The Heart Attack Grill is a fast food hamburger restaurant in Chandler , Arizona ,[1] United States . It has courted controversy by serving unashamedly high-calorie menu items with controversial names. The establishment is a hospital theme restaurant : waitresses ("nurses") take orders ("prescriptions") from the customers ("patients"). A tag is put on the patient's wrist showing which foods they ordered and a "doctor" examines the "patients" with a stethoscope . The menu includes "Single", "Double", "Triple", and "Quadruple Bypass " hamburgers,[2] ranging from 0.5 to 2 lb (0.23 to 0.91 kg) of beef (up to about 8,000 Calories (33,000 kJ)), "Flatliner Fries" (cooked in pure lard ), unfiltered cigarettes, beer and liquor, and soft drinks such as Jolt cola and Mexican Coke made with real sugar.[3] Customers over 350 lb (160 kg) in weight eat for free if they weigh in with a doctor or nurse before each burger. Beverages and t! o-go orders are excluded and sharing food is also not allowed for the free food deal.[4]
History
The Heart Attack Grill was founded in 2005 with the declared intent of serving "nutritional pornography", food "so bad for you it's shocking". The idea came when writing a marketing thesis about fitness training studios, as he became inspired by stories about his clients cheating on their diets. The Heart Attack grill was featured on "Extreme Pig-outs"
Reviews
HAG has deliberately courted controversy as a marketing strategy. The restaurant has been criticized and drawn official complaints for its portrayal of nurses .
The Quadruple Bypass Burger with 8,000 Calories has been identified as one of the "world's worst junk foods".
References
- ^ "Heart-Attack Restaurant | Oddity Central" . Odditycentral.com. http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-heart-attack-restaurant.html . Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Lee, Robyn. "Heart Attack Grill Is Up Front About Slowly Killing You | A Hamburger Today" . Aht.seriouseats.com. http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/09/heart-attack-grill-burgers-cheeseburgers-chandler-arizona.html . Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b c Edelhauser, Kristin. "Heart Attack Grill-an anti-marketing strategy that works" . Entrepreneur.com. http://www.entrepreneur.com/worklife/successstories/article175144.html . Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Heart Attack Grill" . Chandler, Arizona . http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ . Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "Heart Attack Grill Turns Bad Press Into Big Business | WALL STREET FIGHTER" . Wallstreetfighter.com. http://www.wallstreetfighter.com/2008/08/heart-attack-grill-turns-bad-press-big-business_03.html . Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ ! "Heart Attack Grill ~ www.popgive.com" . Popgive.com. http://www.popgive.com/2008/10/heart-attack-grill.html . Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "FOXNews.com - Waitresses Dressed as Nurses Rile Real RNs - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News" . Foxnews.com. December 9, 2006. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235679,00.html . Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Charlotte Martin [1] 27 May 2010 The Sun
External links
- Official Site
Coordinates : ! 33°18′19″N 111°56′53″W / 33.305183°N -111.947991°E
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