FANCY a Louisiana burger? Two smashed patties topped with American cheese, grilled bacon, pickles and salad before being drizzled with burger sauce and placed on a toasted brioche bun?
It sounds and looks mouth-watering!
This is one of the award-winning burgers on the menu at Chuck Wagon by Taylors Kitchen – the winner of Wirral’s Best for Burgers 2023.
Each week, we will be searching for the best Wirral has to offer in different categories and we’ve given out 19 awards for 2023.
The winners so far:
Best for Hair – The Hair, Beauty and Nail Lounge
Best for Pies – Pies4U
Best for Nails – Ebony J Nails & Beauty
Best for Roast Dinner – Fox and Hounds
Best for Cocktails – Shaker Shaker
Best for Breakfast – Twenty Sixteen
Best for Fitness – Matt Colligan
Best for Fish and Chips - SelFish
Best for Tattoos – Nomad Ink
Best for Pizza – Pizza Mamma
Best for Pets – Sanderson Vets
Best Independent Shop or Business – Bromborough Flowers
Best for Dessert – Our Coffee Shop
Best for Beauty – Glow Aesthetics
Best for Kids – Spanish Tots and Bebes
Best Gym – Dream Body
Best Beer Garden – The Red Fox
Best for Afternoon Tea – The Coffee Shop
Voting for Wirral’s Best Café or Coffee Shop is currently taking place and we’re also looking for nominations in our latest search - Best for Curry.
Next on the menu was the search for Wirral’s Best for Burgers and Chuck Wagon by Taylors Kitchen took the latest Best of 2023 crown.
David Taylor and his son Adam originally opened the business as a takeaway on Seaview Road in 2020.
It was an instant success and, following requests from customers, they decided to open a restaurant just two years later on Liscard Road in Wallasey.
David, who is a retired civil servant and has lived in Wirral for the past 30 years, said: “We are a family-run American-themed licensed restaurant and takeaway.
“We operate our takeaway service using the Just Eat platform.
“We have developed and are about to launch our own website and Chuck Wagon app for takeaways orders and bookings.
“We are currently open five days a week - Wednesday to Sunday but from September 11 we will be opening seven days a week.
“As a proud independent business, we have an amazing menu offering starters and sides, an extensive selection of homemade American style smashed burgers and hotdogs as well as cowboy combos, salads, desserts and much more.
“Our fried chicken is prepared and marinated before being dusted in our own secret flour blend and then fried to mouthwatering crunchy tastiness.
“Our pulled pork is slow cooked for eight hours for juiciness and tastiness in our chef’s own unique spice blend.
“Our chilli con carne is also our chef’s own recipe and sticky ribs and wings are freshly prepared daily.
“We pride ourselves in our special skin-on fries loaded or drenched in red salt and not forgetting Clare’s famous creamy homemade mac and cheese with lots of delicious toppings to choose from.
“We also cater and prepare flavoursome burgers for vegetarians and vegans.”
The restaurant seats 40 people and is available to book for private functions and celebrations like weddings, baby showers and birthday parties.
Customers can choose from the traditional menu or go for the small plates option with the talented chefs working with customers to develop menus to suit each occasion.
Sunday lunch is a popular choice at the weekend and this will be revamped and relaunched when the weather gets a bit colder.
Why did David and Adam decide to go into business together? And what’s the secret to their success?
David said: “Adam worked with the Hilton group, where he gained invaluable experience with some of the country’s top chefs for 20 years.
“He wanted to follow his dream and challenge himself so was looking for something new in his career.
“We discussed opening a very small but unique restaurant, which would serve food from around the world.
“The plan was to have food from different countries every few months.
“We found the location, signed the lease and fitted the kitchen and the dining area but then Covid-19 hit.
“Adam utilised the space and opened as an American grillhouse takeaway, which instantly took off.
“Our lovely customer reviews speak for themselves.
“Customers kept telling us we needed to open a restaurant as there was nothing like it in our local area.
“This is what inspired us to look for new premises and move on to the next phase in our journey.”
So what makes the burgers from Chuck Wagon by Taylors Kitchen so special? Why did customers think they should win our latest Best of 2023 title?
Visitors to this popular place like the “quality of food” and “how friendly the service is”.
One customer said: “We were drawn to this place tonight by the amazing smell as we walked past.
“Thank goodness they could fit us in as the food was amazing!”
The meat blend from Beresford’s butchers in Liscard is specially prepared for Chuck Wagon by Taylors Kitchen and they also provide the fresh chicken and pork.
The burger buns and hotdog rolls are made to specific specification by Swiss Chalet in Ellesmere port and, where possible, everything is locally sourced, homemade and cooked fresh to order.
David said: “What we do is simple - we take the humble burger and elevate it to something special.
“Our talented chef team takes great care and pride in everything that is produced in the kitchen.
“All our takeaway food is cooked fresh to order and packaged in environmentally friendly biodegradable packaging which our customers love.
“We also take great pride in our 5* food hygiene rating, which saw us achieve outstanding in all areas.
“We only deliver to CH44 and CH45 to make sure the quality of food is not compromised.
“Our front of house team has bags of experience and personality to make the customer experience a positive one.
“People often say that they feel like they come in as customers and leave as friends.”
David added: “We were over the moon just to get onto the best burger shortlist so we are now on a different planet to have won!
“We are super proud of the team – it’s acknowledgement of all the hard work that goes in every day and we feel proud, happy, overwhelmed and absolutely delighted.
“We are humbled by our fantastic customers who have taken the time out to vote for us.
“This means so much to us and we genuinely want to thank each and every one of them.”
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