Friendly’s Restaurant has released a new behemoth of a sandwich. In the television commercial featuring the Grilled Cheese Burger Melt, a man is teasing a woman with the sandwich, finally giving her a bite. Gone are the days when a grilled cheese sandwich could be enhanced with pieces of ham and a cup of soup; now the grilled cheese has become the bun for a beef pattie and toppings.
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It’s difficult to think that this sandwich was not inspired by KFC’s Double Down, a sandwich with bacon, cheese, and Colonel’s sauce with two pieces of fried chicken replacing the bun, a sandwich that received a lot of criticism when it came out several months ago.
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These novel sandwiches/heart attacks on a plate are nothing new though. Burger King has been offering the BK Stacker, a standard burger which can be tailored to the customers liking by the addition of more patties. The menu features double, triple and quad stackers, but if you request any amount of patties, they’ll make it for you. John McCall of East Longmeadow, Mass. Got himself an Octo-stacker:
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But the one restaurant that always seems to be offering the newest latest greatest sandwich is Wendy’s. These sandwiches never seem to stay on the menu too long – or at least not in the spotlight. But what’s really funny is that they are listed on the website as “Old-Fashioned Hamburgers.”
Wendy’s features the ¾ lb. Triple with Cheese, the Bacon Deluxe Triple, and perhaps my favorite idiomatic term for a burger, the Baconator. When I think Old Fashioned sandwiches, I think a pattie on bread with lettuce and tomato.
At 1500 calories, the Grilled Cheese Burger Melt may be the most likely new sandwich to induce a heart-attack. But, if you’re looking to take in calories from something that’s been around for a while, reach for a Whopper. The triple with cheese has 1250 calories.
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Once you take a bite, though, you won’t care about how many calories are in it. It is, after all, the greatest burger available in fast food.
Ask anybody who went to LA what they miss. If it wasn’t the beautiful weather and cheap Capt. Morgan, it was the In-N-Out. Simple menu, burgers and fries.Every time we drove by one, looks would float around the car and we’d be inside before we even knew what happened. If only there were cheap burgers in Ithaca.
Now don’t get your panties in a bunch. In-N-Out is a West Coast Establishment and it’s not coming to Ithaca, I hate to break it to you. BUT there is an answer to your greasy burger craving: Five Guys Burgers and Fries. With its roots in the DC area, it’s expanding. There are three locations in Rochester, one each in Utica, Binghamton and Scranton. And NOW, there’s one on Rt. 13.
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It just opened on Sunday. Get down there to get your fill of bacon cheeseburgers, with FREE toppings. Order a small drink too if you’re gonna eat there (free refills, plus it’s the only place I know if in Ithaca that sells Mr. Pibb).
It’s in the same plaza as Northside, too. C-Mo is twice as much as it is in LA. And it’ll probably be raining. The burgers are good, though.
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