices being the standard for getting a «good» burger).
Can’t really say that I found too much of a difference between a steamed burger and any other restaurant burger I’ve had lately. Maybe it’s the gooey cheese? If that’s the case, what I WILL remember about Ted’s is the massive glop of oil that dripped from the parchment paper holding my burger onto my pants on work orientation day. Can’t say I wasn’t warned about Ted’s burger consumption being a messy affair. Thank goodness my supervisors (who doubled as my lunchmates that day) happen to have a sense of humor.

Right smack in the middle of the weekday lunch line up at the Bushnell Park Food Truck Court, Ted’s World Famous Steamed Cheeseburgers (Since 1959) was sporting an unpainted stainless steel 1962 Chevy Grumman Bread Bus.
This was one of the best burgers I have ever had. In the last decade in particular America seems to have become re-​obsessed with burgers perhaps fueled by food TV programs. I knew nothing of Ted’s Truck or restaurant, had never seen it on tv until they told me in person it had been. I just found it at Bushnell park. And so glad I did as it’s a burger I’ll never forget. Very simple, perfect bun toasted with corn meal and minimally seasoned beef which they said is from Australia. Friendly staff. Fun visit. Cool truck.
A+