Burger Bedlam Bites: 7/11/11

Our curated list of culinary news from the prior week. Think we missed a must-read or there's something you gotta share? Add a comment below or drop us a line at contact [at] bestburgernyc [dot] com.

• Shake Shack opened up in Dubai and Danny Meyer tweeted a pic of the grill from Day 1, then tweeted at yours truly! [Burger Bedlam Facebook Page]
• It's Restaurant Week here in NYC, meals can be hit or miss but you can't always eat at Telepan or Barbuto for such value. [NYC Go]
• Foodies be warned, VH1's new reality show "Famous Food" isn't just a train wreck, it's a train wreck of EPIC proportions. Still, we'd watch Ashley Dupre on mute. Are we right, Spitz? [Zagat Buzz]
• McDonald's is testing out a new "English Pub Burger" which comes with, wait for it... AMERICAN cheese. Uh huh, not a typo. [Burger Business]
• The Annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest saw Joey Chestnut take the title, again. Competitive eating outcast and rouge Takeru Kobayashi claims he's the real winner in his unsanctioned takedown of 69 dogs. With so much tension we say take it to the Octagon kitchen table, dudes. [NY Daily News]

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Burger Bedlam Bites: 5/30/11

Our curated list of culinary news from the prior week. Think we missed a must-read or there's something you gotta share? Add a comment below or drop us a line at contact [at] bestburgernyc [dot] com.

• Burger maven George Motz (author of Hamburger America) put together an excellent free Burger App to help locate the best in your vicinity (his rankings, not ours!). [iTunes]
• Something for the ladies. You like to get your nails done? Yeah. You like your burgers? Yeah. Well maybe you'll like this new Tumblr blog. Tell 'em we sent you. We might even start up our own, Burgers and Beards. [Burgers & Nails]
• Eater arranged the best YouTube barbecue/grilling FAILS. Warning, #1 is not for those with weak stomachs. [Eater]
• Hardee's is now serving turkey burgers. Don't do it. [AHT]
• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg vows to only eat what he kills. Good luck with that one, dude. Guess you won't be trying any lamb burgers? Or bison? Or...well you get the point. [CNN]
  

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