A TALE OF TWO BURGERS

Last year and for many years before that there was a restaurant on Main Street in Nantucket called "The Even Keel." We always enjoyed going, inside, outside or take out.  They lost their lease or the owner retired or something and at the beginning of summer a new restaurant was doing interior renovations in preparation for opening.  It eventually did.  It is called MET on MAIN. We ate there before and enjoyed out meal.  Tonight, we went for what is known as 5 dollar burger night.  At the end of season, in order to keep open, more than one restaurant on island does these kinds of specials.  Kitty Murtaugh has a great 5 dollar burger deal.  We figured that the MET would step up to the  dinner plate on this special night to serve up their usual 14 dollar burger for 5 dollars, just like Kitty's does. A real bargain.  Au contraire.  What they did was serve a mini version with none of the fixings.  We ordered two tonight and sat at the bar for a half hour waiting for our meals to be served by the nice bartender.

Not only were they small, they were ordinary.   The price was as advertised.  $10 Total, which on Nantucket during high season would be practically FREE.  We give the food quality a 6 out of 10.  The service (not our bartender's fault) a 5/10.  The restaurant was nearly empty when we arrived and the manager said we would have a 15 minute wait.  Not enough wait staff apparently,  Not enough cooks.  Not enough meat in the burger. Not ready for PRIME (beef) time.  Skip this restaurant's end of season burger special.  It's not worth the wait.  Even the bill took a long time to come because the computer was frozen.  I think they have an absentee owner and it shows.