The Food: 3.5/5 Stars
Boomerangs takes the idea of building your own personal burger and gives it a slight twist. You begin with your burger (1/3 pound burger starts at $8.99) and choose ingredients to mix into the meat. That's right, they're throwing away the idea of toppings and replacing it with mixing the ingredients in with the meat; don't worry, toppings aren't completely done away with and still exist, so you don't have to worry about finding lettuce and tomato mixed into the beef patty. The burgers are good, but they lack in a few areas. The ingredients are cooked in with the meat which means that you have inconsistent bites of flavor. Some bites are amazing and you get a taste of all the flavors, but other bites (especially around the edge of the patty) just taste like beef. And that's even if you can taste the beef. The buns are too thick and negate much of the flavor of your burger. The buns are good, but they need to be thinner as the thick serving takes away from the burger. The onion rings are worthy of a mention. The spiced onion rings are tasty and have enough of a kick, just make sure they you let them know you want them cooked thoroughly-- some of our orders, the batter was undercooked and tasted too much like flour.The Drinks: 5/5 Stars
It's tough to beat $10 pitchers of beer. And I'm not talking about macrobrew piss trying to pass itself off as beer or happy hour prices. Boomerangs offers this deal all day Monday and Tuesday and it's tough (well, not really) to look past their wine and martini offerings and stick to throwing back pitchers of beer. Good beer too! Boomerangs make sure it has a wide variety of beers from Moose Drool (a favorite brown ale) to Red
Rocket (red ale) to Stone IPA (India pale ale for those who have never moved past wine coolers).The Atmosphere: 4/5 Stars
It's easy to drive past this place because the building is nondescript and blends into its surroundings, but being on a corner, it's easy to give directions to find it (even Asian females wouldn't have a problem finding it, that is, if they decided to come, not that I'm singling anyone out). There is a small garden inside the courtyard which is unique and there paintings hanging on the walls are for sale, giving it a community feel. The restaurant is 2 floors and the seating is spread out, so you never feel crowded. The waiters/bartenders (owners I believe) are fabulously friendly and more than willing to help out with any request (finding extension cords to charge electric vehicles and preempting requests for pitcher refills). I wish I had taken a picture of what one was wearing, because it stands out the most as far as decorations go.
Overall: 3.5/5 Stars
Boomerangs is a neat place to check out. They offer unique burgers that aren't the best, but tasty. $10 pitcher specials are tough to find anywhere, and I doubt such a deal can be beat in San Diego. The staff is extremely friendly and willing to accommodate any needs (the fore-mentioned effort to make sure the electric vehicle could get plugged in). Go for a burger on a Monday or Tuesday and you'll find some excuse to reward yourself with a cheap pitcher
of beer.
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