Chef’s weblog reviews Kitchen 64

86 Richmond, a weblog maintained by a local chef, recently visited Kitchen 64 for lunch. Here’s a peek at the review:

A friend and I arrived at Kitchen 64 towards the end of the lunch hour around 1pm. I’ll admit this probably isn’t the best time to get a high quality lunch. Those kitchen guys are hoping that the lunch rush in over so they can grab a smoke. In fact I saw a couple of the cooks smoking outside when I walked in. Anyway, We sat outside at the patio and ordered water. There was something floating in my water, so I asked for another. For our food, I ordered the “Gus’ burger” (basically burger cooked to temp with a fried egg on top). I had been craving a good medium rare burger for weeks. Most of the time I’d just cook this burger for myself because almost no one ever gets burger temperatures right in this town. I figured I’d try 64though, I’d never really gotten anything bad there. When the waitress took my order, not only did she ask me how I wanted my burger cooked, but she asked me how I wanted the egg on the burger cooked. I took this as a good sign. My friend ordered the “Scott’s Addiction” (a prime rib sandwich with shrooms, onions, Swiss and au jus). I have gotten this sandwich before and it is awesome. If I was ordering a sandwich at 64, I would get this one.