We all love our children, right? We want to feed them the best food possible. We also want to live long and healthy lives. Right? So if you have to eat cheeseburgers, wouldn’t you rather eat the ones that have been prepared with 100% USDA-certified organic, grass- fed, free-range beef that has been freshly ground on premise? How about having delicious fries that have been fried using heart-healthy olive oil? What if I tell you that you can have all of that, and eat it in buildings that are LEED certified to be environmentally friendly and non-hazardous? Elevation Burger, with its two existing locations and two additional ones planned for Northern Virginia in winter of 2009-10, is the place for you and your family.

I visited their Falls Church location during a lunch time rush on a week day and I could not believe the number of customers that packed the restaurant. The crowd was a good mix of business lunch goers and moms with their young ones. Staff is very friendly and helpful. You can have your choice of healthy soft drinks made with pure sugar cane or the usual Coca-Cola products. I tried their Elevation Burger that is served with double meat patties and double cheese (real cheddar), a Veggie Burger that had a fire roasted taste and french fries. I selected from a variety of toppings that are available including caramelized onions, pickles, ketchup and mayo. The difference of taste comes out with the quality of ingredients used in the construction of the burgers and the fries. The patties are flavorful and the melted cheddar actually tastes like a slice of cheese. The Veggie patty could have fooled me into thinking that I was eating a beef cheeseburger easily. And the fries tasted like the ones that my mother used to fry in olive oil for us when we were kids in Istanbul.