The Fergburger Experience

We have walked or driven by the place on Queenstown's main drag, Shotover St., many times, astounded by the scores, sometimes many scores, of people waiting, at all hours of day and night, to get into this hole in the wall restaurant. We don't do crowds unless there is a very good reason, and a hamburger, in my view, is not a good reason. But this year we finally succumbed, partly because of our desire to do some new things, in addition to all the old things we like. And partly because we wanted to see what all the Queenstownsy gourmet hamburger hype was about. Not that I am a connoisseur. I like a Whopper just fine. A Whopper Jr. even better. Vicki is rather more discriminating, and she will provide the tasting notes below. In any case, on March 15th, walking about Queenstown, we selected a time, mid-afternoon, when we thought the line and wait would be relatively short. Vicki got in the line, and I was to float around looking for seating, anywhere nearby. Also document the experience. As it happened, she got the food and indoor seating (capacity about 15, maximum). It helps sometimes to be the oldest people in the line. In Queenstown, we are the oldest people anywhere.

The line that mid-afternoon: not that bad, and it moves quickly
since most people do take-away

"In Ferg We Trust"

Basic menu: serious burgers

Of course, "Ferg" is just a fiction; when pressed, you'll be told

he was the first person to swim the length of Lake Wakapitu nude; 

or the first to go over Shotover Falls in a barrel...

In addition to the hole in the wall burger joint, there is now also
a bar and a bakery and a gelato joint, none of which we've tried; 
yet

How they feed so many people in so small a space is amazing

"Ferg loves you"

Our basic Fergburger arrives

Everything fresh, baked or cooked, etc., on the premises

Unveiling; I am taking lots of pix, attempting to look like a foodie influencer

The FergBurger revealed: "best hamburger ever,"
was Vicki's appraisal, best beef (tastes more like steak
than hamburger), perfect cooking, bun baking
and toasting, condiments, etc; I concurred; seriously;
FWIW

She also ordered a stracciatella gelato milkshake: similarly, best 

ever milkshake; interior of Ferg's...somehow reminded us of the old

Sonny Bryan's in Dallas, the size and sparseness; main difference

is the hours...Sonny Bryan's would close every mid-afternoon after

selling out of its BBQ pork; Ferg's is open 10AM to "late," closed

Xmas day

The picture wall is about the only decor

Detail

Amazing place...we may have to go back!