Fla. Restaurant Sells $100 Hamburger
Boca
Raton, Fla. (AP)
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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