text: Some things are better in theory than in practice and so it was with the burger I had at Cowbell nnBut first the good great atmosphere Much better than its predecessor burger joint Nix Clean inviting great for watching sports nnThe service was also great if not overeager I had no less than three people waiting on lil ole me and it got kind of confusing When they dropped the check off I was taking my time it was not busy so I was not tying up a table or anything and one of my army of servers came over to take it up before I even had a chance to put my credit card down nnThe bad the side I had The cucumber salad Since cucumber salad is the new hiphappenin side du jour I would like to ask all the burger joints to have a sit down and decide how it should be made nnThis one was not good The cucumbers had some weird sweet taste to them And the vast majority of the cucumber salad was not in fact cucumber it was raw onion Ack Go for some other sidennThe ugly the burger I am sorry to have to say that I wanted to like it I really did I had The Bruiser a blackened patty with mushrooms horseradish sauce onions lettuce and blue cheese Sounds yum rightnnBut noooooo First there was so much blue cheese on it it killed the rest of the flavors But just to make sure I had no possible chance of tasting the meat they doused the burger with about a gallon of horseradish sauce It came gushing out the sides and it was clear from the getgo that I was going to need to eat this puppy with a fork or a hazmat suit The onion kaiser bun was DOA from all that goo nnTheres also the issue of blackening Normally this means a little spiciness Perhaps it was the killer cloaking combo of blue cheese and horseradish but I am thinking that the blackening spice used here was salt BlechnnFinally I ordered the burger medium It came out overdone And I am not convinced the meat quality was all that good either based on what I could see after I used a trowel to scrape all the crap off the burger nnIt makes me sad that a cow gave her all for that travesty of a burger Seriously a huge disappointment nnId go back if my dinner companion insisted but I would definitely go for a much much simpler burger or something else altogether But what is the point of going to a burger joint if the burgers are not up to snuff