BGR recently opened a new location in Old town Alexandria on the corner of Washington and King Streets. Never having eaten at a BGR, but a fan of burgers, I decided to give it. First impressions were welcome to the 80’s with the early MTV’ish musical posters adorning the walls and the musical selection just a decibel or two louder than I’d like. Seems like everyone is trying to be a night-club these days. I went with the simple box set for lunch consisting of the regular burger, fries and a drink, I added American cheese. This will set you back about $10.00 USD which is pretty hefty considering the 5-Guys alternative a few blocks away. The great surprise was finding Cherry Coke in the fountain drink selection. Did I mention the 80’s theme? Looking at the crowd, you too would agree as the majority were white men between the age of 30-45. You order at the counter from a tattooed covered crew, get a buzzer with your number and a few minutes later, provided on a metal disc type of plate with heavy paper is your burger and fries. The bread was about the only thing I could say was different, the burger itself was just a normal, freshly made burger. My cheese was not melted and seemed to have been placed on the burger as an afterthought. I cut my burger in half; it was cooked as ordered, medium. The bread started to fall apart when I ate the second half making me think it wasn’t as fresh as it should have been. Not spectacular and not something I’d take an out-of-town guest… If this burger cost $6.00, I’d recommend to others otherwise, go to 5-Guys and save yourself some money and get an equally if not better burger.