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  • Hamburger gone high class!

    Just had to do it to bring the old spirit of polls back!

    Fla. restaurant sells $100 hamburger

    A hundred bucks might buy you more than six dozen burgers from McDonald's, but the swanky Old Homestead Steakhouse will sell you one brawny beef sandwich for the same price.

    Boca Raton Mayor Steven Abrams could barely speak between bites as he devoured the 20-ounce, $100 hamburger billed as the "beluga caviar of sandwiches."
    "Heaven on a bun," restaurant owner Marc Sherry said.

    The burger debuted Tuesday at the restaurant in the Boca Raton Resort and Club, where a membership costs $40,000 and an additional $3,600 a year.

    "We've never had a hamburger on our menu here so we really wanted to go to the extreme," Sherry said, calling it "the most decadent burger in the world."

    At about 5 1/2 inches across and 2 1/2 inches thick, the mound of meat is comprised of beef from three continents — American prime beef, Japanese Kobe and Argentine cattle.

    The bill for one burger, with garnishing that includes organic greens, exotic mushrooms and tomatoes, comes out to $124.50 with tax and an 18 percent tip included. The restaurant will donate $10 from each sale to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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    Yes!
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    Yes, but only if someone else paid for it
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    12
    No! - would never pay that money for a burger!
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    16
    No - don't like burgers at all!
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    Diplomacy, it's a way of saying “nice doggie”, until you find a rock!

  • #2
    Love myself a good hamburger, but sorry, that's just too much for even the best hamburger. Heard of the restaurant before, and the cost has more to do with networking between those who can afford it than good food.

    Exotic doesn't always mean the best or even above average
    “And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'” ~ Merlin Mann

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    • #3
      I voted yes. It would be worth it just to say I ate a $100 hamburger. Love hamburgers.

      edit: re-voted, voted Yes! again
      Last edited by Mehen; 22 June 2006, 15:44.
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      • #4
        Added a 4th option
        Juu nin to iro


        English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Sasq
          Added a 4th option
          I need to re-vote
          Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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          • #6
            I second the re-vote
            “And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'” ~ Merlin Mann

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            • #7
              Revote now enabled
              Last edited by Sasq; 22 June 2006, 15:43.
              Juu nin to iro


              English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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              • #8
                If it came with a bottomless mug O beer, then yes, I'd pay 100$ for that burger, but I'd probably end up drinking 100$ worth of beer too!

                @ND66: It's been a while since there's been a poll.
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                • #9
                  I voted no again.

                  It's something I might have done in my younger days.

                  Now I'd just feel guilty for wasting the money. There's lots of hungry people out there that the change on $100 from buying a Wendy's double burger could easily feed.

                  Even the server fund would be a better use of the money.
                  P.S. You've been Spanked!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Sasq
                    Added a 4th option
                    Love the option, why didn't I think of that!

                    Edit: If someone else paid for it I would have it, but I'm not sure if I could enjoy it.
                    I know I would be thinking "whoever did it to my steak should be i jail!"
                    Last edited by ND66; 22 June 2006, 19:07.
                    Diplomacy, it's a way of saying “nice doggie”, until you find a rock!

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                    • #11
                      I'd send the $100+ to Make-A-Wish Foundation and make it myself on the BBQ using my butchers excellent ground Angus, home made onion roll, Shitaki's etc.

                      Dr. Mordrid
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                      • #12
                        I'd rather go to Outback and get a porterhouse steak.. 5 times.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
                          I'd send the $100+ to Make-A-Wish Foundation and make it myself on the BBQ using my butchers excellent ground Angus, home made onion roll, Shitaki's etc.

                          Dr. Mordrid
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                          • #14
                            To be honest, I think turning Kobe beef into hamburger mince is one of the few remaining offences here that can get you beheaded.
                            Juu nin to iro


                            English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                            • #15
                              So I'm the only "Yes!" then?? And doesn't option two kind of negate the question?
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