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Elevation Burger eyes nine more Philly-area locations
posted by Drew Lazor
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Philly food bloggers are just starting to talk up Elevation Burger, the sustainably minded burger/shake joint that opened in Wynnewood (50 E. Wynnewood Road, 610-645-7704) over the Fourth of July weekend. Check out Fries With That Shake and Foodaphilia for the first local takes on the place.
Since we know you’re curious about the future of the brand in Philly, Meal Ticket just touched base with Michael Berger and Christopher Lambert, who oversee development for the Arlington, Virginia-based company. Here’s the deal: There are two separate franchise groups in this region that plan opening a total of nine more EBs within the next four years — they’ll be in West Philly/U-City, Center City, Cherry Hill, Princeton, King of Prussia, Willow Grove and West Chester.
Elevation lets franchisees handle the exploratory portion of securing real estate. (EB does, however, have final say on locations.) Franchisees are provided a geographical pinpoint in each city or town, out from which they can search for potential locations within a one- or two-mile radius. (To give you an extremely rough idea of where the city-bound Elevations will land, the Philly pinpoint is where Walnut meets 76.) No hard addresses to report just yet because no leases have been signed, but Berger and Lambert expect three local EB locations to be set in stone by the fourth quarter of 2009. We’ll let you know when plans become official.
Founded in 2002, Elevation’s built its reputation on supporting environmentally sound practices and local/sustainable agriculture. Though they acquire their grass-fed/free-range beef from a single source, all produce (with the exception of potatoes) is sourced from local farms within the proximity of each restaurant. The hormone-free milk for their milkshakes comes from a farm in Lancaster. Building/construction materials and techniques are green, as well.
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Great…love this place and the way Elevation Burger makes the food with grass fed/organic beef and fries cooked in olive oil, I can eat this every week. Bring it on!!
Wow ! What a concept. I will look forward to those other locations or may just drive from Northern Liberties to Wynnewood to check it out ahed of time !
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How are their Oreo Milk Shakes organic?
Hi Joe, thanks for your comment. Elevation’s Web site states that their beef is organic; it does not make that claim for all of its ingredients.