Burger joints supersizing
More meateries open in Manhattan, taking advantage of comfort food craze October 14, 2009 10:30AM By Catherine Curan
Andrew Moger of restaurant development firm BCD represents Five Guys, which is looking to expand in Manhattan
From the October issue: Like a truly recession-weary New Yorker, this year restaurant mogul Steve Hanson has opted to swap foie gras for burgers and fries. In January, Hanson, founder of the B.R. Guest restaurant empire, stunned foodies by shutting down his three-star Italian gem Fiamma, a Soho spot famous for its $92 prix fixe menu laden with indulgent foods like foie gras and quail eggs. In published reports, Hanson blamed the recession's decimation of Wall Streeters' dining dollars. Now he's firing up the grill for a far more modest American culinary staple: burgers. Hanson has leased the former home of barbeque joint the Hog Pit at 22 Ninth Avenue at 13th Street in the Meatpacking District for Bill's Bar & Burger. It's slated to open later this month, serving up turkey burgers and perhaps even spiked milkshakes. more
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Anonymous
This is great. with a new health care system, it will work well.
Comment #1 Posted By: Anonymous 10/14/09
Anonymous
kind of redefines the old saying, 'Do you want fries with that burger?'
Comment #2 Posted By: Anonymous 10/14/09