This was only small (like a slider should be) but was perfect to get a taste of the sweet and hot buffalo sauce. I kicked off this latest 21st century burger adventure with the Buffalo Chicken meat slider sandwich. So how would the Atomic McLovin’ compare? And why not? After all I had created the off the menu UK Double Big Mac and even replicated the Big Mac myself using the Takeaway Secret recipe. Would it be The Outlaw? Big Tone maybe? Or even the Tony Montana? But I had a scheme that would involve tasting buffalo chicken and pulled pork so opted for the McLovin’. I had agonised again over the menu before even setting foot in Atomic. I made sure to take a look around and loved the Empire Strikes Back print in the gents and the amazing Scooby Doo painting leading back to the dining area. The smell of the burgers here literally wafts out of the restaurant door and all the way down the Gloucester Road. Toys such as vintage Kenner Star Wars figures, a Glow Worm, Teddy Ruxpin and Battlestar Galactica spaceships are scattered around this visually impressive cantina.
All over the walls were pictures of He-Man, Thundercats and other popular 80’s pop culture icons. We had driven approximately 40 miles to visit on this Saturday afternoon and lost count of the number of disappointed faces being turned away. On this occasion the “Kondiment Kids” were in tow so it was never going to be a relaxing lunch… I loved the décor in Oxford but I preferred Bristol as it was lighter and had some fantastic artwork on the walls (you can see some examples below). Luckily they could fit us in a bit later on (40 minutes to be exact) so after a quick drink elsewhere we were shown to our table. We had been strongly advised to book the night before via Twitter so had no major complaints when we were turned away. So a year after our original visit we were to take another trip to Atomic Burger only this time we were heading to the Bristol location. It hit home when the “Double Big Mac guy” asked where our Double Big Mac video would be featured and when he heard the above URL said “I’ll never remember that” and he was right… nobody would and after that “Burger History” was created. Shortly afterwards we visited Atomic Burger in Oxford to review The Chuck Norris and was created.
It was the 10th October 2012 that “Scratch Nasty” submitted a review to Fast Food Forum which was subsequently published on their website. This time last year we started the road to what you know as Burger Lad®. Double stacked burger topped with pickles, double American cheese and our *Secret recipe McLovin Sauce*, served with a side of your choice.