I recently came across a link on my Facebook feed that
listed the Top 10 Burger Places in the South Bay. That was about as
irresistible as click bait was going to be for me so naturally I had to look.
Turns out I’ve only gone to 3 of the Top 10. Huh. That’s not even a passing
grade. To rectify the lagging oversight, the most natural thing to do of course
was corral a couple of friends and say, “hey, let’s try these places!” Being my
friends, they obligingly fell in with my plan to check off a 4th
restaurant on the list.
Fortunately Brown Chicken Brown Cow was in the
neighborhood of one of them so we met there. I have a love/hate relationship
with downtown Campbell where BCBC is located. I love all the shops and
restaurants there plus it has a small-town/shop local feel that I enjoy. But I
hate the parking, especially parking on a weeknight which is nigh impossible to
find. Not to mention it takes me almost 2 hours in commute traffic to get there
from work and another hour to find parking (you think I’m kidding but I’m not).
To save myself and my friends the aggravation, we decided to meet there for
lunch on a Saturday instead. If you get to that neighborhood early enough, then
finding good parking is feasible and I’m back to loving the area again.
I could see by the address and google maps that it was
near Naschmarkt but I didn’t recall ever seeing it when I was on that street.
When I got there, it was obvious as to why. When you approach it from the
street, you have to go inside the courtyard area and the only thing tipping you
off that you’re in the right place is the wall painted with Brown Chicken Brown
Cow, assuring you you’re on the right track and only need to take a few more
steps to get there.
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| Cajun Sweet Potato Fries |
On the other side of that wall is the restaurant itself.
It’s a big small, more diner-sized than full-on restaurant, but there’s indoor
and outdoor seating to accommodate patrons. We chose to sit outside since we
were having excellent weather and the outdoor tables were covered overhead so
we didn’t have to worry about the sun making things too hot.
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| Garlic Fries |
The menu boasted a number of burger options; not just
your average burger on a bun with lettuce, tomato, and optional cheese but a
number of different additions to a burger, not unlike having different toppings
on a pizza. Being the non-adventurous, hold-the-condiments type of eater, I
went with the BCBC burger, hold everything but the leaf lettuce and add a slice
of cheese. My friends were more adventurous and both got the Lady Marmalade
which had bacon is some kind of “marmalade” that had the consistency of orange
marmalade but wasn’t necessarily citrusy and had bacon it. I didn’t try it but
they said it was delicious.
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| Lady Marmalade Burger |
Personally, I liked my own plain-ish burger (hey,
normally I don’t even have them include the lettuce but I was feeling virtuous
that day). The burger itself was good, the patty wasn’t too thick or too thin
but just right and cooked perfectly to my request of medium. It was comparable
to St John’s so I’m glad they both made the Top 10 list. Our waitress was also friendly and extremely
efficient so thumbs up for the service as well. Bonus points that they offered
sweet potato fries which had been cooked to perfection. It’s hard not to like
sweet potato fries. My friends also ordered the garlic fries and that was
delicious as well.
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| Brown Chicken Brown Cow Burger |
I would definitely recommend this place. Once you find
it, you’ll want to come back.
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