Eddie’s a culinary school graduate and a veteran Chicago line cook. After working in Barcelona, Bologna, and way too many fine-dining kitchens, he decided to try and create a situation where he could carve out a living and still make it home by 6:00 so he could eat dinner with his family every night.
The Burgers: We use only American beef– USDA choice chuck. Never frozen. We cut and grind the beef for our burgers every morning, right here in the restaurant. Nothing’s added to it until we shake some salt and pepper onto the meat as it cooks. That’s it. We’re also pleased to offer locally-raised and/or grassfed beef as an upgrade option.
The Fries: Hand-cut, twice-cooked potatoes. We do’em about ten different ways, such as Garlic Fries, Angry Fries, Old Fries, Cheese Fries, and Buffalo Fries. Always made from just fresh Idaho potatoes, sea salt, hot oil, and care, so even if you like’em just plain with ketchup, they’ll be great.
The Shakes: Nothin’ fancy here. Vanilla ice cream, hand-dipped, blended with milk and stuff like Oreos, peanut butter, or real bananas on an old-fashioned Multimixer spindle machine. These old machines blend more slowly than modern blenders, which yields a smoother, creamier finished product, due to less air being whipped in.
We love Edzos! We don't get there often enough but my kids love it. They just asked me today if we could get a milkshake at Edzos! Seriously the best burgers, fries and shakes around!
I love Edzo's! I've eaten here a number of times and try to get something different each time. The milkshakes are amazing, be sure to try the Nutella shake, even though I don't usually like Nutella, this shake was to die for!
The burgers are amazing, super fresh and juicy. My 13yo daughter described the meat as "clean." I'd have to agree, it is so fresh and pure, it stands alone. I believe they grind their beef on site. The charburger is done in a way that the juices are sealed in until you bite it, then OMG!
My husband and I sneak off to Edzo's about once a month for lunch and split a burger and loaded fries. At first we didn't like the cheese, that is until we realized it was REAL cheese, not some fake, processed "cheese" food. What a difference!
Eddie is almost always at the counter and is super friendly and loves his customers.
A word of warning, the hours are short and the lines are oftentimes long. Seating is limited, but the customers and staff are super friendly. Edzo's is well worth the wait!
I have to admit I am a burger girl but these days a good burger is hard to find but I keep on searching. As part of my quest my 10 year old and I stopped into Edzo's in Evanston yesterday for lunch. We arrived a bit before noon and avoided the lunch rush. My son had the kid's meal - burger, fries, and a drink for $4.89 (they do have other options). The burger was their 1/4lb. grilled burger (great that it is not char. broiled as he never would have eaten it). I had the 8oz. char. burger - it was nice and juicy and messy and tasty. I also ordered the garlic fries which too were very tasty but to "spicy" for my son. While we were waiting for the food my son pointed out that 1/3 of the items on the menu are french fries done in different ways. I wish I could have ordered a "french fry sampler" :) The staff was on their toes and friendly.
