$175.00 Hamburger

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/od_nm/hamburger_dc

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger.

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The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York.

"Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the everyday burger (for $4) ... and then something special if you really have a good day on Wall Street," said co-owner Heather Tierney.

The burger, created by chef and co-owner Kevin O'Connell, seeks to justify its price with a Kobe beef patty, lots of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun.

The eatery sells 20 or 25 per month in the fine dining room upstairs versus hundreds of $4 burgers each day at the diner counter downstairs, Tierney said.

Pocket Change previously designated the double truffle burger at Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne as the most expensive at $120, and the Burger Shoppe set out to top that.

Boulud's creation -- available only during black truffle season from December to March -- rose to $150 this past season, so the Burger Shoppe raised its price on Monday to $175.

"Our burger is not about the price," said Georgette Farkas, a Boulud spokeswoman. "If you are making something concerned only about the price, you are off in the wrong direction."

Without truffles, Boulud's burger costs $32. It has a ground sirloin patty stuffed with red wine braised short ribs.

O'Connell said the Burger Shoppe was "finding the ultimate expression of each one of the ingredients."

"The concept was like a mushroom-bacon-Swiss cheese burger, which is my favorite sort of burger," he said.

The burger comes with golden truffle mayonnaise, Belgian-style fries and a mixed greens and tomato salad. O'Connell pairs the dish with many fine wines, a lager or a toasted brown beer, or ginger ale.

(Editing by John O'Callaghan)

[mnealtx 0]

Those prices are insane!!
I think THIS is the ultimate in decadence...

*yes, I know it's been posted before*

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[normiss 897]

and yet you live so close to Speedy's Bar and Grill...they have yummy burgers!

[diablopilot 2]

Shit, I can have a $200 hamburger anytime I want.

Rent a Cessna 172 for 2 hours and fly to Paso Robles and back.....

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[popsjumper 2]

I'd go with you except for the fact that I've heard about how you fly and I wouldn't want to puke up a $200 burger.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

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and yet you live so close to Speedy's Bar and Grill...they have yummy burgers!

Really? Where? Never heard of it...

[diablopilot 2]

Like I told everyone, "Now that I've got my PPL, as long as you stay out of the sky and off the sidewalks, you should be alright!"

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[normiss 897]

Have you ever seen the book $100 Hamburger or $100 lunch???
It's a collection of places to fly to for lunch...but I think these days your figure of $200 is more accurate.

[normiss 897]

South Florida Avenue, just past the parkway, on the left before USA computers.
open for lunch, it's hard to eat lunch in a bar though...

[airtwardo 7]

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Have you ever seen the book $100 Hamburger or $100 lunch???
It's a collection of places to fly to for lunch...but I think these days your figure of $200 is more accurate.

Unless ya got a twin!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~