text: Kudos to Tessaro's for cooking my burger the way I ordered it.  Most places won't give you a \"medium\" burger; it usually leans toward medium well, at best.  Tessaro's took a liberal approach to medium and it fared more toward medium-rare to my surprise and delight.  So for that, hooray!  And it definitely was the plumpest, juiciest burger I've had in a looonnngg time.  \nThat said, I really wasn't as impressed as I thought I'd be.  I thought I liked my burgers pure and untainted, but here I found myself wanting a little more flavor.  I guess it just tasted a little bland.  The homefries, also a little bland.  \nI don't know...maybe my expectations were too high.  Despite being underwhelmed by the food (by no means dissapointed), I loved the atmosphere.  It was cozy and bustling and unpretentious, and the service was spot-on.  Once seated, we didn't have to wait for a thing.  Our orders were taken immediately, our drinks arrived at our table within a minute of ordering, and our food arrived in a reasonable amount of time.  \nGood to know: They won't seat you unless your entire party is there.  In this case, it was just my husband I was waiting on.  That was a little annoying...but understandable considering how busy they are.\n\nDefinitely a solid burger worth the praise and the totally reasonable price!  I probably won't go out of my way to go back, but I'd definitely take an out-of-town visitor for a meal there and it's a definite stop if I'm in or near the neighborhood.