Best Cheeseburger on the Island?

[tedgarner]

Sounds like it might be worth a try for us. Any ideas about what his hours are?[/QUOTE
I passed by at 6:30 last night and he was just opening.

 

[BobsCozumel]

I've had the Cheeseburger at Bob's, back behind the Plaza, and it was delicious. However, I came home with a rather bad stomach bug, which I attribute to eating that delicious medium-rare burger. A course of Cipro cleared it up, but it was a miserable trip home, with several rushed trips down the airplane aisle racing to the bathroom (and hoping desparately that it wasn't occupied). I no longer eat burgers in Mexico - a burger that's well-done just isn't worth it, and a medium-rare burger in Mexico is too great a risk.

Thank you for trying BOBs Cozumel and I'm glad you enjoyed the burger. I am so sorry that you had a stomach bug while in Cozumel! We take great pride in making sure all of our meats are handled correctly and maintained at a constant safe temperature, not to mention our delicious recipes. Please let me know when you are back on the island - BOBs would love to have you over again!

 

[dflaher]

Well, my first ever week in Coz has unfortunately come to an end. Thanks to all who positively contributed to my cheeseburger question. Because of the number of great restaurants that don't serve cheeseburgers on the island, I was only able to try the one at Rock N Java, and it was delicious.

Not to turn this into a restaurant review thread, the other places I dined were:
La Choza (only place I went to twice) - great chicken mole
Rolandi's for pizza and garlic bread
El Piqué for tacos al pastor
La Perlita for 2-1 lionfish - I had the ceviche and the coconut style, and yes I took some 'home'
Mega for take-out rotisserie chicken. Thanks Scott and Dina for the great idea.

For the many places I didn't get to, that's why there is next time. Like the Italian place across from the Bahia with an Abbey Road mural on the wall. How cool is that?

Cheers,
Dan

 

[ggunn]

Well, my first ever week in Coz has unfortunately come to an end. Thanks to all who positively contributed to my cheeseburger question. Because of the number of great restaurants that don't serve cheeseburgers on the island, I was only able to try the one at Rock N Java, and it was delicious.

Not to turn this into a restaurant review thread, the other places I dined were:
La Choza (only place I went to twice) - great chicken mole
Rolandi's for pizza and garlic bread
El Piqué for tacos al pastor
La Perlita for 2-1 lionfish - I had the ceviche and the coconut style, and yes I took some 'home'
Mega for take-out rotisserie chicken. Thanks Scott and Dina for the great idea.

For the many places I didn't get to, that's why there is next time. Like the Italian place across from the Bahia with an Abbey Road mural on the wall. How cool is that?

Cheers,
Dan

If you don't leave you can't go back.

The coconut lionfish at La Perlita was a gastronomic high point of my last trip to Cozumel. I'm looking forward to a repeat in a few weeks.

 

[Mossman]

Thank you for trying BOBs Cozumel and I'm glad you enjoyed the burger. I am so sorry that you had a stomach bug while in Cozumel! We take great pride in making sure all of our meats are handled correctly and maintained at a constant safe temperature, not to mention our delicious recipes. Please let me know when you are back on the island - BOBs would love to have you over again!

I doubt he'll be coming back, but I'd love to try a medium-rare burger there. After all, the only large-scale outbreaks of the "bad" E. coli (H157, the kind that causes hemorrhagic fever and kills people) have been in the U.S. and Japan. I'd much rather have a case of the runs than have my brain bleed, and shame on DjDiverDan for using Cipro to kill a minor tummy bug which the body should be allowed to deal with on its own terms. Using a broad spectrum antibiotic on traveler's diarrhea is the equivalent of using an AK-47 to swat a fly and it's just as dangerous for us bystanders since it's exactly this sort of misuse of antibiotics that is causing so many antibiotic-resistant bugs to flourish. According to wikipedia, even if he had the killer E. coli, "There is no evidence that antibiotics improve the course of disease, and treatment with antibiotics may precipitate kidney complications."

Besides, it's unlikely that your meat caused his tummy distress. Usually, if one were to get sick from eating a burger in Mexico, the blame lies squarely on the mayonnaise, which for some reason, many Mexican burger cooks don't believe has to be refrigerated.

 

[DjDiverDan]

Bob'sCozumel, I will be back, but not for the Cheesburger thanks. The hospitality was great.

And Mossman, it was NOT just a minor tummy bug, as you suggest, nor was it the Mayo - I don't put Mayo on Burgers or Fries. And the course of Cipro was NOT self-prescribed. It was prescribed by my physician after appropriate medical tests, including a stool culture. So, next time you feel like diagnosing my illness, let me know ahead of time and I'll be glad to share a stool sample with you.

 

[Darol]

dflaher asked:

I'm not sure why, but I often crave a cheeseburger after a morning of diving. In a few days I'll be at Suites Bahia. Any great places nearby for a tasty burger?​

Easy, the Money Bar, and the fries are awesome as well.....

 

[PeterNBiddle]

There is a way to eliminate the e. coli risk: grind your own beef. E. coli only inhabits the surface of beef, which is why steaks are safe cooked rare because the outside gets seared. Problem with ground beef is that all the surface bacteria gets blended in with the rest of the beef and then propagates if the beef is left at room temperature.

Not exactly.

E. Coli comes from inside the digestive tract. (Various types of it are in your digestive tract right now.) It winds up on the outside of pieces of meat through haphazard butchering. Most E. Coli die in open air quickly, so the best way to infect meat is to accidentally cut into the GI tract, slop the liquid contents onto some meat, then immediately toss that meat into a grinder and make hamburger.

The reason steak - even raw steak - rarely kills anyone is because it never had any contact with E. Coli in the first place.

 

[Mossman]

Not exactly.

E. Coli comes from inside the digestive tract. (Various types of it are in your digestive tract right now.) It winds up on the outside of pieces of meat through haphazard butchering. Most E. Coli die in open air quickly, so the best way to infect meat is to accidentally cut into the GI tract, slop the liquid contents onto some meat, then immediately toss that meat into a grinder and make hamburger.

The reason steak - even raw steak - rarely kills anyone is because it never had any contact with E. Coli in the first place.

I never said otherwise. I just skipped the part of how it got to the surface of the beef. People don't want to hear about haphazard butchering.

If the E. coli-laden liquid contents, and they're not always liquid, were slopped onto beef that was then used for steak, it could be just as dangerous. Point is, only the surface of the meat is ever affected. Liquid contents of the GI tract do not sink into the meat, so the meat inside is safe. The E. coli only inhabits the surface of beef, which is kind of what I said. Again, since that E. coli will only be on the surface, if you grind your own meat, you only need to trim away or sear the surface and you should be fine.

For those who are more interested about how E. coli gets into hamburger meat, I suggest Fast Food Nation and you'll hear from Bruce Willis about "poo in the beef".

---------- Post added March 9th, 2013 at 06:08 PM ----------

Bob'sCozumel, I will be back, but not for the Cheesburger thanks. The hospitality was great.

And Mossman, it was NOT just a minor tummy bug, as you suggest, nor was it the Mayo - I don't put Mayo on Burgers or Fries. And the course of Cipro was NOT self-prescribed. It was prescribed by my physician after appropriate medical tests, including a stool culture. So, next time you feel like diagnosing my illness, let me know ahead of time and I'll be glad to share a stool sample with you.

What was the verdict on your bug? I only gave a stool sample once, when I got salmonella back in college. I'm curious what the doc said you had.

Plenty of doctors are guilty of misprescribing antibiotics, I never suggested you were self-medicating. Sorry for the implication.

Also, it still doesn't mean it was the burger's fault. Your doctor couldn't know that without testing the actual burger.

 

[DjDiverDan]

The diagnosis was Staphylococcal (sp.?) enteritis. I remember because after I got better, I got a call from the Dallas County Health Dept. - apparently this was a "reportable disease" under Texas health code. I do understand that it might not have been the burger, but this was nasty enough that I'll avoid any possible risk factors.