Great Burgers, Wines That Phoned It In
Shrewsbury Street · Worcester · Gourmet Burger Bar and American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 26, 2026
RagingWine reviewed The Fix Burger Bar’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The Fix is here for burgers, and it knows it. The wine list reads like an afterthought tacked onto the back of a very good beer menu — a handful of house pours, nothing that asks anything of you, and nothing that rewards exploration either. If you walked in hoping to crack something interesting while working through a loaded patty, you're going to be disappointed.
The list leans entirely on mainstream California and international value plays — House Cabernet Sauvignon, House Chardonnay, and a rotating sparkling that seems to be Prosecco on a good day. There are no producers named, no regions called out with any pride, and no signal that anyone in the building spent more than twenty minutes curating this. The gap between what the kitchen is doing with their burgers and what the wine list is doing is genuinely wide. You'd expect a place this dialed-in on food to bring even a fraction of that energy to the bottle.
Somewhere between four and six options depending on the night, all of them safe to the point of being anonymous. The House Cabernet and House Chardonnay are the anchors, and the Prosecco shows up occasionally if you're lucky. There's no rotation worth tracking, no chalk board with something interesting — just the usual suspects, poured and forgotten.
House Cabernet Sauvignon — $12
If you're drinking wine here, this is your least-bad move. It's not exciting, but a big red with a burger is a legitimate combination, and at $12 a glass it won't leave a mark on your evening the way some of these markups might.
Rotating Prosecco
Nobody orders bubbles at a burger bar, which is exactly why you should try it. A cold glass of Prosecco against something salty and rich — a loaded burger, some seasoned fries — actually cuts through in a way the Cab won't. Catch it when it's on.
House Sangria
At $11 a glass for what is essentially a pitcher-drink built on entry-level red wine, the math doesn't work in your favor. You're paying a significant premium for fruit and sugar doing the heavy lifting. Order the beer instead.
House Cabernet Sauvignon + Return of the Mac (Mac & Cheese Burger)
The richness of macaroni and cheese packed into a burger needs something with enough body to stand up to it without getting lost. The House Cab is blunt enough to hold its own against all that fat and starch, and at least gives you the feeling of a proper wine-and-burger moment, even if neither is particularly remarkable on its own.
The Bottom Line
The Fix earns its reputation on the burger side of the menu — the wine list is just not part of that story. Come for the food, order the beer, and save the bottle for another night.
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Occasional
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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