The Lunchbox Laboratory - CLOSED

• Cuisine(s): Burgers
  Hours: Sun 9am-6pm, Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 11am-8pm
  Price: $
• Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Kid Friendly
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: None
  Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary
  Parking: Street

Description

Lunchbox Laboratory is a messy place. Kitsch, including a collection of namesake metal lunch boxes, covers nearly every surface. In this tiny space on 15th Avenue Northwest, the chalkboard menu crowds your vision with a preponderance of options-burger type, sauce, cheese, sides, and shakes-often inducing an overstimulated pause in one's decision-making abilities. "Just give me your version of a Dick's burger," a fellow eater recently requested, "with Swiss." The burgers spill over themselves, oozing melted cheese and one of a number of house sauces. Ranging from quarter-pound beef patties to half-pounders of dork (duck and pork), the burger options also include a house-made bean patty; condiments run the gamut from a thousand island-style sauce familiar to burger lovers everywhere to more refined options like truffle aioli. To try all the possible burger permutations seems like a mathematical impossibility, except for the very, very dedicated. As for the shakes-well, they deserve a special shake-only trip.