No - really.
Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go throw up…
Well at least they’re honest and, judging from the number of patrons, popular!
I wonder if Morgan Spurlock would have survived for 30 days in there.
Aside from the lard-coated bread (WTF?) the rest of the burger looks pretty good actually. Assuming the meat patties actually have meat in them and not just puddles of meat fat, I think it’d be worth a shot.
A place near where I work does a much smaller version with normal sized patties, where you get 2 juicy home-style lamb patties, double cheese, double bacon (german style, double-smoked bacon), and bbq sauce (no lettuce). It’s a thing of beauty.
To be honest, I’m expecting that the Heart Attack burgers are probably more about cramming in calories to make a point than actually making delicious flavours, but if I had the chance to put it to the test, I definitely would.
The waitresses might give me a heart attack before the food even arrived :eek:
My mind is boggled.
It’s unhealthy, of course, but I just didn’t think it looks very nice. Add to that the really tacky presentation of the concept and the whole thing is genuinely sickening.
I can sympathise with the idea of really big eats to treat yourself, but this is more like competitive eating, where volume and calories are the primary concern, not enjoyment.
burp
And I thought the servings at Juniors were big.
Four half-pound patties? A thing of beauty. Wow.
I’m sorry, where were the burgers?
I didn’t see anything besides the waitresses.
Ok, seriously, 2lbs of beef? Unnecessary. The single and the fries did look good, though. (Even though I had to watch the video twice, just to find the food.)
Finally resolved my exact problem with it.
It’s just a desperately poorly executed implementation of an idea that is actually quite interesting and possibly a little promising.
It’s a shame to see an idea wasted like that.
How so Mangetout? If you were executing this idea, how would you do it?
Oh man, Bill Geist cracks me up!
The food looks horrible, for a start - The burgers look like tall heaps of vomit. The fries look OK, but that industrial neon-orange liquid cheese-food <shudder>
The medical theme is novel, but I think it’s done in a tacky and annoying fashion - I don’t have a better idea for using that concept, so I would drop it in favour of some framework of luxury or indulgence. Maybe I’ve completely missed the point on that side of things though - maybe it’s just that the whole ‘har har, our food is going to KILL you!’ thing leaves me cold.
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/
If you’re over 350 pounds, you eat free. Talk about encouraging unhealthy habits… haha
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I think it’s incredibly awesome. The burgers too. But I could never finish a quad or even a triple. I’d go for a double, even at the risk of the scorn of those hottie waitresses (whom are so hot they must be paid really well to be employed at what amounts to an expensive burger joint).
I’m with Mangetout. There’s plenty other very unhealthy things I’d rather see on my plate.
Oh. my. gods.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I got me a road trip to DEATH!
I’m a judgmental bitch, but it makes me kind of sad to see kids eating there. Not that one burger will hurt them, but why give them the taste for that much fat? Would McD’s fries taste a little flat after trying fries deep fried in lard?
Also, that’s the only restaurant that I would be embarrassed to walk into (or maybe more to the point, out of) and I’m at most 10 pounds overweight. I would feel like I had just given everyone in the universe the right to judge my every little roll of fat.
Yeah, I was aware of the contradictory nature of my stance when I posted it. But sheer volume at the dire expense of aesthetic qualities just isn’t one of the directions in which I seek to extend my experience of eating things.