Sick Food Movement

[Phaedrus]

http://www.alternet.org/food/148258/s...

Caught this on Roger Ebert's Twitter feed. I saw the restaurant featured on one of the Food Network shows too. Pretty gross.

[cigarmedic4]

Being in the medical field, I would love to get a look at Adam Richman's blood work, especially his cholesterol and sodium levels.

[cheesemaestro]

Shades of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA! This place serves 6- and 9-pound burgers. Nobody had been able to finish their largest burger, a 15-lb. monster that actually weighs in at over 20 lbs. with the cheese, toppings and bun added, until a guy did it a couple of years ago. Have a look:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertis...

[mariacarmen]

love how the article says it's one-finger salute to the health food movement. It's more a big F-YOU to your heart.

[linguafood]

And yet there was an article recently in the Independent quoting a 'study' that might indicate the obesity epidemic is caused by a virus.

Right.

[dach]

I did try a Burger King triple bacon cheeseburger only once, and it did literally make me sick. So much grease, but almost tasteless. Turned me off of burger king.

[libgirl2]

That burger looks sick!

[The Dairy Queen]

Yuck.

~TDQ

[Withnail42]

In case anyone is interested in seeing the place in action.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?i...

[MrsT]

The place looks like a "guys" place, where you would go for a bachelor party. I noticed only one little girl there. What is the place like on a Friday night--this story was obviously taped during the day. How often do the "patients" eat there? CBS didn't even touch on the fact the owner was a Jenny Craig franchisee--what happened that made him so disillusioned by the diet industry?

I wonder how different a visit to the Heart Attack Grill is different from my bi-annual visit to Chip Shop where I share a deep fried Hostess Cherry Pie.

[queencru]

Sadly the video didn't work on my screen, but I agree that it seems mostly like a bachelor party experience with the mirrored bar to allow you to see up the "nurses'" skirts- yuck! There's nothing about this place that doesn't gross me out.

I also want to know more about the owner. What makes you go from that to eating a 4-patty burger daily?

[The Dairy Queen]

I just wonder how much repeat business this place will get. I can see some people doing it for the novelty, but they they do enough repeat business to sustain themselves?

~TDQ

[Airo]

This is absolutely crazy. It's bad enough that one burger can equal 8,000 calories, but it's far beyond comprehension how someone can down two of those burgers. I feel faint with disbelief and disgust.

Don't know how someone can eat that. Even a rugged athlete downing that would be weighed down and sickened physically.