$175 Burger on 'Colbert Report' Last Night

Posted by Adam Kuban, June 3, 2008 at 12:30 AM

You might have just caught Stephen Colbert mention the $175 burger in New York on Monday's Colbert Report. He is, of course, talking about the foie-gras-and-gold-leaf-topped Kobe burger from The Wall Street Burger Shoppe.

Some of you might recall that the blog Eater "deathwatched" Burger Shoppe on Friday.

Now, nation, I'm no fan of the Wall Street Burger Shoppe, but I'm going to have to give Eater a wag of the finger here in light of this news.

Because everyone knows that the Colbert Bump supersedes an Eater Deathwatch. Jimmy, roll the clip after the jump.

Link: $175 Burger on Colbert [RedLasso]

The Wall Street Burger Shoppe

30 Water Street, New York NY 10004 (b/n Broad Street and Coenties Slip; map)
212-425-1000
burgershoppenyc.com
Reviewed on AHT: 3/31/2008

P.S.: President Bush, have a hot dog with me!

3 Comments | Tags: Deathwatch, Eater, Financial District, Manhattan, NYC, Stephen Colbert, The Burger Shoppe, The Colbert Report, videos, Wall Street Burger Shoppe

3 Comments:

That line about the hedge fund guys was hilarious!

I'd guess though that if anyone is ordering that burger it's the tourists - they're paying for a memory and a good story to tell when they get back home.

foodvox at 8:54AM on 06/03/08

"Crap gold!" - Funny!

I think I'll stick with the burger that makes everything right with the world in the dive bar in Vevay, IN.

thewrighttaste at 9:47AM on 06/03/08

"that's why i pan in portajohns"

genius!

Stankind at 5:01PM on 06/06/08

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