{"id":972,"date":"2009-08-21T14:35:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T21:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2009-08-21T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T21:35:12","slug":"even-the-big-shot-steakhouses-are-burger-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Even the Big Shot Steakhouses Are Burger Crazy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s “Meating Place” magazine, an industry trade journal, recounts how upscale steakhouses are adding burgers to their menu.\u00a0\u00a0 Remind’s me of those old steaks sauce commercials, “after all hamburgers aren’t chopped ham, they’re chopped steak!”<\/p>\n

Morton’s is now offering “Bar Bites,”\u00a0 that include options like Three Prime Cheeseburgers and Petite Filet Mignon sandwiches.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse added a bar menu under the push “5 for $6 until 7,” wich includes (obviously) five different appetizers at $6 each, available from 5-7PM nightly.\u00a0\u00a0 On the menu is an 8 ounce prime sirloin bacon cheeseburger.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to “Nation’s Restaurant News”\u00a0 (according to “Meating Place,”\u00a0 Flemings is contemplating a more extensive bar menu that may include up to eleven burgers.<\/p>\n

All this to bring in more customers, at a lower price point, because one surmises in this economy, upscale expensive steaks aren’t moving all that well, at least in the dine-out category.\u00a0\u00a0 The same article says that these steaks have moved to the retail arena, and cites Costco selling Prime ribeye at 9.99 a pound.<\/p>\n

So why the Ruth’s Chris logo even tho they weren’t mentioned in the article (and as far as I know, they only offer burgers in select locations).\u00a0\u00a0 Ahhh, I’m partial.\u00a0 Ruth’s was founded in the city I love most, New Orleans, and I’ve dined at their locations worldwide, and found them very consistent.\u00a0\u00a0 Plus I met a few of the Fertels, the family that founded Ruth’s.\u00a0\u00a0 Nice folks.<\/p>\n

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This week’s “Meating Place” magazine, an industry trade journal, recounts how upscale steakhouses are adding burgers to their menu.\u00a0\u00a0 Remind’s me of those old steaks sauce commercials, “after all hamburgers aren’t chopped ham, they’re chopped steak!” Morton’s is now offering “Bar Bites,”\u00a0 that include options like Three Prime Cheeseburgers and Petite Filet Mignon sandwiches.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fleming’s… Continue reading Even the Big Shot Steakhouses Are Burger Crazy!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[1380,2350,3066,3333,3601],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}