The RFT strains its credibility with this review. The burger at The Royale (one of my favorite bars, BTW) is very poor. The patty was clearly frozen and thawed--like the kind you get at Applebees. The vegetables were cut too big. Fat onions, chunky pickles, big slab of lettuce. Made it very hard to eat and it all just fell apart, including the day-old bun it came on. Came with room temperature mushy fries. I laugh every time I drive by the "(One of the) Best Burger in St. Louis!" sign out front.