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Heart Attack Grill Stays True to Its Name

By: alex.chrum, February 16, 2012 in Food and News. Closed Tags: , .

The infamous Heart Attack Grill is flooding headlines this morning after a customer suffered a heart attack while indulging in the restaurant’s signature 6,000-calorie Triple Bypass Burger.

The Heart Attack Grill, a Las Vegas restaurant featured on shows such as the Travel Channel’s “Extreme Pig Outs,” prides itself on serving food “so bad for you it’s shocking.” Quite ironically, the hospital-themed establishment features “nurses” (waitresses) who take “prescriptions” (orders) from the “patients” (customers).

A publicity photo for the Heart Attack Grill featuring their Quadruple Bypass Burger

Their menu contains four items: the Single, Double, Triple and Quadruple Bypass Burgers. “Patients” have the option of adding slices of “unadulterated” bacon, bacon that has not been drained of the grease from cooking fat. Each burger has, respectively, five, ten, fifteen and twenty slices of bacon, along with American cheese, red onion, tomato and special sauce. Their “Flatliner Fries” are deep fried in pure lard, and their “Butter-fat Shakes” are made from high-calorie butter fat cream.

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290-pound Man is Too Fat for Seating at White Castle

By: ann.taylor, September 21, 2011 in Food and News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

All Martin Kessman wants to do is enjoy his White Castle burgers in the comfort of a booth at the fast-food joint. The 64-year-old stockbroker from Nanuet, NY is devoted to his White Castle burgers, but has become increasingly mad at the fast-food chain for repeatedly ignoring his complaints about the seating arrangements that don’t seem to support a person of his stature. Weighing in at 290-pounds, Kessman doesn’t think of himself as an exceptionally large man, and claims he hasn’t had any problems finding comfortable seating in other fast-food chains, but White Castle burgers are what his heart desires.

Martin Kessman

No White Castle for you!

Kessman’s first complaint against the company came in April 2009 when he hit his knee against a table’s metal support. This prompted him to write a letter to White Castle’s headquarters to make it known that there weren’t tables and chairs to accommodate a person of his size. White Castle responded to three of Kessman’s letters, each enclosed with coupons for free hamburgers and a promise to expand the seating.

Apparently enough was enough for Kessman, who is now claiming that the uncomfortable booths that have yet to be fixed are a violation of the civil rights of fat people. Not to be confused with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. So, who is in the right? Should Kessman and others of his size be allowed to use the judicial system to acquire larger booths at fast-food chains, furthering their waistlines? Or, should fast-food chains own up to the fact that it’s their food that is contributing to the ever-growing waistlines of their devoted customers? Either way, White Castle should have at least thrown in a few coupons for hamburgers with cheese.

Easter Sunday: Eggs, Wearing White and an Increase of Breaking and Entering, Candy-Wielding Vermin Nationwide

By: Zack Stovall, April 22, 2011 in Food and Holidays. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

"Happy Easter, guys. Happy Easter."

Today is Good Friday, the day that reminds some people of the death of Jesus of Nazareth and reminds everyone to be jealous of friends who get off work or school today but to be pumped about a diabetes-inducing amount of candy that will be devoured hastily on Easter Sunday in two days’ time.

Many families get together to mark the Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus, and mark it in a variety of ways, namely eggs. The origin of the tradition of hunting eggs is not clearly defined, but most believe it to be derived from the symbol of an egg being the beginning of a new life (reflected by Jesus being alive again, as well as the Christian tradition of being “born again” upon conversion to Christianity). Traditionally, simple chicken eggs were painted or dyed, and yes, hidden from children to be discovered later.

It’s my personal guess that parental authorities were tired of their stupid children not finding these eggs and leaving them to rot and reek of sulfur in their yards, but somewhere along the line, candy eggs, either made entirely of chocolate or fake eggs encasing other candy such as jelly beans, were also included to reward children in their quest for more eggs. Then, somehow, a rabbit got thrown into the lexicon. Rabbits are notoriously fertile creatures, so with the new birth theme intact, you can see where one would derive it. But we’ve already got the eggs, and rabbits don’t hatch any of them and I would have feared the entire holiday would spiral out of control…if I weren’t too busy stuffing my face with Cadbury eggs.

Oh yeah, and you get to start wearing white again. White symbolizes purity and innocence and is therefore symbolically representative of Easter, but who’s making all of these rules about when I can’t symbolize purity and innocence? If I want to wear my faux Polar Bear fur coat I got for Christmas, why should I get picked on by some old lady about it?

Anyway, Happy Good Friday and Easter.

Meat-Only Dukan Diet: FINALLLY A Diet To Which I Already Unwittingly Subscribe

By: Zack Stovall, April 19, 2011 in Celebrities, Food and Medicine. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Ron Swanson and the Dukan Diet : Peas and Carrots

Diet fads and trends come and go. The no-carb Atkins diet was all the rage in the early part of last decade, and my mom used to do something called “The South Beach Diet,” which never involved going to South Beach. Like the weight of those who subscribed to these diets, these fads tend to fluctuate, fall out of favor and most die off as soon as the next new weight loss gimmick, outside of conscious eating and an active lifestyle, comes along.

But that was before the Dukan Diet. That was before we saw the light.

The Dukan Diet, which relies on a heavy intake of pure protein found in my favorite food group, the meats, originated in France and a book detailing this dieting philosophy is due out next week. To further the hype, in England Kate Middleton, who later this month is marrying Prince William in a royal wedding to be viewed by millions of people worldwide, has been rumored to have lost a tremendous amount of weight in order to slim down for her wedding by employing the Dukan Diet. “THAT’S where I lost Prince William! THAT’S what I’ve been doing wrong!” said a lonely Price William fanatic/cat enthusiast woman in Santa Claus, Indiana.

The diet has four steps, in which you are gradually able to accept other foods outside of strict proteins into your body, eventually eating nothing but meat only one day per week. But why even incorporate other foods? If it ain’t broke, DO NOT FIX IT. I don’t know about you, but I and my friend Ron Swanson have been utilizing this all-protein lifestyle for sometime now, and I could not be any-….

…sorry, thought I was having a heart attack there. I could not be any healthier. So for those looking to slim down for the summer, maybe the Dukan Diet and a slab of ribs is just what the dietitian ordered.

Starbucks Announces Redesign of Iconic Logo

By: Suzanne Obszanski, March 10, 2011 in Food, Shopping and Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: .

Starbucks, the largest (and best) coffee brew master in the world, announced a re-design of the famous logo on the company’s 40th birthday.  The logo redesign is the 4th installment of the famous sea-goddess.  Apparently, the goal of the re-design was to “not only refresh the mark but to free the Siren from the ring, allowing her to be treated more artistically.”

Starbucks announces redesign of iconic logo on the company's 40th birthday.

I know, I know.  You’re probably wondering what the heck a Siren has to do with your beloved coffee drink.  In Greek Mythology, a Siren was a sea nymph, part woman/part bird, who lured sailors to destruction.  And by removing the “ring” with the Starbucks logo, she is FREE at last!  Yipee.  I’m still not so sure what it has to do with my coffee either, other than the fact that her picture appears on the cup that I throw away when I’m finished.  It used to say Starbucks on it, but now it doesn’t.

Regardless, the new Siren logos will first appear on the cup of your tasty beverages and other paper goods in the store beginning in March.  Other logos may take longer, as changing the signs on 16,500 stores nationwide is a mounting task.  Starbucks hopes that by unleashing her energy – that mojo – will keep them inspired for the next 40 years.  And as long as they keep making delicious coffee drinks that keep me hopped up and wired all day long, I don’t really care what they do with the logo, or their mojo for that matter.

Happy birthday Starbucks!  Happy drinking to me.

Taco Bell or Wedding Bell? ¿Por Qué No Los Dos?

By: Sam, May 11, 2010 in Food. 0 Comments Tags: , , .
The newly married couple enjoy an artfully silhouetted kiss beneath the glowing Taco Bell logo.

It's every little girl's dream...

The weather is warming up and love is in the air as wedding season is upon us again, and with impeccable timing, this Consumerist post is here to remind us that celebrations of love can happen just about anywhere. As the post points out, an admittedly “offbeat” couple got hitched at their local Taco Bell in Normal, Illinois. What the post fails to highlight though, is that the ceremony took place in January 2009. Still, love knows no bounds, not even time.

Although their wedding was held in a Taco Bell, it should be noted that the couple still enjoyed the presence of friends and family, and the helpful staff decorated the dining area with streamers and balloons. Since the couple met online (she’s from Australia but they already had the same last name) it’s only fitting they were wed by a t-shirt-wearing friend who was ordained online. All this romance for under $200, and they still managed to get some pretty nice pictures taken. In fact, looking at that Flickr set makes us think that a wedding on the cheap at Taco Bell might not be so bad. It looks like they got cinnamon twists, so it can’t all have been bad. In fact, just knowing you can have a wedding at Taco Bell is going to make our next plate of rubbery wedding chicken that much more painful. Maybe we’ll head out early and hit the drive-thru on the way over just in case.