Jus Burgers
You know you’re doing something right when the queue for takeaway is snaking down the footpath.
Perhaps vying for a slice of burger glory in Perth, Jus Burgers is good example of so called ‘junk food’ done well.
Located in Leederville, it has become the touchstone for quality meat between two buns.
Ingredients are sourced locally, with particular emphasis on Western Australian produce. I may hazard a guess that most sources of food (sans meat and grain) would come from the metro area. You have Turkish bread from Vic Park, fruit and veg from Morley and chippies from Bibra Lake. Local produce means two things:
1) the distance from the produce to your plate is reduced, delivering fresher ingredients;
2) less distance equals less carbon footprints.
On the menu there are various takes on the humble burger (enter cheese, bacon, onion etc). You have wagyu beef, lamb, kangaroo, borewors, fish. Then three veggie options: vegan, chickpea or pumpkin to satisfy any table-thumping militant vegetarian (such as my partner). Meals range from less and $15 with lunch specials hovering at $10.
It’s ludicrous to think companies ship fruit and veg across the Nullabor in hulking refrigerated semi-trailers.
“To market, to market to buy a fat pig.” What ever happened to those days?
On a side note, try Stella Bella Chardonnay with The Bokka (Borewors Burger). It was a OMG taste moment. Nothing like skipping a NZ Sav Blanc for another local hero.
Do it local and do it right.
Jus Burgers
743 Newcastle St
Leederville 6007
Perth, WA
Phone: 08 9228 2230
- Finalist in Restaurant and Catering Industry Association Awards - Best New Restaurant of 2009
- Winner of Sunday Times – Cheap & Healthy Eating Awards
- Winner of I LOVE FOOD Awards 2009 - Best Hamburger in Australia
December 7th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
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December 7th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
I am addicted to their roo burgers, they rock my world.
December 16th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Great article!
I think you may find that, with some more research, that locally sourced food does not automatically mean lower carbon footprint.
Case in point….20 local trucks vs 2 less local trucks.
Local food just enhances local ties and ties between the resto. and the providore.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Readers may be interested to know that less than a fortnight after this entry was posted, Jus Burgers opened a second restaurant in Subiaco. Just across the road from the train station, it’s a bit bigger than the Leederville one.