Another big Ray's Hell Burger event!!

[TheDude]

Obama took Medvedev to my favorite local hamburger joint. The place really is something special.



http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...0burger&st=cse

[Idle Swede]

[QUOTE=TheDude;1906113]Obama took Medvedev to my favorite local hamburger joint. The place really is something special.

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Great, another $750,000 bill for the taxpayers.

[Dan Pierce]

[QUOTE=Idle Swede;1906122]

Originally Posted by TheDude

Obama took Medvedev to my favorite local hamburger joint. The place really is something special.

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Great, another $750,000 bill for the taxpayers.

I hear the burgers are worth it.
dP

[Idle Swede]

[QUOTE=Dan Pierce;1906124]

Originally Posted by Idle Swede

I hear the burgers are worth it.
dP

It's the fries that are expensive.

[Dan Pierce]

[QUOTE=Idle Swede;1906128]

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

It's the fries that are expensive.

And that's before the "supersize me".
dP

[TheDude]

[QUOTE=Dan Pierce;1906137]

Originally Posted by Idle Swede

And that's before the "supersize me".
dP

This place really is incredible. It launched without anything more than foodie website buzz. No sign on the establishment, and there were lines out the door the very first day.

The guy runs a couple of restaurants, but he got famous for his "Ray's the Steaks" restaurant. He uses the Prime USDA trimmings (aged on site) for his burgers and grinds the meat onsite daily.

When he first opened, he refused to sell fries, but after about a year and a half he caved and now offers regular and sweet potato.

The burger is 10oz, and there is a very broad selection of toppings. It's a real experience. It makes you wonder how you can call still call it "beef" and "hamburger" because the taste is orders of magnitude better than anything else you've ever eaten with a similar name/description.

[Idle Swede]

[QUOTE=Dan Pierce;1906137]

Originally Posted by Idle Swede

And that's before the "supersize me".
dP

Many a mens secret fantasy.

[TheDude]

This was all it took to create a landslide of business. This was the forum post on a foodie blog/forum from the owner...


Posted 01 July 2008 - 12:16 AM
As those of you who were too foolish to heed my warning on Monday already know, Ray's Hell-Burger (street name), aka Butcher Burgers (government name), is due to open today, Tuesday, July 1st.

We will be serving one thing only--10 ounces of our secret blend of premium and prime aged beef, char-grilled over an open flame. This is the same single-breed, farm-raised beef that we use at Ray's The Steaks and Ray's The Classics, aged in house ridiculously long, hand trimmed to the same exacting standards as all of our steaks, and ground fresh daily, several times throughout the day.

Free toppings include: sauteed mushrooms finished with sherry and brandy, grilled red onions, sauteed peppers, charred jalapenos, vine-ripened beefsteak tomatoes, roasted garlic, and dill or bread and butter pickle chips.

Applewood-smoked bacon (the same that we use for the grilled bacon app at Ray's The Classics) and guacamole are available for an additional charge.

In addition to the regular quality cheeses on offer ('Merkin, aged Vermont white cheddar, imported Swiss, imported Gruyere, aged Danish Bleu/Italian Gorgonzola, smoked mozzarella, Monster, Brie, pepperjack) we wil also be offering a changing selection of specialty and artisinal cheeses--currently, Epoisse, Rogue Creamery Smokey Blue, Queen Anne Stilton, Pa Noble Cave Aged Amish Cheddar, Chimay a la biere, Taleggio, and Bel Paese.

Throughout the summer, Hell-Burgers will be served with fresh, buttered corn on the cob and a slice of cold, juicy watermelon AT NO CHARGE!!!

Dominion root beer ON TAP and other great sodas and 8-10 flavors of MOOrenko's ice cream for cones and floats (no shakes, maybe later--I don't want to be the one to push shakes into the trite category, too many others stand eager to do so soon enough).

Ray's Hell-Burger (imagine the "Hell" part in flamey letters) is located at 1713 Wilson Boulevard in the same strip mall as Ray's The Steaks. We plan to open Saturday and Sunday from noon on and weekdays from 5 pm, for the time being, with expansion into weekday lunch hours possible, maybe.

The best part about all this, for me at least, is that since Ray's Hell-Burger is located several doors down from Ray's The Steaks, now whenever someone becomes tantrumishly nasty at the door due to the wait at The Steaks, I can kindly suggest an appropriate alternative destination to them.

[diversified]

I'm usually down Tysons Corner once every spring. I'm definitely going to try this place out!

[Welshwatchman]

If they do a 99c kids meal, count me in.

[dalip]

Man...now I'm hungry..and I'm in bed..and it's 1230.....looks amazing. The rest of the place must be full of secret service chowing down..

[mtrunner]

Love the burgers and used to eat there at least once or twice a week when I lived in Arlington. I was in a conference last week in DC and made my way out to Arlington just to get a burger there. Highly recommend it.