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Halifax Jumps on the Kobe Burger Bandwagon

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 21, 2006 at 1:53 PM

GIO
Address: 1725 Market Street; Halifax, Nova Scotia [map]
Phone: 902-425-1987
Website: giohalifax.com
The Skinny: $15 Kobe-style-beef burgers

As a non-native New Yorker, I still experience sticker shock here and there when I go about my daily business. The price of pizza has never fazed me, but burgers took some getting used to. With fancypants burgers routinely ringing in above $12 (sometimes WAY above), it's downright quaint to see a columnist from Halifax, Nova Scotia, marveling at a $15 Kobe-style-beef burger:

Next time you are in the mood for a hamburger, try Halifax 's real home of the whopper — Gio.

"Everybody enjoys a hamburger, but I wasn't just going to do a burger," said chef Ray Bear, whose $15 Kobe Long Burger is the highest priced burger Spare no Expense was able to find in the city....

[Bear] serves the six-ounce burger on a multi-grain bun, with double smoked bacon, aged cheddar, pickled red onions, and homemade ketchup made from dried apricots and cranberries. It comes with a side of crisp, sweet potato french fries. The pan-seared and oven-baked meat literally crumbles in your mouth, mixing with the smoky flavour of the bacon, sweet tanginess of the ketchup, and sharpness of the cheese. It tastes brilliant.

As of today (August 21, 2006), $15 Canadian translates to US$13.41. Maybe I should move AHT corporate HQ to Canada. I've always liked the sound of Halifax.

Kobe Long Burger well worth the $15 price tag [The Halifax Daily News]

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