Supersize me! Restaurant offers 338-pound burger
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:14 am
There's no word on how this burger might actually taste - and how would you try to serve something like this????
Supersize me! Restaurant offers 338-pound burger
By The Associated Press
6:20 a.m., Oct. 21, 2011
In a Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 photo provided by Mallie's Sports Grill in Southgate, Mich., children stand next to a 338-pound "Absulutely Ridiculous Burger" at the sports bar. The 3-foot-high sandwich packs 540,000 calories, takes 22 hours to cook and sells for $2000. Manager Jason Jones says it comes with fries and a drink. (AP Photo/Mallie's Sports Grill, Mike Matkin) NO SALES — AP
SOUTHGATE, Mich. — A Detroit-area restaurant has cooked up another giant burger.
The Detroit News reports ( http://bit.ly/oU0PdF ) that Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate made a 338-pound "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger" on Thursday. A crowd of people gathered to salivate over the unveiling of the massive $2,000 menu item.
The 3-foot-high sandwich packs 540,000 calories and takes 22 hours to cook. Manager Jason Jones says it comes with fries and a drink.
Over the years, Mallie's has drawn attention for cooking up monstrous burgers. In 2008, the restaurant produced a 134-pound burger. Six months later it made one weighing 164 pounds. In 2009, it built 186-pound burger and in January it created one that topped the scales at 319 pounds.
There was no word on how the burger tasted.
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Information from: The Detroit News, http://detnews.com/
