Brakeman's Burgers

First visit today, lunch time. This place is destined to be a favorite! Fantastic service and I do mean fantastic, very attentive. Comfortable, casual. Booths, bar stools, and bar height tables with chairs and benches to sit on. Interesting historic decor. Windows face the railroad tracks. If you are sitting with your back to the tracks, you will have the pleasure of watching videos of trains. My husband and I have been looking for a great place to get a burger but also to be waited on, and we have hit the jackpot. My husband had the classic burger, I had the California zephyr. We both ordered with sauces on the side, and they were very accommodating. The burgers are pretty much perfect, smashed thin and crisp on the edges, just the right amount of toppings to not overwhelm the burger, great flavor combos. They also come with a cute little pepper as a garnish. The french fries are good, nothing particularly remarkable, but thin & crispy, delicious, and you have the option of many different sauces to choose from. I also ordered the side salad with garlic vinaigrette, and I absolutely loved it, so nice to have something light to offset the burgers. The flavor of the salad and garlic vinaigrette is a nod to Vietnamese flavors - finally diced cucumbers, red onions, crispy shallots, and the lightly sharp vinaigrette, so good.I didn't try any cocktails today but hope to return for that, as they have some interesting choices on their menu. If you're not into burgers, they have other choices, including main dish salads and spicy chicken sandwiches.Try this place--you won't be disappointed. The prices were also quite reasonable for the quality of the food (I would happily pay more, this gives me even more of an excuse to return soon).

Honestly one of the worst smash burgers I've ever had, and one of the bartenders gaslighted me when I questioned if this was how it should have been made by telling me, "It appears to have been made to specs." And this was after he was trying to explain to me what a smash burger is. I'm intimately familiar with the concept my guy, and this ain't it.Unfortunately, I guess to prepared "to specs"means dry, way overdone patties that are all crunchy char bits with little else by way of texture. I legitimately felt like the burger was made out of the burnt pieces leftover in the fryer basket from the French Fries.What's the point of highlighting that it's wagyu beef when you're just going to cook it to Hell?First and last time for me.

Reading the other reviews I had to give mine. Some friends of ours recommended and met there for lunch. 2 had the lunch special and 2 ordered special burger and fries. It was really good. I also like their buns, easy to eat burger without falling apart. They fries were kind of shoe string, not wedges like in the picture and really good. So far this is one of our favorite burgers. We will be back. I recommend trying it for yourself.

Pretty good burgers. It's not a ton of toppings/meat but the flavor is good. I would say the lunch special is one of the best in downtown for sure, and the smash chicken tenders were really tasty! Service seems like they are still kind of getting their footing, there was only one server in the whole place when I went on a Sunday evening. Overall, good but not great. Hoping they work the kinks out and are very successful here!

You can't go wrong with the lunch special here! Smash burger, fries and a drink at a reasonable price. I love the smash burger with the crunchy well done bits. It's a good bun too which for me is important. The one drawback is that their fries are only ok. I wish they would up their fry game. Not a dealbreaker since it's such a great lunch deal. I like how the inside has been updated/changed a bit since it changed to a smash burger place. Service was good, place is clean and you get a great view of the mountains and trains as you eat.

Delicious burger!! Corrie did a great job, very helpful and quick! Beautiful view of the mountains, and a delicious $7 Moscow mule! Will be back for sure :)

We were passing though on a 12 hour trek from Texas and found Brakeman's. Really cool atmosphere right next the train track's, bonus for the kids, and great burgers. A must try over the corporate chains.

A little hard to find but once you're inside, it's well worth it! Super cool atmosphere on the inside of what used to be a train depot. We came for a pretty early dinner so only one other table was occupied and we were seated by the window looking out at a train going by. Since we had just hiked, we decided to splurge on a shandy and a milkshake. Both were amazing, but the oreo shake definitely took the cake! It wasn't on the menu but if you ask for it, they'll make it for you. We each got a burger with the loaded fries and man, it was such a good dinner. I absolutely loved the smokehouse burger and recommend it for any BBQ and onion lovers out there. The service was great and we enjoyed the food so much we were sad to be finished with it. Great experience overall! Please check it out!

Went here for lunch with a group of 5. The place was not very busy at 1130 but picked up a bit when we were leaving. Service was spot on. My burger was really good. I'm typically not huge on fries, but something about how they were cut, made them really good. Only issue during our dining experience is one individual at the table ordered chili. It arrived cold. I will say, they were quick to correct. Overall, I would return and recommend.

Delicious food and great games when the train passes the smash burgers are great with the add-ons they have