Lit up like Costco? Check. Flat screen televisions everywhere you turn? Check. Ninety-nine percent of the appetizers deep-fried? Check. Just under twice as many desserts as salads? Check. Gluttony-minded portion sizes? Check. Welcome to Blazing Onion, Gig Harbor's newest restaurant at Uptown, the city's answer to upscale shopping and dining. Blazing Onion is a burger bar on steroids, offering 25 creative varieties with unusual toppings - olive tapenade, Thai peanut sauce or fried egg, anyone? - and more than 16 beers on tap. 

The wild boar burger tasted earthy, very rich in iron. Cheddar melted down the side; coleslaw was interesting on it, and the fried, lightly breaded onion straws were so right. We felt our arteries tightening. The burger was delicious in a tasty, greasy, meaty way that made our hearts leap. The barbecue sauce and the BOB sauce (27 ingredients strong) made for one nice tang.