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If you’re wandering around Old North and see people walking around with burgers the size of a brick, congrats, you’ve stumbled upon the stomping grounds of one of the most underrated burger joints in the city… Jetpack’s Burgers.
This little burger truck is tucked away in a parking lot across from Ace of Cups, but don’t let the low-key setup fool you. What they’re serving isn’t just food. It’s a full-on gravitational event. These burgers are MASSIVE, juicy, and borderline addictive.
Let’s dive in.
The Jetpack Classic: Where It All Begins
Let’s start with the Jetpack Classic. Two patties, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, grilled onion, pickle, and Tony’s Sauce… all hugging together on a brioche bun. It sounds simple, but that sauce and those patties together? That’s basically a rom-com love story with a much tastier ending.
Plus, I always say, if a place can do a simple burger well, then everything else on their menu is good… that bodes extremely well for Jetpack’s.
The Jetpack Royal: For When Hunger Is a Personality Trait
The Classic is already huge, but the Jetpack Royal is like its bodybuilding older brother. Take everything from the Classic, then add bacon and a fried egg. This thing isn’t just a burger… it’s a lifestyle. It’s the kind of sandwich you need to mentally prepare for, stretch beforehand, and maybe even call your mom to say you love her… but not as much as this burger.
But Wait, There’s Chicken
Jetpack didn’t stop at burgers. Nope. They had the wonderful audacity to introduce chicken to their menu, and now Popeyes and Chick-fil-A are nervously looking over their shoulders.
Their Jumbo Chicken Sandwich is a giant fried chicken thigh (emphasis on giant) with lettuce, tomato, pickle, and house-made spicy mayo on brioche. It’s crispy, it’s juicy, and it’s unfairly good. You take one bite and suddenly every chicken sandwich you’ve ever had before feels amateur.
And don’t sleep on Wing Wednesdays. Every Wednesday from 5 PM to 10 PM, Jetpack flips the script and goes all-in on jumbo chicken wings with rotating flavors… no burgers allowed. It’s the best excuse to cancel whatever boring plans you had and get messy.
Onion Rings the Size of Saturn’s Rings
Some places give you sad onion straws. Jetpack gives you meaty, crispy onion rings that crunch with each bite.
The Specials: Where Jetpack Gets Weird (and Brilliant)
As if their regular menu wasn’t wild enough, Jetpack also does monthly specials that are basically edible art projects.
Take September’s Kimcheeseburger special: two patties, kimchi, melted mozzarella, a fried egg, soy-marinated purple cabbage, and spicy mayo. It’s chaos. It’s the fusion of Asian and American cuisines that makes my heart flutter with joy.
Or the Flamin’ Hot Burger, which literally throws Flamin’ Hot Cheetos onto a double burger with melty cheese and bacon. This burger means the world to me.
Why? Because like any other red-blooded American child, I went through a HEAVY Flamin’ Hot Cheetos phase in middle school. If this burger was around back then? They’d have my lunch money every Thursday thru Sunday!
Final Bite
Jetpack’s Burgers isn’t just another food truck. It’s a full-on burger (and chicken) experience. Big flavors, big portions, and enough bragging rights to text your friends “you won’t believe what I just ate.”
So if you’re in the Old North and are craving something that will absolutely ruin all other burgers for you… Jetpack’s is your new mothership.
Hours
- Wednesday (Jumbo Wings Only): 5 PM – 10 PM
- Thursday: 5 PM – 10 PM
- Friday – Saturday: 11 AM – 1 AM
- Sunday: 11 AM – 3 PM
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