text: As a loyal former patron of Harveys Wineburger for over years I can now announce that the change of ownership in the past year or so has murdered the magnet that kept customers coming back their hamburgers A good friend was in Harveys in the past month and ask me to go there with him today He said on his previous visit he got a lousy hamburger and suspected something had changed His assessment was quite accuratennThe first thing you notice when the burger is delivered is that the bun has shrunk and that the burger patty has become perfectly round as compared to its jagged predecessor and flattened maybe preformed and frozen The first bite discloses the sad news the meat is tasteless rubbery and absolutely nothing like the burger that has kept the joint in business plus years Astonishingly you can no longer taste any hint of wine in the burger My guess is that the rubbery consistency of the meat they OBVIOUSLY have changed their supplier andor grade rejects the wine poured on it like water on Bullfrog sunscreen nnWe had heard about the ownership change several months ago with someone commenting that oriental owners had taken over The smaller microwavedtasting bun and the Birkenstock meat are clear signs the new ownership has resorted to use of cheap ingredients specifically the meat the landmarks staple to squeeze more profits while raising prices that are unrecognizable to Harveys regulars nnIts quite sad This was one of my favorite places in Phoenix a wineburger and a game of pool never crowded that old dive charmand hands down in the top best burgers in town Apparently the new owners believe all they need is a year reputation Good luck with that I will not be back