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Monday, March 15, 2010
New breastaurant entry Burger Girl opens in Dallas’ Knox district
Two money-making concepts in one convenient spot.
Marc Lee
Burger Girl exterior
DALLAS — In a stroke of restaurant Weird Science comes Burger Girl, a new franchise-in-the-making that combines two money-making concepts in one convenient spot: burgers and Hooter-esque servers.
"Imagine Twin Peaks but more Highland Park-friendly and a burger concept," says manager Corrie Loftin.
According to Loftin, the restaurant, which opened on Saturday in the space recently vacated by La Cubanita, is owned by Nick Galanos, a Twin Peaks franchiser who also owns the Lemon Bar in West Village.
"They're franchising Burger Girl out, so this will be the burger girl prototype," she says. "Even if you don’t care for the attractive friendly staff, you could just come for the food."
Burgers come in a single ($6.99) or double ($9.99) patty; in a Kobe version ($10.99), vegetarian ($8.99), or topped with a fried egg (the "hangover," $7.99). The are also fish and chicken "burgers." The menu says that the burgers are "delivered fresh daily from our local butcher," so it's another place that seems to find added value in "fresh" meat versus frozen.
Marc Lee
Burger Girl burger
A burger aficionado who takes photos reported that the meat tasted "meaty," and came dressed in a peppery special sauce, with grilled onions, shredded lettuce, and white cheddar cheese. The bun was toasted, and had some body. Fries options include regular and sweet potato (pictured) which were under-cooked and salty.
Unlike some of the other new burger places such as Five Guys, this isn't just burgers. Appetizers included Buffalo wings, calamari, spinach dip, fried pickles, and waffle-cut potato fries with gorgonzola cheese. There are also salads, a weekend brunch with migas and chicken & waffles, and a full bar, which explains the late-night hours, open until 2 a.m. every night.
Sarah Blaskovich contributed to this story.
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"humbleness"??????
Um, Mr. Means (reporter), your fourth-grade English teacher is going to smack yo
OEsophagus, anonymous:
Your photographer needs to figure out what year it is.
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Scott Doyle, verified:
Marc should also realize that with "breastaurant" in the headline, pics of the storefront and a burger are disappointing - at best.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
doyle, that is exactly the feedback i provided to the photographer as well. i have no personal interest, i'm just thinking from a news-gathering perspective that these photos don't tell the story as completely as one might hope. on the other hand, the photographer was willing to leave the comfort of his nest to go get a burger so obviously one can't be too critical
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Scott Doyle, verified:
Let the record also show that a third concept intertwined could make a boat-load of money: breastaurant servers wash your car out front while you eat your burger on the patio.
Just sayin'.
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jtmbls, anonymous:
OR maybe there actually is one man on this planet who doesn’t feel it necessary to sell his story by taking the sleazy-easy approach. Maybe he wanted his story to be judged on its own merits and not on some boob shot. Eh, who am I kidding?
Any more of your innermost fantasies you would like to share Doyle?
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Pavel Lishin, verified:
If the story is about a breastaurant, then I'd say that the breasts in question are extremely topical to the story - as topical as the food, if it's a major marketing strategy.
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jtmbls, anonymous:
Whatever! You’re all going to Hell and in your special kind of Hell you’re going to be forced to eat tacos every day at a cootchaurant. A very cheap cootchaurant!
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Scott Doyle, verified:
Not to mention, if you don't think scantily clad women who willingly display their goods for a tip should also wash cars...I'm afraid you may not be American.
If anything, I'd think you'd be pissed there are women who look forward to subjecting themselves to the breastaurant bidness model. I don't particularly like Hooters, Twin Peaks, etc...but if they washed my car while I ate the lackluster food, well, that just might be worth it.
Cheap fuzzy-taco ring of hell is certainly a new one, though. Touche.
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luniz, anonymous:
"Imagine Twin Peaks but more Highland Park-friendly and a burger concept," says manager Corrie Loftin.
I don't really know what that means, but it's certainly the funniest thing I've read all afternoon.
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jtmbls, anonymous:
Nah. I'm not pissed at anybody. God only knows what I would be doing if I had cleavage.
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Pavel Lishin, verified:
Washing Scott's car, I'd wager!
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jtmbls, anonymous:
Ha - Wrong! Boobs mean never having to do manual labor of any kind.
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Howard Wen, verified:
Well, based on just the photo of the food itself, I'm not sold on this establishment.
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RobertB, anonymous:
The burger and fries look fine to me -- dripping with grease, with a nice fatty side of ranch dressing. The only problem is that they've apparently been sitting on the table since 2009, according to the date on the photo, so I'd consider them somewhat "suspect".
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David Wood, verified:
I'd feel weird ordering the chicken breast burger with a milkshake in a breastaurant.
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enachi, anonymous:
I think they should have called it Boobanita.
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Travis Bush, verified:
"Imagine Twin Peaks but more Highland Park-friendly and a burger concept,"
Dead chicks wrapped in plastic and upscale douchery?
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greg_branch, anonymous:
There goes the neighborhood...
...I give it six month
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Youngstar_Inc, anonymous:
This is about all the breasts your going to get in this article. (o)(o) boo
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sstrng, anonymous:
Did someone say, "breasts"? I liked to see that.
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Pavel Lishin, verified:
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bensmithson, anonymous:
Thanks for the post. Good write-up. GREAT comments. Love.
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cristy, anonymous:
Went there today. Lots of pretty female servers... but absolutely no cleavage. They all looked shockingly real, wearing street clothes and (gasp!) all well older than 16. The food, however, is incredible. Best burger I have had in a loooong time. I think it's stupid to market the place like this--it is in no way, shape or form going with the "Hooters" model, and is far more successful being what it is-- a plain ol good burger joint.
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hotnoodles4u, anonymous:
this place is the bomb!!!!!! & i dont why he said like "twin peaks" because the chicks dont wear anything revealing or skanky..they have good music too.
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gregbrownrn, anonymous:
My first trip: Very good service. Excellent Sloppy Burger. Very meaty with good sauce and soaking through the bottom bun by the end (I consider this a good thing.) I had the provolone and it was good but could use a little more cheese flavor/quantity. The fries were top notch. Perfectly cooked with a nice back taste of ancho/cascabel/etc (help me out here) chile powder. As for "breastauraunt" I think that description is a little overdone here. I walked in not knowing of any of this and found the scenery to be quite pleasant but not overwhelming. Cetainly no Owls here or the attitude that goes with it. Overall, excellent burger and service. I will be back.
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Travis Bush, verified:
They should be wearing the Burger Girl outfits...The lack of Owls wouldn't be so noticeable..
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