Here is one of the two or three best hamburgers in the city. Beyond that, the menu includes other popular American eats: chicken wings, fried mozzarella sticks, salads, fried seafood, and a daily special. In season, they have boiled crawfish and shrimp, too. Nothing stands out like the hamburger, though.
The people who opened this place (1994) came out of the Port of Call organization, and wanted to expand on the idea in a more accessible location. They have succeeded. Hurricane Katrina put eight or nine feet of long-standing water here, forcing a renovation. The place reopened sooner than anyone guessed it would be, and was one of the triggers for the amazing revival on Harrison Avenue's restaurant row.
Like most great hamburger specialists, the Lakeview Harbor feels like a bar. The actual bar and its inevitable televisions are over here; the tables are over there, by the windows. It's almost too dark to read the menu. There is neither a harbor nor a view of the lake. But the customers make the ambiance convivial and happy.
Get the hamburger and a beer, even if you're too old to be eating many hamburgers. It will remind you of your college days. This is not a fast-food hamburger; it takes what will seem like a long time to come out.
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