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by Mario-Sebastian Berry
Mario-Sebastian Berry recently headed north to World’s Burgers at 18438 TX-105, a small, locally owned shop in Montgomery near Lake Conroe. Founded in 2011 by Eva and Louis Alonso, this family-operated spot is an old-fashioned burger joint that’s easy to miss from the road.
The burger sports a thick, coarsely ground Angus beef patty that's peppery and cooked through, as well as chopped iceberg lettuce, thin tomato slices and rough-cut white onions. The interior of the homemade, preservative-free bun is toasted, giving the edges a buttery crispness.
The hand-cut fries are cooked in peanut oil, with crunchy edges and hot, fluffy centers. They have a subtle sweetness and earthy flavor that makes them especially good with the burger.
Blue Bell Ice Cream shakes come from an old-school mixing machine, while the menu also offers hand-cut onion rings, tacos, chile con queso, kosher beef hot dogs, chicken sandwiches and mozzarella sticks.
Combos run about $15.75 or less, while burgers and sandwiches average around $7.75 à la carte.
Could the restaurant use a little TLC? Sure. The walls wear a waxy patina from years of searing burgers, long-retired equipment occupies some floor space and the wet-floor signs look like they may have achieved permanent residency.
But here’s the thing: the burger is great, the fries are fresh and the prices are like somebody still remembers what a neighborhood burger is supposed to cost. World’s Burgers isn’t polished, but I'll happily take it over another sterile burger box any day.
World's Burgers Website
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