Man at Vegas' Heart Attack Grill suffers heart attack - Polidicks

[release] In one of the more unfortunate cases of a company living up to its name, a man dining at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas had exactly what was on the menu: A heart attack. The diner was eating a “Triple Bypass Burger” -- including 1.5 pounds of beef and a dozen bacon slices -- this weekend when he began complaining of chest pains, according to a report from FOX5. Paramedics quickly arrived to treat the customer, who is now recovering. The restaurant opened in the fall and quickly made headlines for its fatty foods, with meals that regularly feature nearly 10,000 calories. Servers are dressed – scantily – as “nurses” who take “prescriptions” from their “patients.” “Patients” who weigh more than 350 pounds eat for free. “Taste worth dying for!,” the restaurant’s website crows. The owner, “Doctor” Jon Basso -- who doesn’t actually have medical background -- said the incident was “horrible." "It’s not anything to be taken lightly.” He said the restaurant has warnings about its bad-for-you food on its door and menu but was still a “full house” midday Wednesday. Basso blasted tourists and others who had mocked the customer, saying they “should be sensitive to the poor guy -- he’s got a mom somewhere.” “I don’t mind if people demonize me because that’s part of our shtick -- we’re the bad guys of the hamburger industry,” Basso said. But the eatery is far from the only one that has recently reveled in culinary excess. A number of restaurants have bucked the trend toward healthier food that currently has chains such as McDonald’s boasting of their farm-fresh produce and low-calorie options. Witness Jack in the Box’s new bacon milkshake, which registers at 1,081 calories for 24 ounces -- or the equivalent of two KFC Double Down sandwiches. Carl’s Jr. CKE is famously unrepentant about its “big fat” burgers, even launching a series of commercials last year highlighting its indulgent menu offerings to its core “young, hungry guy” audience. (But not long after, the chain introduced a line of leaner turkey burgers.) Even after celebrity chef Paula Deen acknowledged her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis and began repping diabetes drug-maker Novo Nordisk this year, she continued to plug her signature buttery-drenched recipes. [/release] [url]http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-heart-attack-grill-20120215,0,622087.story[/url] Poor guy.

oh, the irony

America, where McDonalds is a healthier place to eat than a grill in Las Vegas.

[img]http://joe-ks.com/archives_dec2006/TripleBypassBurger.jpg[/img] For reference.... Still. Don't you sign a contract when eating one of those damned things?

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;34718193]America, where McDonalds is a healthier place to eat than a grill in Las Vegas.[/QUOTE] But far less delicious.

I would bring one or two home and eat them over the day

[quote]Basso blasted [b]tourists and others who had mocked the customer[/b], saying they “should be sensitive to the poor guy -- he’s got a mom somewhere.”[/quote]what the [b]fuck[/b]

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;34718193]America, where McDonalds is a healthier place to eat than a grill in Las Vegas.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKRSYAuSNg[/media] I wouldn't call it just a grill.

[quote] Basso blasted tourists and others who had mocked the customer[/quote] HAHA HE JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK EVERYBODY! LOLOL [insert the whole building laughing] Why would you mock someone who had a fucking heart attack

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;34718426][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKRSYAuSNg[/media] I wouldn't call it just a grill.[/QUOTE] Damn just fat people everywhere. it's just like the golden corral.

[QUOTE=darkshadow321s;34718185]oh, the irony[/QUOTE] That's not irony.

at least its true to their name.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;34718207]But far less delicious.[/QUOTE] I personally prefer homemade burgers.

Viral marketing imo.

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;34718472]That's not irony.[/QUOTE] it's actually the exact opposite of irony. somebody had a heart attack at the heart attack grill.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;34718204][img]http://joe-ks.com/archives_dec2006/TripleBypassBurger.jpg[/img] For reference.... Still. Don't you sign a contract when eating one of those damned things?[/QUOTE] ... What are those on top? Crystals of salt? BWAOSHIT- ALL THE BOXES WHAT HAVE I DONE

[QUOTE=Andokool12;34718604]... What are those on top? Crystals of salt?[/QUOTE] Strips of onion maybe.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;34718204][img]http://joe-ks.com/archives_dec2006/TripleBypassBurger.jpg[/img] For reference.... Still. Don't you sign a contract when eating one of those damned things?[/QUOTE] If I ever went to vegas I'd go there, just to try one of those. Of course I wouldn't eat anything else for the next week or so to spread out the calories but still. :v:

[QUOTE=Andokool12;34718604]... What are those on top? Crystals of salt?[/QUOTE] ... those are the gloves.

[QUOTE=thisispain;34718602]it's actually the exact opposite of irony. somebody had a heart attack at the heart attack grill.[/QUOTE] So it is ironic if somebody eats there and doesn't die after all :v:

What can he say? He had his heart out for that burger.

[QUOTE=Ordigenius;34718704]So it is ironic if somebody eats there and doesn't die after all :v:[/QUOTE] no it would be ironic if two friends went to out to eat something and couldn't decide on what to eat. the fat one would say "let's go eat at the heart attack grill". the skinny would say "no way, that stuff just kills you". they angrily go their separate ways and after the fat guy is done eating he leaves to go find his friend and discovers that the salad bar his friend ate at suffered a botulism outbreak causing his friend to die. that would be ironic.

am i supposed to feel hungry because this has made me feel really fucking hungry

[quote]“Patients” who weigh more than 350 pounds eat for free.[/quote] ...that's simultaneously cruel and brilliant.

what, i love burgers, but that video grossed me out

Oh my god I want to eat one. Or three.

There's one (the one in the video) in CHANDLER, AZ. So if you're in the Phoenix area, despair not! There is one near you! I'm totally eating salads for a week, then going there!

I thought the Heart Attack Grill was in Arizona

Bound to happen.

I've lived in Las Vegas my entire life and never heard of this place until now. What the hell? I mean, I am not surprised at all an establishment like this exists in this city anyways.