Another addition to the no reservation restaurant scene that is becoming popular in London at the moment is Meat Liquor. It started in a van travelling around events whilst gaining a reputation for epic meat patties, the van was stolen so a temporary pop up restaurant appeared in a South London pub before they found a permanent home behind Debenhams on Oxford Street.
Yianni Papoutsis is the brains behind all this meat, serving up big greasy burgers inspired by those found in New York, this cool space below a car park has walls adorned with illustrations by equally cool design collective I love dust. It is a bit dark and grubby looking with exposed light bulbs, no plates or napkins and drinks served in jam jars.
We went for a late lunch so there was no wait for a table and the place was half full, this did not diminish the atmosphere due to the loud rockabilly sound track in the background and the lovely staff. We stuck to the Meantime lager when I visited which cut through the grease of the double pattie (100% beef) cheese burger adorned with red onion, ketchup and mustard served on a tray with grease proof paper on. I haven't had a burger like this in ages and makes the likes of GBK seem bland and dry, this was in another league - melt in your mouth, with a flavour you can only get with real unadultured meat.
We also went for some skinny fries and fried pickles with a blue cheese dip, the burger was more than enough but I am glad I tried both of these too and would have again. This is a real treat for any meat lover but I couldn't go very often as it felt so unhealthy... but everything in moderation, right?
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