Having lived in quite a few different places in my life I have to admit I was skeptical when my friends and co-workers boldly proclaimed the summer months here in Michigan were paradise on Earth.  I’ve seen summers in New England, St.  Louis, Colorado and Texas and have had more than my fair share of pleasant evenings and sunny days.  I approached my first Memorial Day here with a sense of dubious anticipation.
Having experienced the last three weeks I am quite happy to admit that they were not exaggerating.
WOW.  The days are just the right amount of warm; the nights are simply spectacular….and what’s up with the nearly 17 hours of daylight??  As far as I’m concerned, I’ve found my home.
Few things speak of summer better than freshly grilled burgers among family and friends.  I channeled my ‘inner griller’ and have brought three fresh tastes for all of you Olga-fanatics to enjoy all summer long.
The first thing I need to mention is that I take burgers *very* seriously.   Having grown up on a ranch where we raised our own cattle, I recognize that a serious burger starts with top-quality beef.  We decided to pull out the stops and  have made the switch to an Angus Steakburger .  Steakburgers contain ground up pieces of all the best cuts of beef: the rib, the strip, the tenderloin and the sirloin.  The flavor is richer, meatier and TOTALLY addictive.
Our first new offering is a classic:  Olga’s Classic Cheeseburger.  The steakburger is seasoned with our signature blend of spices and cooked perfectly right when you order it.  We melt cheddar cheese over the beef and wrap it up in freshly-baked Olga bread with tangy mayonnaise, crisp leaf lettuce, crunchy pickles and sliced juicy tomatoes.
The second burger is in honor of all you folks who crave adventure, excitement and refuse to settle for the mundane or the pedestrian.  The “Boom-Boom burger” is just for you.  We take a spicy and bold creamy  pepper sauce, melt zesty jalapeno-pepper jack cheese over the steakburger and top it with an AWESOME chopped pepper relish.  We finish it off with some red onion slivers.
Our third burger is our take on the ‘BBQ cheeseburger’.  We call ours the Crispy Onion Smokehouse Burger.  As you’ve probably come to notice, I like to make sure that our offerings are uniquely our own with flavors and combinations you simply can’t get anywhere else.  With our smokehouse burger we’re doing that by adding our own ‘sweet & heat’ bacon, tangy BBQ sauce and crispy onion strings.
BUT WAIT!  THERE’S MORE!
We REALLY decided to celebrate our favorite season by upping the stakes (Get it?  STAKES?) and instead of simply giving you our delicious Curly fries with our burgers we’ve added Unlimited Sweet Potato Fries to all of our burger’s this summer.  These aren’t just any sweet potato fries…We dress ours up with a great lemon-thyme-basil seasoning and serve them with a creamy maple-yogurt dipping sauce! Did I mention you are entitled to UNLIMITED portions!!

We hope you all have a great summer season.  Get out and enjoy the sunshine, the crazy-long days and the fact that  we live in a pretty spectacular state.

Yours in the bread,
Quinn Adkins

Executive Chef