Heart Attack Grill in Vegas helping fat people get fatter

John Blaise
October 20, 2011
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heart attack grill nursesI went to Macdonalds recently, and decided to be nostalgic and order the Big Mac Meal, fries and the Macdonald’s “Orange Drink.” The clerk looked at me like I was on a bad strain of crack. After talking to her manager, they both explained to me that the Orange Drink, the syrup based elixir which I grew to love in my youth, was no longer healthy enough to be on the menu.

Pardon?

So many restaurants and even fast food joints are now moving towards a healthier menu as part of the movement towards healthier living, but don’t add the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas to that list.

Customers who show up to the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas weighing in at over 350 pounds get to eat for free. Not that they need any more free meals, but you can see the direction the Heart Attack Grill is trying to take it.

NBC’s George Lewis reports that quite simply, the eatery specializes in food that’s bad for you, including a so-called “quadruple bypass burger.”

If the name wasn’t obvious enough, the Heart Attack Grill also has a hospital theme inside the restaurant, servers dressed like nurses and it even has an ambulance parked out front- only in Vegas.

If you want to go ahead and eat 8000 calories in a single sitting, the Heart Attack Grill is the place to be.

But isn’t that dangerous? Considering close to 10,000 calories is what most people take in a week- isn’t the Heart Attack Grill a little like a bartender that keeps feeding you shots after you’re way past your limit?

If you’re thinking along those lines, you’re not alone, owner Jon Basso had similar restaurants in the Dallas and Phoenix area but closed them in the face of protests and community pressure.

Worse yet, a 575-pound spokesperson for one of his previous restaurants, died in March of obesity-related illness. I guess he was getting high on his own supply.

I’m all for a restaurant that brings you to the brink of a heart attack, it should be up to the individual to make their own healthy food choices. Some of us like a little hard living.

Let’s hope they at least make people sign a waiver before entering the joint. Something along the lines of “Warning: food may shorten lifespan..significantly,” should suffice.

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