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Glum Wall Streeters can now take solace in $4 burgers, two-for-$5 hot dogs, and buttermilk-batter onion rings... The Shoppe’s ground floor is done up like an old soda fountain, with twelve stools and a Formica counter. (read the article)
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 The Financial District is about to get a new burger spot, along with a dose of Old New York style... Burger Shoppe takes its retro décor seriously—the display was salvaged from an abandoned diner in Philly—and proves it by serving up 1925-style patties. (read the article)
 “Here, in a space done up like Nat’s Peach Pit from Beverly Hills, 90210, hordes of bonus-starved stock touts take refuge in old-fashioned four-ounce cheeseburgers adorned with nothing more than lettuce and the house special sauce for just $4 a pop.” (read the article)
 “The Richard Nouveau - from the Wall Street Burger Shoppe, natch - comes topped with a blizzard of real gold flakes, plus 25 grams of black truffles, a seared slab of foie gras and an aged Gruyere typically reserved for a high-class cheese tray. Hefty but not too hard to handle, it's as juicy as a summer peach, complete with drippage down your chin.” (read the article)
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 “It's made of Kobe beef, topped with gold flakes, black truffles, a thick slab of seared foie gras and aged Gruyere cheese. Wall Street Burger Shoppe co-owner Heather Tierney thinks of it as "a work of art." (read the article)
 “McDonald's may have the golden arches, but New York's Wall Street Burger Shoppe has a hamburger that's literally covered in gold... According to co-owner Heather Tierney, "it's kind of a work of art." An extra bonus: The burger shoppe's hash browns are fried in luxurious goose fat.” (read the article)
 WTF?! Wall Street Eatery Unveils $175 Burger -- “It seems like ages since Daniel Boulud introduced his $28 burger back in 2001, much to the horror of old-school carnivores who resented haute cuisine's appropriation of the popular, affordable American food staple.” (read the article)
 “The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the most expensive burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York.” (read the article)
“While the star chef (Daniel Boulud) tells the Daily News he won’t get drawn into a pissing contest and raise his price, he’s none too impressed with this arriviste competitor: “It's not about extravagance; it's about respect for real cooking. The luxury is in the care and the ingredients.” It is so on.” (read the article)
 “The list of exotic and outrageously expensive menu items found in New York City has grown by one, with the addition of the $175 burger found in lower Manhattan. So much for talk of a recession.” (read the article)
 “Black truffles are increasingly under threat from climate change, so don’t expect those prices to drop in future years... Stressed-out monkeys enjoy eating junk food just as much as stressed-out humans do.” (read the article)
 “A restaurant in Manhattan is challenging the economic downturn by offering a $175 burger with gold toppings. ...And Heather Tierney, one of the burger stand's co-owners, says sales are brisk. Tierney says the burger is popular among Wall Street types who usually order it to show off in front of friends and down it with a few bottles of beer.” (read the article)
 Lifestyles of the Rich & Hungry -- “Everyone has the exact same reaction,” says co-owner Heather Tierney, “They take a bite, close their eyes, and don’t open them for a minute. Then, they smile. Sometimes they laugh because it’s so good.” (read the article)
 Would the soda-fountain motif carry over into personal jukeboxes playing Perry Como, or would top 40 rule the roost? To find out, we settled down with some bone-marrow toasts and a burger made from pork belly. (read the article)
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 New York's bun revolution has brought burgers into many suprising environments: parks, upscale Japanese restaurants, even museums. Bringing the burger back to throwback surrounds, Burger Shoppe...offers two distincts settings for reliving groun-beef glory days: a formica-countered, quick-serve first floor sourced from a vintage Philly diner and a table-serviced second floor graced with a 20-foot bar ripped from a Chicago saloon. (read the article)
This atavistic burger restaurant in the financial district so underestimated the area’s huge demand for old-timey burgers that they sold out all their ground beef by the afternoon and had to close early on opening day.
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My Memoirs -- The Shoppe Burger which is reminiscent of the Pop Burger: a grilled Hereford beef burger with Cheddar, lettuce, tomato and Shoppe sauce is delicious. It rivals and perhaps beats Shake Shack or any other simple retro burger. The sleeper hit of the menu, for me, is the House Chopped Chicken Livers and the Short Rib Pudding. One is oniony and creamy; one is red-winey and creamy. One lacks the metallic aftertaste that spoiled me on liver, the other lacks the caloric information that spoiled me on pudding. (read the article)
NYC Nosh -- Burger Shoppe has chosen it's moment well. The atmosphere among customers at the counter waiting to pick up their orders resembled that of an early-80's East Village mosh pit: a group of thirty to forty men in the 20's, heaving and impatient as they jostled one another for space at the register. (read the article)
 “Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the everyday burger, and then something special if you really have a good day on Wall Street," said co-owner Heather Tierney. (read the article & watch the video)
 “Kristin Bentz and Simon Constable investigate the Wall Street Burger Shoppe's $175 'Richard Nouveau Burger.” (read the article & watch the video)
 “New York's Most Expensive Burger -- It's as all-American as obesity and the morning-after pill.” (read the article & watch the video)
 If you work in the Financial District, chances are that you can afford to eat pretty much anything you want, but sometimes you just want the quick (and juicy) version of a Wall Street lunch.This is where Burger Shoppe comes in, serving up classic burger joint fare – fries, onion rings and (duh) burgers – with a side of nostalgia. (read the article & watch the video)
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