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Fla. Restaurant Sells $100 Hamburger

The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 21, 2006; 9:28 PM



BOCA RATON, Fla. -- 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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Meet the $100 Hamburger


BOCA RATON, FL(AP) - This definitely isn't a Big Mac. A restaurant in Florida has put a $100 hamburger on its menu, boasting the creation is the "Beluga caviar of sandwiches."

The patty at the Old Homestead Steakhouse features prime U.S., Japanese, and Argentinian beef mixed together, then sauteed with grape seed oil before being finished off in an oven. Lest you worry about getting a bang for your burger, the item weighs 20 ounces uncooked, and is served with exotic mushrooms, special ketchup and champagne. Cheese, if you like it, is free.

Owner Marc Sherry says the natural taste of the beef means seasonings are unnecessary.

Will people buy it? Sherry says he doesn't think the hundred-dollar price point will deter customers who want the very best. The meat is available by mail -- and Sherry says orders have
already come in from singer Paul Anka and former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth.