# Don't eat at this restaurant if you want to live **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288 "2009-01-07T21:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/61 "2009-01-09T06:55:32Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > You don’t recommend the movie? Or you don’t recommend eating yourself to death? Neither. I’m undecided about the prostitutes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/62 "2009-01-09T12:04:22Z")
> [@Queen of Town](#): > > And what the hell _is_ that white shit? Lard. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/63 "2009-01-09T12:33:23Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Lard. I assumed it was mayo. Kinda like fast-food ads always show mayo dripping off a burger. Ew. I like mayo. I just don’t like it applied with a spatula. I don’t want a Mayo Burger. The only thing I want dripping off my burger–or sliding out from underneath the bun–is cheese. Re: the OP…the burgers looked kinda tasty, I thought. (I do like lettuce on my burger though.) Unless you include the Quadruple Bypass version, which isn’t even edible unless you eat it in pieces. It’s no more absurd than a lot of “overkill” burgers or entrees in a lot of restaurants/fast food places. The difference–the “sell”–is in the fact that the food’s unhealthiness is advertised as a selling point. It got the place on a national news network. I fail to see how this can be seen as a bad thing. People who wouldn’t eat there anyway won’t go there. People who WOULD go there now know about it. And the camera shots of morbidly obese guys eating there? You could find those guys at any restaurant in America, probably eating just as badly as they did at this joint. The only difference is the fact that the place has “heart attack” in its name. This restaurant won’t kill anyone; anybody who’s at risk was there long beforehand. It’s just a gimmick, and it’s a good one. We’re talking about it, aren’t we? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/64 "2009-01-10T23:59:05Z")
Helllooooo nurse! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/65 "2009-01-11T01:21:50Z")
> [@Audrey\_Levins](#): > > It’s just a gimmick, and it’s a good one. We’re talking about it, aren’t we? ‘all advertising is good advertising’ is an idea originally invented by advertising exectives. Probably shit ones. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/66 "2009-01-11T02:09:14Z")
Lard’s actually not that bad for you, as animal fats go. [It’s relatively low in bad fats.](http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/lard-the-new-health-food) Animal fat also fries faster, and penetrates less, so you get fewer fat calories, according to Russ Parsons (author of _How to Read A French Fry_). It also makes the best tasting fried food. I mourn the day all the places around here switched to canola oil. Fries done in beef fat or lard taste better by orders of magnitude. Or duck fat. Apparently the Belgians think horse fat makes the best fries in the world. Anyway, they food doesn’t look great, but I have a weakness for trashy overdone fast food, and the video made me hungry. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/67 "2009-01-11T02:27:54Z")
The food there does seem a bit greasy for my taste (particularly now that I’m trying to cut back on fried foods. However, that one “nurse” with the bobbing red crosses on her shorts… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/68 "2009-01-11T02:29:29Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > Fries done in beef fat or lard taste better by orders of magnitude. I’ve never had fries done in lard, but tortillas need lard to be at their spectacular best. I don’t much wanna go to the heart attack restaurant. But I wouldn’t mind a burger. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/69 "2009-01-11T02:59:24Z")
Eh, I’m just not feeling it. The concept is kind of cool, but the food looks nasty. And I kind of _LIKE_ a big, nasty burger - but I also like it if it tastes good. Theres a local place: [http://www.petersdrivein.com/index.html](http://www.petersdrivein.com/index.html) that makes a fantastic burger, onion rings and shakes. I’d happily go there to chow, but that’s because the food is actually tasty. I suppose if I was in Arizona I would go just for shits and giggles, but I don’t know how far I’d get with the food. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/70 "2009-01-11T05:19:24Z")
I saw the video after having a relatively large meal. It made me a little sick. I love the restaurant theme but serving only really big burgers is a bit lame. Wonder how much to have a waitress feed you 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/71 "2009-01-11T06:28:33Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > For two reasons, the first of which is that most women really don’t eat that way. Even the heaviest of us would be hard pressed to sit down to 6,000 calories in a single meal. The second of which is that the women who do eat that way are much more likely to order a bunch of pizzas for delivery or cook a lot at home so as to avoid the embarrassment of eating in an establishment that is designed to draw attention to your fat ass. I seriously doubt they have very many female customers or that hot waiters would make much of a difference. I don’t know how “most” women eat, but I’m kind of fat, and I only eat beef three or four times a year. When I do, I will definitely go for a huge cheeseburger. My “fat ass” doesn’t embarrass me at all, and I don’t sneak food in private so that people don’t see me eat. I agree that “hot” waiters probably wouldn’t make much difference, but in my experience, women enjoy junk food as much as men, no matter who serves it. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/72 "2009-01-11T06:41:04Z")
Anyone else watch long enough to hear the nurse who brought the host his burger tell him “That’s 8000 calories your about to imbibe in.” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/73 "2009-01-11T06:54:22Z")
I’m gonna go with the minority view here and say I’d be interested in trying the food there, with or without hot waiters to look at. (Although I doubt I could finish the smallest size burger on offer, my appetite isn’t that big.) I can’t decide from the pictures whether the food is beyond gross, or is actually tasty. I’ve have to taste it to be sure. I’m actually fairly picky about processed food - in my own kitchen, that is. For everyday cooking I use tons of fresh fruits and vegetables, grind my own spices, make my own bread from whole grains, rarely use meat, etc. But like **Lissla Lissar,** I have a weak spot for slumming with occasional junk food. (Actually I think my first or second post to the SDMB was a statement to the effect that an ideal snack would be Bugles and Jack Daniels – hard to get more disgusting than that.) ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/74 "2009-01-11T09:34:44Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Anyone else watch long enough to hear the nurse who brought the host his burger tell him “That’s 8000 calories your about to imbibe in.” She even spelled “you’re” wrong when she said it, I swear. Damn, surfing the dope in below-freezing temperatures really addles my brain. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/75 "2009-01-11T10:17:00Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Damn, surfing the dope in below-freezing temperatures really addles my brain. Nah, it’s living in Japan that does it. Before long you’ll be crafting sentences that will make babies cry. The subzero temperatures do not cause this condition, they merely exacerbate it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/76 "2009-01-11T11:02:15Z")
The food looks nasty, the gimmick, decor and skeevy waitresses are tackier than Elton John in a furry costume… but I gotta say, I admire the “you know what ? Fuck health.” concept behind it all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288/77 "2009-01-11T20:00:58Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > burp Ah HAH! I thought so!! 😃 I’ve had a quad bypass and I’d eat there. Not often, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-this-restaurant-if-you-want-to-live/480288.md?page=3)