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HERE’S THE BEEF

Ouch! $9.46 for a cheeseburger, fries and drink. [Back Talk Blog “Restaurant talk: Burger Spot”]

—SMITO, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

Just ate there for lunch today. Great service, food was terrific and if you go, don’t miss the funnel cake fries for dessert — so delicious! My kids loved their corn dog bites and the regular, thin fries are perfectly seasoned. The family who opened this is from a long line of success

Celebrity Bakery fame — so everything is very fresh. So glad to have them in the ‘hood!

—LH MOM OF TWO BOYS, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

We went Sunday. Enjoyed the food, but enjoyed the owners more. Very nice folks and I certainly wish them the best. Definitely a little pricey, but the burger was good (would love a buffalo option).

—CBS, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

Glad to have the Burger Spot open now to replace Coach’s Burgers, which is definitely closed (for lease signs in the window). We’ll have to give it a try soon. Can’t have too many good burger joints around, and I second the buffalo option.

—JASON, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

POWER OUT, UH-HUH!

In the 10000 block of Shadyview, we have been without power since late Thursday night/early Friday morning, but our neighbors across the street have power. It’s now 48 degrees in our house. We have not seen a single Oncor truck in our neighborhood. When I tried to call in last night, I was disconnected by their automated system because I didn’t have my “ESID” number from my electric bill. Hello? I have paperless billing, and no power. How am I supposed to get my ESID number?! So frustrating.

—MEGB, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

We got power at 7 p.m. last night — 71 hours without power [Back Talk Blog “Power, anyone? Record Snow has us in the dark and cold”]. I feel as though my neighbors and I were unwitting participants in a reality TV show like “Survivor”. After too many power outages in this neighborhood we are pricing whole house generators. I am most frustrated with the lack of communication from Oncor. After 24 hours without power there should be a way to be escalated to a live person to get an estimate of when power is to be restored or even just to vent. I guess there will a run on meat at the grocery store today while we all restock our refrigerators and freezers.

—ANON, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

Oncor trucks showed up late last night. Apparently, they spent the night butchering trees and then left. No activity and no power as of this morning.

—ED, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM

My street and the street behind me did not have power from Thursday at 9 p.m. until Sunday at 6 p.m. I heard the Oncor truck go down my alley so I followed it. Turns out a neighbor had a few small branches that fell into the power line. The homeowner came out when he heard the power saws and wasn’t very happy about the trimming going on, and couldn’t have cared less about fellow powerless neighbors. And he didn’t have power either! We all have to look after our own trees; we can’t wait for Oncor to do it for us. And yes, there has to be some improvement to the customer service at Oncor. They’re not providing a retail product to the consumer, so they just don’t care. And if you call your energy provider, they just refer you back to Oncor. I smell a problem here.

—LH NEIGHBOR, VIA ADVOCATEMAG.COM