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Heart Attack Grill Strikes Again

Owner unconcerned after woman drops in ridiculously unhealthy restaurant

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 24, 2012 9:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – You can't say they didn't warn her: A woman collapsed at the Heart Attack Grill this weekend, just two months after the last time someone had a heart attack at the cheerfully morbid Las Vegas eatery. The woman was whisked away by paramedics and her condition is currently unknown. Owner Jon Basso tells the LA Times that he hopes she's OK, but that she knew what she was getting into. "We attract an avant-garde clientele," he says: "Thrill seekers, risk takers."

The Heart Attack Grill makes no secret that its food is dangerously unhealthy; indeed Basso intends to openly advertise that his Quadruple Bypass Burger has just been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most caloric, at 9,993 calories. The woman who collapsed "was eating, drinking, smoking, laughing, dancing, having fun," he says. "But when you treat your body like that day in and day out, eventually your body is going to give out."

Pedestrians pass by the Heart Attack Grill on Fremont Street, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Las Vegas.
Pedestrians pass by the Heart Attack Grill on Fremont Street, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Las Vegas.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Menu offerings and warnings are posted in the window of the Heart Attack Grill on Fremont Street, Feb. 15, 2012, in Las Vegas.
Menu offerings and warnings are posted in the window of the Heart Attack Grill on Fremont Street, Feb. 15, 2012, in Las Vegas.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 11 comments
Tscare
Apr 27, 2012 2:57 AM CDT
Damn,the motto should me "Step in the doors for a quick way out"
odowd80
Apr 24, 2012 3:48 PM CDT
One unhealthy meal never killed anybody. This woman was unhealthy when she walked through the door of the restaurant. It was just coincidence that she collapsed while inside. How many people collapse in Subway restaurants every day?
Written-in-blood
Apr 24, 2012 1:10 PM CDT
Maybe they should rename that to 'Suicide Burger' and ask for payment in advance.
 

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