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National Mechanics Veggie Burger: Bursting With Freshness

Dubbed “the single greatest veggie burger in the known world” in their advertisements, Old City’s National Mechanics delivers a distinctly fresh and flavorful vegetarian sandwich that lives up to the bravado.  Hardly a traditional faux-meat patty, this collection of julienned vegetables is bound together and smothered in jack cheese, served on a fresh Sarcone’s sandwich roll.

The sandwich holds together remarkably well, compressing into a compact and vibrantly flavorful bite.  The recipe is a tightly guarded secret, with a fictionalized backstory dating back to Mayan mathematicians and shamans passing the recipe down through dreams and wild hallucinations.

What we do know is that the vegetable medley is julienned and softened to perfection, still just crisp enough to offer a substantial bite.  We identified carrots, zucchini, squash, mushrooms, broccoli, and red peppers, though we can imagine there are other culinary treasures hiding within.

Be warned, though: one bite of this veggie burger and you will never be able to look at the beige frozen patty the same way again.  We’d almost prefer they rename the sandwich, so as not to ruin it for every other “veggie burger”.

National Mechanics
22 South 3rd St. Philadelphia PA 19106 (Google Map)