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Burger joint serving alligators and pythons and beavers: 'Oh my!'

March 1, 2013

Bull City Burger and Brewery brewpub, a fast casual concept based in North Carolina, is celebrating its second annual Exotic Meat Month. Going by the motto, "I never met a meat I wouldn't eat," BCBB is serving burgers made with exotic meats, including caribou, python, elk, ostrich, beaver and alligator, according to a company press release.

Throughout the month different types of burger meat will be featured, rotating daily or weekly depending on the scarcity of that meat. Each time a new type of meat burger is available, it will be posted on the website and on the Bull City Burger Facebook page.

Cece Lopez, head of all things culinary at BCBB, along with owner Seth Gross, have been working for two months to source exotic meats for this month-long celebration. Some of the meats are so difficult to get, there may be as few as 12 burgers available. The idea is to show that a burger is not made from only beef, to learn about other cultures and foods consumed, plus have a little fun, Gross said. T-shirts commemorating the event will be available for sale, but customers who eat any six exotic burgers in March will earn a free shirt.

The burger joint, Gross said, embodies the farm-to-fork philosophy.

"If it's on the menu at Bull City Burger and Brewery, we most likely have made it from scratch or bought it locally," he said. "We grind N.C. pasture raised beef daily, make the buns, make the mustard, the mayo, make the bacon, pickle the pickles and stuff our all-beef hotdogs. No corn syrup, no added hormones, no antibiotics,  and we focus on making the best burgers and hot dogs we can produce."

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