Mr. Fables Olive Burger With Cheese | Ballistic BBQ | Copycat Recipe
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2020
- The Olive Burger was made famous by Mr. Fables in Grand Rapids Michigan. Unfortunately, Mr. Fables closed their doors in 2000. I found this recipe a couple years ago online and the reviews say that is is spot on. So, Michigan I give you the first Mr. Fables Olive Burger Video on the web! Enjoy!
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Mr. Fables Double Olive Burger with cheese
makes 2 burgers
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1 lb 81/19 ground chuck
3 tbsp chopped green salad olives with pimento (about ten whole olives)
2 tbsp Helman's Mayonnaise (Best Foods on the West Coast)
2 tsp olive juice
2 pieces iceberg lettuce (not the white part; must be green, and not the very-outer green part)
2 slices of tomato, large enough for one to cover the bottom bun
2 slices Kraft American cheese
2 white buns
Heat griddle or frying pan to 350 degrees. Mix the olive juice with the mayo. Split the chuck into 4-4oz VERY FLAT patties and cook them on a flattop or griddle. They were not charbroiled... Place a slice of cheese on two patties and top with the other patties, like you would two double cheeseburgers. Place buns in the microwave for ten seconds to warm (do not toast or grill the buns). Stack each bottom bun with one slice of the lettuce leaf, one tomato, a tbsp of the mayo, and a tbsp of the chopped olives. Place burgers on top of the condiments, top with the top bun, and enjoy!
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3 large yellow onions, peeled
5 1/2 cups Drakes Crispy Frymix
1/2 tbsp paprika
1 qt water
Deep fryer or pan with foodservice frying oil (can be found at any foodservice warehouse or provider)
Heat deep fryer or pan with oil to 350 degrees. Slice onion into 1/4 to 1/2 inch rings, removing the centers. The rings should be at least 2 inches in diameter. Mix paprika into Drakes mix and add water. Mix well. Dip onion rings into batter and add to fryer one at a time, making sure that the rings are completely covered. The handle of a teaspoon works well for this purpose. Fry rings until golden brown.
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I used to practically live at Mr. Fables. I used to hang for hours drinking coffee and studying for college classes and I used to drive school bus and took my breaks between runs there. I remember that they had different levels of heat on their grill. They kept the burger meat in balls and when they got an order they would splat the burger ball on the lower heat grill and would start to flatten it out with a large spatula. Once they got it flattened(and it was flattened out so the burger would actually rim out from the bun all the way around), they would move it to the more hotter part of the grill with a flip. Then after a min. or so flip again to the hottest part of the grill and add the cheese if called for. I also remember that the mayo sauce was not runny. The used to prep an entire tray with lettuce leaves, the mayo sauce and the chopped olives. It seemed like they only used about a scant tablespoon of the sauce and maybe one and a half to two teaspoons of the chopped olives. Because they flattened out the burgers so much and basically cooked them fast, they were done all they way thru and the finished burger didn't sit so high and was easier to bite into. Sure was delicious...especially with their awesome Onion Rings. It was quite sad when they went out of business. One of the few places that even comes close to what it was is Mr. Burger. P.S. I actually live across the street from one the Mr. Fables former employees.
Being from G.R. And eating at Mr. Fables growing up. I can say this is nearly spot on and yes those burgers were delicious.
Just saw the video! Fantastic! I worked at the Mr. Fables in Burton Heights on South Division right before Alger St. from 1984 to 1989 and had a great time there. By the way, you can still get the ingredients today! We ordered all of our food at Gordon Food Service...kid you not!! Don't know if it's still available but it was the hot spot and I'm more than certain if they wouldn't have changed the name to Fables Innkeepers and changed ownership, Mr. Fables would still be around today and have the best burgers around...hands down!! 🍔🍔🍔🍔
Hey... that's my recipe! It's the same recipe that I came up with for the Filling Station restaurant in GR back in 2008 (when Randy Perrin, of Perrin Brewing fame, owned the place), and had used it at various restaurants that I had worked at prior, as a "special". Once I left the place, I shared it on Top Secret Recipes. I worked at three different Mr. Fables restaurants from 1986- 1991 (54th St, Standale, and Wyoming), and tried to approximate the "recipe" as best as I could over the years. One thing that I forgot to put in the recipe is how to prepare the patties. The grill cooks on the front line would place the balled-up meat on the grill, and push it down a bit. After a few seconds, they would flip the patty and smash it down flat on the grill, flipping it after a minute or so. The burgers cooked very quickly this way. We always placed the "card" (lettuce, tomato, mayo, and olives) on the heal of the bun, although some locations may have done it differently. We stored the buns, in the bags, in a heat drawer, and didn't grill them at all.
Nice to see this recipe go worldwide. Thanks for giving it a go!
Mr. Fables had the best grease in town. A Mr. Fables olive burger and an order of onion rings. Best meal hands down and again the best grease hands down.
It was so sad when the one in Jenison/Grandville closed. That burger and those onion rings were the best. Place smelled like heaven.
My husband was a manager at one of the Mr Fables stores early 70's. There was no olive sauce. Chopped olives were piled on top of the mayo. The burger got plopped on top of that. Olive juice and burger juices seeped down into the mayo giving you the taste of what many people think was a sauce. But there was no secret recipe as there was no sauce. My husband did say that Mr Faber (one the owners) was very particular about how it quantities and quality of toppings. So that also contributed to overall taste.
Great info. GR native here and ate there a lot. Onion rings were unbeatable. As I recall the meat was in round balls dropped and smashed down. (Actually got hit by a bit of flying meat while ordering). 80/20 meat perhaps? No better burger on the planet.
you are correct. and the other secret was. wait never mind. i am not going to give that secret
up, i will post a video, but it makes a big difference in this burger
Sir. Thank you for this nod to Fables. I worked there as a burger flipper throughout high school at the 54th street location under the name “Otis.”
What you are making is a Mr. Fabulous or Mr. Fab.
Couple things...
There was no olive juice. We had trays of these prepped. It was a leaf of lettuce and a slice of tomato with one spoon of Helman’s and a spoon of chopped olives. The burger meat was balled into trays with an ice cream scoop and promptly smashed on the grill. Culver’s patties are exactly like the ones we had at Fables. Good on the steamed bun, that is spot on as the drawers did that in their bags. The last thing is cheese. There was a slice on each patty. I would cook the burger and toss it on a bun. If busy, we handed it off to the lineman who lovingly placed a lettuce setup on top. It was wrapped in the silver foil paper with blue lettering, then stuck with a frilly toothpick. We we liked you, we accidentally wrapped it in the red or yellow lettered wrapper and forgot the toothpick. This accidentally gave you a nice discount.
If you ever want to recreate this, let me know!
Thanks for the info and reminding me what it was like when we ate there in the 80's. Sounds like different Mr. Fables restaurants used different brands of mayo. Barry who commented above said they used Kraft mayo at the one in Big Rapids.
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Mr. Fabulous (Mr. Fab). The olive burger was single patty, no cheese. I worked at Mr. Fable's for 5 years (high school and college). Never got sick of the food. They had the best onion rings ever.
I just made this Burger. It was FANTASTIC. Thank you for the recipe. I am going to make this a for the Family.
Well hello there from GRAND RAPIDS. "The Filling Station" located in GR makes the "Fab" burger still. Your burger build is spot on! We love olives on our burgers here! And believe it or not, there's many ways to build an olive burger. Keep up the good work! Love your burger builds. I really liked the peanut brittle burger with the gastric sauce! Outstanding!!!
Thank you, Mitch. One thing I love about doing these regional burgers is the information and techniques I learn personally. I probably would have never tried an olive burger if it wasn't for the request I got. It proves the words I always tell my picky son to be true. "If you don't try it, you'll never know what you're missing." Cheers brother!
My wife's family is from Grand Rapids and when I've visited they brought me Filling Station burgers. So good!
Sadly, The Filling station has been sold to Mr. Burger and their menu no longer includes the Fab :(
@@lorrietewksbury1808 This broke my heart.
@@lorrietewksbury1808 If you order the "Mr O Deluxe", it's pretty much the same burger...
Thank you for showing me these nice Burger. Happy new Year to you and best wishes from Germany 👍👍👍
Nice job!
I’ve been a picky Mr Fables fan ever since I was a kid and even got my first real job there. I worked at the Northland Drive location and have a couple things to make it right.
1) the meat starts in a ball and we chuck it at the brittle hard then smack it with a heavy spatula before flipping it. The cheese bonds the meat together since it’s falling apart after that.
2) we put the buns on the grille often to toast it with the grease.
3) from bottom to top: bun, burger, cheese, iceberg as heat shield, tomato, mayo mix, olives, top bun. That kept the mayo cool and olives away from the hot meat.
For when you try it again!
So cool. Thanks. My family went every Wednesday night to the Michigan St. location when I was growing up for their fish fry, onion rings, and Mr. Fab’s. My dad was friends with John Boyles, the “bles” part of Mr. Fables. It was Faber and Boyles, two last names put together.
You just sparked a memory. Now that you mention it, I remember that the mayo and olives were cool and now that I think about it, thats one of the things that made it so good. Thanks!
Now that is a burger, packed full of flavour. Hope you have a Happy New Year. Cheers, Greg!
Thank you for this. Grew up on Mr. Fables. Miss them so much. Looks just like I remember 💗💙💛can't wait to try it!
The Adobe, back in the 90’s....you’d get a burrito the size of a Prius for $5! The bun basket...studio 28....😢
Believe in music!!!! 😂
I worked at Mr. Fables in Big Rapids from high school through college, back in 19 (mumble, mumble). I can't figure out where people got the "special sauce" idea, as we used Kraft mayo straight out of gallon jars, chopped olives, also from gallon jars (we went through a lot of both!), fresh lettuce, and fresh tomato for the single patty Deluxe, and the double patty Mr. Fabulous (The Fab!). Cards (trays of 12 bottom buns with lettuce and tomato) were prepped ahead of time, and the top buns were kept in bun warmer drawers. The beef was formed into balls with an ice cream scoop, and kept in pans. We had one pan next to the flat top grill. Customers could tell us how they wanted the meat cooked, no spices were added unless a customer requested it, and that's when we added the mayo and olives to the prepped bottom bun. As for the onion rings, I think you can still get Drake's Mix in stores. We got it in 50 pound bags. Went through a lot of that stuff too! Mr. Faber's and Mr. Boyle's legacy.
Thanks for the info Barry! The Mr Fables in Jenison never asked how I wanted my burger cooked but it always tasted great anyway.
Barry, I don’t suppose you worked at the Standale location? I worked at Great Day Foods circa 19 (mumble, mumble), right down Lake Michigan Dr. After the store closed on the weekends the crew would all head over to Mr. Fables for burgs and milkshakes. They’d put us far in the back, away from the regular patrons cause we were loud! I’ve been on the west coast for many years now, but I always get nostalgic thinking back on Fables, Yesterdog, North Kent Mall, roller skating at Terry Hall, Media Play, Believe In Music, Studio 28, and hanging out with musicians at Kick N Ass. Music. … [sigh] Fun Times.
YUM! Thank you for highlighting a Michigan tradition. Halo Burger in the Flint region has been making olive burgers since they were originally known as Kewpee. You rocked this! I prefer olives over pickles on a hamburger any day.
I’m 3 miles from the old Mr Fables at the corner of 54th and Division in the Grand Rapids area…. Dude this is spot on, I’m trying it!! Thanks for a throwback!!
I made this according to your instructions. It literally brought me back to 1988…thank you for making this video!
Awesome looking burger Greg ! I’ll be in GR this summer. Your shirt is great !
Great burger, I love that you're able to bring amazing burgers back to life. I love the shirt!!
Thanks, Brian! Glad you like the shirt too. I was hoping people would it. Cheers!
Love the new shirt Greg! Looks like another great regional burger.. I’ll have to try this as my wife loves olives
Thank you, Darrin. I was laughing at myself when I came up with that shirt idea. Cheers and Happy New Year!
I ate there all the time, food was great, especially the onion rings....good video!
Thank you John!
I'm from Michigan and this is pretty faithful to the iconic Michigan olive burger. I would have also added a bit of ketchup on the upper bun and a few dill pickles. Bravo! Thanks for sharing!
Huge Mr. Fable's fan here, you did a good job and this is the guide I used.
Thank you very much, Robert! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Got your cook book for Christmas Greg, keep up the amazing work!
I appreciate the support! Cheers!
Yum great video! Love me some olive burgers. I’m also from Grand Rapids 👍
Oh man 😋 the flavor combos there had to be glorious. I love olives and that juice into the mayo is genius too. Reminded me of a Giardiniera relish I buy here locally when those chopped olives were under the burger at the end. Cheers, brotha! 🍻
Thanks for stopping by Mike! Cheers brother!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have missed the Mr. Fab since I moved from Michigan to North Carolina! Loved these burgers when I was a kid !
Just came across this video! And I’ve been a subscriber to Ballistic BBQ for a few months now. I guess I didn’t look back far enough to see this video 😂. I am also a GR native transplanted to the south (Tennessee) and although I never got the Olive Burger at Fables, I was a big fan of their regular burgers and fries. It was a very sad day to see them close when they did.
The Choo-Choo Grill is still around though! That was and will always be my favorite burger in GR and anyplace else.
Very cool to see a west coast Burger fiend tackle a Mr. Fables classic! Thanks man!
@@furnitureconsortium I'm also from the GR area ! I grew up in a little town called Jenison!
Looks good to me! Seeing those chopped olives reminds me of a Dayton, OH based small pizza chain called Marions. It's a very unique thin crispy crust type pizza and all the vegetable toppings on top are also chopped. They have a very good fine ground/chopped sausage too and the pizza is cut into small squares. I've never been able to find a copycat recipe of it but it is really good. That can be a challenge for you, research that and try to recreate it!
That burger look's crazy good man. I'm new to your show your doing a great job I have to order one of thoughs ballistic Mojo's, got to try to make some of these burgers you do .
I always watch your videos .. those burgers look so delicious. Back in the days I used to make the patties with eggs, tomatoes, onions .. but last time I decided to go a head and do it your way, 20-80 good meat, and just salt and papers for seasoning, and it turned out amazing .. everybody was in doubt of this way of making a patty, but I just didn't care, cuz I took the way from a BBQ Master :D
We have adopted your White Castle burger recipe in the customers love it. I'm going to try this one
Looks awesome. Going to have to try this.
Your t-shirt is on point. Love it. That was a great looking burger Greg. Cheers.
Hmmm, that looks so good, yummy, like!
It is good! Thanks for stopping by!
Ah, so good! Fables sure got a lot of our business 👍🏻
I'm having burgers tonight I'm going to try this thank you! Looks great as all your other burgers
Olives, beef and cheese.. that just has to be good. Might fry up some slices of salami to sneak in there.
Good show, and hey love the shirt!
Merci pour cette appétissante recette
Greg, really good description of the taste profile on the burger, but you have been dropping the ball on the beer pairing feature :-) Too bad you have so much sun and t-shirt weather. You must be missing the overcast skies and snow on the ground here in the midwest. Love your work!
Looks amazing! I love a good double olive burger with cheese. I miss Hot N Now! I’m gonna try making this tonight
Still a Hot N Now in Sturgis, Mi.
Love the sound of the addition of the olives. The saltiness and texture should go really nice with the beef. Not tired the lightly steamed buns, but might give that a go too. A nice easy recipe for a different burger
This was my first olive burger and the combo really works!
Being from the west coast I’ve never heard of Mr Fables. So when I first saw the title I groaned “Not another meatless burger”. I was pleasantly surprised to see the burger. It looks very interesting and I’ll give it a try. You’re really rocking that shirt.
LOL! I had never heard of them until the request either Paul. Cheers brother!
Alright the shirt made me laugh out loud! Love the channel!
Another great looking burger Greg!
Fabulous Burger 😍 it was the namesake of the Mr. Fables restaurants. I might be able to figure a way of getting some pictures to you. Thanks 👍
Great history and very sad that they closed their doors. I guess The Filling Station picked up the torch. Cheers Mark!
Greg, you giveth Burger, I taketh Burger:)... love that bun warmer. lol good job.
LOL! Thanks for stopping in Brother-Tommy! Cheers man!
You have very good ideas
Yum , so delish ! thanks Mr Greg
Thank you for watching Henry!
nice as always !!!
Close but they started with Hellmans heavy mayo so theirs was a little thicker. But the heavy mayo is only available in the 1 gallon size.
I would like this burger! I love green olives! I'll sit and eat olives right out of the jar with slices of sharp cheddar!
Yeah, Rus! It's difficult for me to stop eating olives once I get started. Cheers brother!
Looks great
I add olives to my burgers all the time. Delish!
That looks delicious.
Now you should find the recipe for Fable's Onion Rings. I loved those more than any of their burgers. And their burger were fantastic.
Thnx for the recipe Greg, looks really tastefull with the olives :-) Really do like that awesome 80/20 T-shirt your wearing :-) Greetings from The Netherlands
You need the Fables Onion Rings to go along with it. They used Drake's Crispy Fry, still available through Amazon. Create a semi-thick batter and dip and fry.
Great looking burger as always Greg! 🍔
Thank you for watching Scott!
Mr. Fables used to smash the beef paddy(a ball of ground beef) on the griddle. A Smash burger. Besides that looks spot on.
Very good Greg!
Thank you, Marcelo!
Mmmmmm ... Olives......
Great Looking Burger
I left Grand Rapids after Mr. Fables closed their doors...😂😭🤣
Thanks Greg!!
I dig the shirt brother!
That’s a nice looking burger!
Aw, now I *have* to run upstairs and grab a few green olives to snack on tonight. That's a unique burger. I wonder why it isn't well known around the heartland.
Or here in SoCal! Cheers Dan!
Looks pretty good but been awhile... Miss from my youth Cupie's Drive-In the original Fables... Red Lion and original A&W too Dog & Suds... carhops on roller skates, window trays and B&W TV... Roll-up windows would be nice... with a chocolate malt. Happy Days:
You nailed it, yummy 😋
Thank you William!
Gonna definitely try this
Thanks for watching Sage!
Oh boy
Thanks for watching!
Love your videos Greg. I always get hungry watching them. That burger you made with Harry was nuts! Pitmaster Burger lol. But I'm a HUGE burger fan. I ate a Whataburger mushroom swiss burger with au jus sauce and grilled jalapenos about 30 minutes ago. Have you done a Whataburger copycat? That would be awesome. The sweet and spicy bacon double cheeseburger is killer. Nice job on the video graphics. 👍
I will be heading off to Oklahoma here soon. I'll check out that Mushroom Swiss Burger. Thanks John!
I don't get what people see in Whataburger. In N out is so superior in my opinion...
Came for the burger...stayed for the shirt. Where can I order the Ballistic Bun Steamer?
LOL! Thanks, Justin! Cheers brother!
His name is Jason. Lol
Ldunk lol
Looks good🍔 Streaming the buns is a great idea. Would this work with black olives?
I'm sure any olive would be great Brenda. Cheers!
A Fab and Ring. Yummy. I grew up on them...
You’re back!
I am! I had some home repairs I needed to do after the holidays.
I miss walking down hill and across grand river to eat a famous Mr Fabs oliveburger
Interesting combination, olives on a burger 👍
You need to do an Australian style works burger, with either rib fillet steak or burger patty, bacon, grilled onion, BBQ sauce, egg, grilled pineapple , cheddar cheese, tomato, pickled beetroot, lettuce.
The Australian Style Burger (with the works) is the ultimate definition of "interesting combination!" It is on my list and I WILL be doing an Aussie Burger!
Looks great of course. But being a southerner I’d have to use Dukes mayo. Haha. Always makes me hungry. Sheesh thanks Greg...
Watching this while eating my own version of an olive burger.
Going through some old posts and came across this. Those were great burgers b
Thank you for taking a look at the older stuff!
If you also put a nice thick slice of onion on there you won't be sorry. Mmmmmm that sure looks good. Russ' in Grand Rapids area also makes a good olive burger.
That was Mr. Fables signature burger, the Mr. Fabulous.
My son said: I want to go there so this mister makes me one :-)
That's cool! Thank you Josip and tell your son I'd love to cook him a burger.
cheese and two Patties were on the Mr. Fabulous !!
I love olives on my burgers, I thought I was the only one, lol.
You have millions of burger brothers and sisters in Michigan. Welcome home! :P (funny thing is growing up I just thought it was something people did everywhere lol. Didn't find out about regional differences til later in life)
My father would probably like this one; he's an olive fan. For those wanting an easy way to warm/steam a bun - simply seal it in a Ziploc bag and put it in the microwave for about 8-15 seconds. It works well as long as the bun is at least semi-soft. A quasi-crouton will not be restored.
Thanks for stopping in!
I was a major Fables fan growing up. You missed one KEY thing that made Fables burgers unique. As soon as they hit the griddle, the cook would smash them down with a wide spatula so the burgers got thin and wide. They cooked fast on a very hot griddle. The burgers always overextended the edges of the bun!!
Thank you. This was a tough one for me when it came to the research. I couldn't find any videos, only articles and nothing really mentioned technique or anything. Did my best with what I had to work with.
@@BallisticBBQ I can tell. Try smashing the patties super-flat next time and see how you like 'em. FYI - the burger chain called Smashburger seems to have taken a cue from Mr. Fables!
@@RobertCassard I love ultra-thin burgers! I've done a copycat of a Redhot Ranch Burger on this channel, which is basically trowelled onto the flattop, and on my other channel, I did this: ua-cam.com/video/VIG0xzVGe10/v-deo.html. Cheers Robert!
@@RobertCassard One of the founders of Smashburger is Tom Ryan, a native of Grand Rapids. Not a surprise.
@@albundy666 Makes perfect sense. Thanks for that tasty tidbit!
Hello Louanne are you here ? Hello. can anyone hear me, hello ? Louanne are you here... are you in the domain respectively ... The burger looks great by the way !!
Olive burgers are awesome.
Stella's in GR has a Mr. Fabulous burger. Not the same, but a nice nod.
Mr. Fables did help it become popular. But Kewpee Hamburger is what started it. West side was Mr. Fables and East side still is Halo Burger. Yours is one of the best non Michigan olive burgers I’ve seen. I make them all the time and love them.
Mr Fables restaurants started off as Kewpee Hamburgers restaurants in GR.
@@k8aik8aiKewpee was a chain the Boyles owned a franchise of. So they didn’t invent anything.
Did they grind their burger? I remember it had just the right amount of grease.
Yum
Thank you!
That looks so good but that's why I subbed long ago. Negra Modelo!
Great video! I hope one day you will copy the Jim's Frontier Burger from San Antone!
I'll look into that one!
Suggest an Arch Deluxe build please!
Regular burger (never frozen), not lean, balled up using a ice cream scooper, smashed flat. Regular american cheese. No salt/pepper added. The kit goes on top (lettuce, tomato, mayo and olives). Very basic white bun, in a heated drawer.
Maggie's restaurant in Cadillac Michigan has an awesome olive burger but they use cheddar cheese
And unfortunately it looks like they're permanently closed. Very sad. Fuck covid.