Happy to report I lunched this day at the reopening of the only remaining Hamburger Hamlet - in the Oaks of Sherman. I'd read yesterday that today was the day so I was there at eleven-thirty as the doors opened for me and five others. Severs are great and attentive, menu has many of the Hamlet's classic items back (there was concern that when it reopened it would no longer BE the Hamlet), decor is the same but freshened up a bit, and the new owner/manager worked for the Hamlet's original owners, Harry and Marilyn Lewis, from the time he was twenty-one, so he knows his Hamlet history and better still respects it. I had the number 11 (bacon cheeseburger) and a bowl of the lobster bisque. For decades the lobster bisque was, in fact, crab bisque with no lobster at all in it. Well, today there were lobster bits aplenty and even though they say it's a mix of lobster and crab, I never actually tasted any crab - just the lobster. It's lovely to have our old friend back. The manager and I chatted and he's a really nice chap. The always amusing thing is that 90% of the people crying about "end of an era" "I'm devastated no more Hamlet" "this is terrible!" when this closed several months ago, actually hadn't been there in decades. That's the way it always is - they just want to chime in and hear the sound of their own voices these folks who still live here but don't feel the need to support restaurants with history. Hopefully now that it's back they will get off their lazy butt cheeks and support it so it does well. I, for one, am glad it's back and in such good shape.
