Obama decided to have lunch at my favorite local burger joint yesterday. Ray’s Hell Burger is the third restaurant of Michael Landrum; originally known for Ray’s the Steaks. Just as Mike has the best slabs o beef I’ve ever tasted he also has the best burgers of all time. They drip more grease than a pepperoni pizza but it is tasty bloody flavor-giving juice. It's basically $7 for a 10oz burger with free toppings such as sherry sautéed mushrooms in addition to all kinds of fine cheeses to choose from. No fries available which the Prez seemed a bit disappointed about. Although they do have a mean draft root beer. Obama and Biden made the mistake of ordering it medium-well. Medium-rare is the way it is to be served.
Robie and I were walking to lunch, contemplating Hell Burger, when the cops shut down the intersection next to our office. We hung out to watch the show and sure enough after some racing motorcycle cops the Presidential motorcade came through. I took a video of it but it’s a crappy resolution from my phone. I counted about 16 vehicles not including the cops and the ambulance. The limousine was about number three in line followed by communications SUVs with all kinds of antennas and a SWAT-like reactionary force. They shut down the area around Hell Burger. No one was allowed in or out. Those lucky enough to be on the inside had free reign to hang and talk with the Prez.
So now us locals are screwed for months. Michael doesn’t do any advertising; there isn’t even a sign outside the place. Yet there is always a steady stream of people no matter the hour. Within an hour of Obama’s visit the news was on hundreds of local and political blogs. Within hours it was on national news sites such as the Drudge Report and the front page of Foxnews.com and the NYPost.com. Tomorrow there will be tour buses dropping off tourists. The line will be out the door for weeks. This is predictable because this is what happened to Ben’s Chili Bowl when Obama stopped by there last January.
Well I guess it will taste good in a few months.
1 comment:
Did you see the uproar about dijon mustard? People are really grasping at straws here; insinuating the Pres is "too good" for regular yellow. It's ridiculous.
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