Your new favorite burger, at a Strip Mall

Patty Palace8oz. Burger Bar opens in North MiamiWe're not anti-strip mall. We like craptastic fast food and used sporting good stores just as much as the next guy.But we never expected ground beef perfection at North Miami's notorious strip mall on Biscayne.Migrating east from California, 8oz. Burger Bar serves up the area's best burger.Don't worry, the mallrats have been exterminated. This rustic faux farmhouse with a casual outdoor patio oozes charm with funky pig and cow drawings on the massive chalkboard. You know, just in case you weren't sure what you were here for.Which is the the drippy, juicy house blend Melrose burger, cooked over a wood burning grill and topped with wild baby arugula, garlic roasted tomatoes, and red onion marmalade. (Melrose is a reference to Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, so it's fitting that they'll go all Hollywood on us and play movies on evenings and weekends.)Skip popcorn for the fried olives everyone is raving about, paired with Magic Hat #9 or another of their 15 draft beers.Like we said, we're warming up to strip malls by the minute. 8oz. Burger Bar14815 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami(305) 830-19908ozburgerbarmiami.com Price: 2 (out of 4)Noise: 2 (out of 4)Parking: LotBest bets: Melrose burger; fried olives; black garlic hummusScene: Local lunchtime gourmet burger feastersHot seat: At the bar in front of the large screenNearby: Duffy’s Sports Grill; Norman’s Tavern; Kitchen 305