Thread: Americas expensive burgers..

Saw this article in Forbes website..
Has anybody tasted these expensive burgers?
anything in norcal? I 'm hungry now..



Wall Street Burger Shoppe, New York, N.Y.

Richard Nouveau Burger: $175 McDonald's may have the golden arches, but New York's Wall Street Burger Shoppe has a hamburger that's literally covered in gold. The $175 Richard Nouveau burger is 10 ounces of Prime Kobe beef topped with 25 grams of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere and a double whammy of edible gold flakes; it's topped with a homemade "golden truffle" mayonnaise that includes both gold flakes and black truffles. According to co-owner Heather Tierney, "it's kind of a work of art." An extra bonus: The burger shoppe's hash browns are fried in luxurious goose fat.




DB Bistro Moderne, New York, N.Y.
Burger Double Truffle: $150

In 2001, celebrity chef Daniel Boulud arguably kickstarted the luxury hamburger trend with a $27 burger stuffed with short ribs, foie gras and truffles at his DB Bistro Moderne in New York. These days, the same sandwich goes for $32, and comes with black truffle and vegetable mirepoix on a parmesan roll topped with lettuce, tomato, horseradish mayonnaise and tomato confit. But that's not even the most expensive burger on the menu. For $150, guests can experience the DB Burger Double Truffle, layered with a staggering 20 grams of shaved black truffles.



McGuire's Irish Pub, Pensacola, Fla.
Grand Burger: $100

Every day is St. Patrick's Day at McGuire's Irish Pub, where the entire Panhandle comes to chow down on burgers and read through the pun-spun menu. The centerpiece of that menu is a $100 burger made from fresh-ground filet mignon and served with caviar, onions, beefsteak tomatoes and a grand magnum of Moet & Chandon White Star Champagne. Guests are also allowed to construct their own hamburgers—the menu offers up such unique inspirations as a hot fudge sundae burger, a peanut burger and a "terrible garbage burger."



Olde Homestead Steakhouse, New York, N.Y.
Japanese Kobe Wagyu Burger: $81

Sometimes, ground beef is not enough. For $81, the Olde Homestead Steakhouse will stuff a 14-ounce Japanese Kobe Wagyu burger stuffed with four ounces of "barely seared sirloin medallion." The side of tater tots is accompanied by executive chef Oscar Martinez's sake-onion ketchup and miso and ginger aioli. According to co-owner Greg Sherry, they wanted to create "the most decadent food item of 2008."





Burger Bar, Las Vegas, Nev.
Rossini Burger: $60

Hubert Keller's second Las Vegas operation is a casual hamburger restaurant that offers a luxury burger that could give his nearby Fleur de Lys a run for the money. The Rossini burger is a $60 Kobe beef patty topped with sautéed foie gras, shaved truffles and Madeira sauce on an onion bun. The Rossini is almost the equal in decadence of Keller's Fleurburger 5000. Other luxury burgers include the $24 Surf & Turf burger topped with a grilled half lobster, there's even a turkey burger topped with foie gras and truffles.



Circa 55, Beverly Hills, Calif.
U.S. Kobe burger: $22

Los Angeles has yet to embrace the triple-digit hamburger. However, Beverly Hills' Circa 55 understands how to make a fine luxury hamburger: Their $22 Kobe burger is one of the most expensive in SoCal and is topped with a slab of Humboldt Fog goat cheese and grilled Bermuda onions. Accompanied by Portobello mushrooms and fine French fries, it's available for lunch and dinner and is one of America's finest burgers, if not our most expensive.



The Palms, Las Vegas, Nev.
Honorable Mention: $6000 Combo Meal

Back in 2006, the Maloof brothers (George, Gavin, Joe and Phil) took a break from running the Palms Casino to star in a series of commercials for hamburger chain Carl's Jr. In a stroke of co-branding genius, the Palms teamed up with Carl's Jr. to offer the $6,000 combo meal: a Carl's Jr. Six-Dollar Burger accompanied by French fries—and a $6000 bottle of Bordeaux. But it's the wine, not the burger, that makes this dish so expensive. Hence, it's not technically the country's "most expensive burger."




Fleur de Lys, Las Vegas, Nev.
Honorable Mention: Fleurburger 5000, $5000

Another ultimate combo meal, the Fleurburger 5000 is prepared by the Las Vegas branch of Hubert Keller's beloved San Francisco restaurant (located in the Mandalay Bay casino/hotel complex). The Fleurburger 5000 is a Kobe beef patty topped with sautéed foie gras, black Perigord truffles and truffle sauce and served on a brioche truffle bun. The sandwich is accompanied by a bottle of 1990 vintage Chateau Petrus and Ichendorf Brunello stemware that the buyer keeps. Rumor is a second burger is included in the price—and that Fleur de Lys will mail a certificate of hamburger authenticity to your home.

hmm interesting... i dont know that i would want a burger with gold flakes.. eating gold doesnt sound too appetizing to me

Been to Burger Bar before didnt have the Kobe Burger though perhaps when I go in August for my birthday I will get one for shits and giggles.

Carls $6 burger FTW..LOL

Looking at those burgers is making me hungry!

Damn this thread! Now I need a burger!

What, no veggie burgers?

Where's the love for us vegetarians?

Did the burger bar one. it's good.

otherwise $6 burger from carl's (ALL OF THEM) 4TW. I am so craving one now. Chicago needs Carl's.

Yum...... Just reading this I think I gained 10lbs. LOL

i roll with the dollar menu yo...