Two Burgers That Make Mondays Better

BY TAMARA PALMER

I’m grateful to Selby’s for extending an invitation to experience a playful new Monday night special called Burgers & Burgundy, which offers two different burgers and a chance to try a rotating selection of what the restaurant calls “unicorn Burgundy wines.”

The burgers are what enticed me most to go check it out — I knew how good they are at owner Bacchus Management’s San Francisco restaurant, Spruce, and my high expectations were exceeded. Each burger comes with a significantly different price tag, and they’re both well worth trying.

Despite my routine exposure to great wine in the course of my work, I admittedly don’t write much about it or have much of an aptitude or vocabulary for it, but I could feel the thoughtfulness of the pairings and the wine was luscious.

The restaurant offers a different Burgundy flight each Monday ($28) as well as glasses of rarities that are usually only offered by the bottle here.

The flight from a few Mondays back, to give you an idea.

The first of the two burger options: Selby’s Burger with Comté, special sauce and seeded bun ($21)

Black Label Burger with époisses and Australian black truffle ($50)

If the picture up top makes you feel as lusty as it makes me, you’ll want to order your burger medium rare.

Set in what looks like a two-story mansion from the outside, Selby’s is a beautiful and elegant room to dine in, and I look forward to returning to try more of the menu, which features a lot of classic decadence.

Selby’s, 3001 El Camino Real, Redwood City