Can hardly get my hand around this burger bad boy at Austin’s Bar & Grill

Austin’s Bar & Grill, in deepish south Calgary, is a prototypical neighbourhood pub—with dim lighting, walls of sport tv screens, lottery betting machines and mostly national-brand beers.

Austin’s is your classic neighbourhood pub

But I’m here for the acclaimed cowboy burger ($18.95, with fries). It’s a thick, house-made, flame-grilled sirloin patty, onion ring and piles of toppings stacked inside an overmatched bun. My biggest challenge is getting a dentist-stretched mouth around this foot-high monster.

A delicious, messy feed. Hope no one’s watching.

Before hostilities commence

Austin’s Bar & Grill
11, 11625 Elbow Drive SW, Calgary
Daily 9:30 am-2 am
403-281-7561