The Firedog Burger / Chompsky Bao – StrEAT Glasgow at the Broomielaw

Glasgow is the best city in the world. The people, the architecture, the history, our sense of humour, the food, bars, restaurants, burgers…you name it, Glasgow’s got it. But we’ve definitely arrived late to the party when it comes to proper street food. I’m not talking about the dodgy burger vans outside the SECC or […]

Pastrami Sandwich / Animal Style Poutine – Bread Meats Bread, Glasgow

I started watching Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix show ‘Master of None’ recently and if you’ve not seen it, you should most definitely check it out. There’s a scene in the opening episode where Dev, the main character, chows down on an incredible looking pastrami sandwich from a deli in New York City and from the […]

All Burger’d Out?: The ‘Chicago’ Hot Dog – Little Urban Achievers Club, Glasgow

Little Urban Achievers Club; or ‘LUAC’, is located on Great Western Road (formerly ‘The Wise Monkey’) and specialises in gourmet hot dogs and pizzas. We’d received several requests for a review from readers and decided that it was time for a new entry in our ‘All Burgered Out?’ section. A visit to the west-end was […]

Cheeseburger-Crust Pizza – Pizza Hut

Described on the Pizza Hut website as ‘all of the fun, without the bun’, the cheeseburger-crust pizza, which appeared on menus overseas earlier this year, has now hit the UK. Earlier this week, the near 3,000 calorie pizza hit the newspapers and was panned (heh) by critics. We’re pretty open-minded here at JVB and didn’t […]

All Burger’d Out?: Street Food Cartel 2 (Scoop & Lupe Pinto’s) – SWG3, Glasgow

It feels like only last week that we were posting our review of Glasgow’s first ever Street Food Cartel event, which generated much discussion over on our Facebook page. Due to the incredible success of the first event, we all knew that ‘SFC 2’ wouldn’t be far away. Fast forward a couple of short months […]

All Burger’d Out?: Pulled Pork Sandwich – Brooklyn Cafe, Glasgow

At the corner of Minard road and Frankfort street in the heart of Shawlands sits the Brooklyn Cafe, which has been serving hungry customers since 1931. A favourite amongst south side residents, the cafe offers everything from full cooked breakfasts, to take-away sandwiches & rolls to burgers. Recently, they’ve also debuted a new grill menu, […]

All Burger’d Out?: Pulled Pork Sub / Meatball Sub – Lebowski’s, Glasgow

As most of you know, very occasionally we like to review something that isn’t a burger, but that usually consists of something that can be put on some bread, a bun or something so good that we just have to share it with our readers. That’s why we introduced our ‘All Burgered Out’ section! We […]