Oct 31 2008
Burger Wars
Burgers are all the rage in NYC and have been for quite some time now. There’s a burger for just about every taste and budget. You can spend anywhere between a buck and $175 for a patty in this city. I thought that DB Bistro’s foie gras burger was the most expensive, but at a mere 32 bucks (n.b. during fresh truffle season, you can add 10 grams of truffles for $75 or 20 grams for $150), it’s cheap compared to Wall Street Burger Shoppe’s $175 “Richard Nouveau” burger consisting of 10 ounces of Kobe-raised beef crowned with a thick “lobe” of seared foie gras, 25 grams of shaved black truffles, and aged gruyere cheese. I’m guessing they haven’t been flippin’ too many of these bad boys over the past couple of months. What “Burger Wars” is after the jump…
Neither of these even come close to Vegas’ most expensive burger — the “Fleurburger 5000″ (you guessed it, the 5000 means doneros) at the Fleur de Lys restaurant in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. You wash this burger down with its own beverage as it comes with a bottle of 1990 Chateau Petrus served in Ichendorf Brunello stemware that you get to keep.
While we’re not gonna be trying any of those burgers anytime soon, we are gonna be tryin’ lots of burgers around the city. Everyone has a different opinion on NYC’s best burger…for some it’s old standbys like J.G. Mellon, P.J. Clarke’s or Corner Bistro, for others it’s Burger Joint at Le Parker Meridien or Shake Shack. Lately, we’ve been hearing alot about this amazing burger in Brooklyn from a small, cozy place called DuMont (Zagat 2008 Best Burger). Even Jill and I don’t agree on our favorite burgers. There are also tons of places making awesome patties that go unnoticed. For example, would you ever think that Michael Jordan’s in Grand Central makes a great burger, or that a polish 24/7 diner in the e. village is known for its burger, or have you heard about the burger at Molly’s, or ever foregone the bbq at Blue Smoke and ordered the burger instead?
We’ve decided to have a little NYC burger-off. We’re going to try and compare burgers head-to-head from different places across different categories; under-the-radar burgers, pub burgers, bang-for-your buck burgers, brooklyn burgers, steakhouse burgers (Luger’s vs. Smith & Wollensky), diner burgers, brunch burgers, ‘damn it feels good to be a burgah’ burgers…you get the idea. Stay tuned…all this burger talk has me jonesing a big medium-rare beauty. We may have to get things started this weekend.
Wall Street Burger Shoppe's $175 Burger
