‘Second Victim’: Woman Collapses Mid-Chomp While Eating ‘Double Bypass Burger’ at Las Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill
- Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:10am by
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LAS VEGAS (NewsCore) — The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas appears to have lived up to its name once again — claiming a second victim after a customer collapsed while chomping on a so-called “double bypass burger.”
A woman had been drinking alcohol, eating and smoking when she lost consciousness and fell on the floor Saturday night, KVVU-TV reported Monday.
The woman, aged in her mid forties, was wheeled out by paramedics who arrived within five minutes, said Jon Basso, owner of the hospital-themed restaurant known for its artery-clogging cuisine.
The woman was rushed to a local hospital and expected to recover, KTNV-TV reported. It was not known what caused her to collapse but Basso told the Los Angeles Times she had apparently gotten what she came for — a brush with death.
“We attract an avant-garde clientele — thrill-seekers, risk-takers,” he said, adding that his restaurant was “bad for you but fun” and was popular with “people who don’t really take good care of their health.”
The Heart Attack Grill made headlines in February when a man in his forties chowing down a “triple bypass burger” suffered chest pains midway through his meal.
The eatery, which displays a sign on its door saying, “Caution! This establishment is bad for your health,” goes all-out when it comes to unhealthy food items.
The menu offers “flatliner fries,“ ”butterfat milkshakes“ and a ”quadruple bypass burger” than can exceed 8,000 calories.
Diners who weigh more than 350 pounds (158kg) can eat for free.
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Comments (69)
cranberry
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:12amLooks very delicious for a one-time deal, there will always be places like this, thank goodness, this is America, not Russia.
Report Post »gr29az
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:36amate at phoenix h.a.g. wow! for a one timer it’s great but once was enough. no one is forcing anyone to eat there. i think the place is true american capitalism. they love the publicity.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:24am‘I want a girl… just like the girl’.. that ate one of these ;)
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:49amI think all members of the pee party should eat there at least 5 times a week. It should be free for them.
Report Post »DoseofReality
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:16pmI think people should be able to eat what they want, smoke what they want and be as fat as they want. however, when you share my health insurance pool and your fat disgusting sloppy ways casue my insurance to increase, YOU should be liable. You should have to pay more for insurance for your filthy habits.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:05pmThe way to go is grass fed beef. No steroids, no hormones, no mystery feed. My partner and I just purchased half of a grass fed Texas Longhorn. Average price including processing $6.13 per pound. Find out what beef is supposed to taste like. It is nutritionally superior to the crap they sell in restaurants and food stores. Black Angus, etc. is all BS. Currently American cattle would die in 6 months from the drugs and feed they are given if they weren’t slaughtered before that time. Be smart, do the research. Eat less good food.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:04pmFoxHoleAtheist?
Report Post »More like FoxHoleAsseist.
str8blues
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:24pmFOXA-HOLEATHIEST Spoken like a true FLEABAGGER. Now back to your tent.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 3:35pmI Love It, I am going there this summer. I am disappointed that there is no video of the women grabbing for her chest. Since she didn’t finish can she come back for another for 1/2 price. I love the idea that if you weigh over 350 pounds the burger is free.
Report Post »Grillmark55
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:57amI wonder how long before Moochelle Obummer sets her sights on this place. She‘ll probably have some of Barry’s storm troopers raid the place and shut it down (after she wolf’s down a couple dozen orders of fries herself, that is).
Report Post »kcares
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:14amPeople are just getting more stupid by the day.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:02am.
Fat People Suck……
What is up with all the Fat People? I have never seen so many “FAT” kids and young Fat Baby Mama’s in my life. Please Young Fat Baby Mama’s , if you stand in front the mirror when you put your pants on, and you can’t see the Belt Loops cause your Fat Belly Done Lapped over, buy some pants that fit or better yet WORK Your Fat Behind Out till you fit back in your pants……
And to the Beer Gut, Butt Crack guy’s you know who you are. Hit the Track……
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:51amCan I get a “Hallelujah!”?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:33pmFat is Nature’s Way of Protecting people… against Stravation in Bad Times! Take it as a Omen: BAD TIMES are coming!
Report Post »troymac20
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:26pmUnless everybody is starving….then us skinny folk are just gonna eat the fat ones first.
Report Post »Coralchristie
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:59amShe was drinking alcohol, smoking and eating a bypass burger. Which of these was the cause? or was it her lifestyle choice?
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:18amWonder if she’ll try to sue the restaurant for not adequately warning her.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:51pmDrink, Smoke, & Eat… for tomorrow… we die!
Report Post »ComradeAdam
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:57amThey say the 4 biggest factors in a heart attack (or any heart disease) are smoking, drinking, fats, and sugars. Sounds like she was getting all 4 at once and her body couldn’t take it. Glad she was ok.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:47amHow many people died at a Jack in the Box last year? Or Olive Garden? Or shopping at a Whole Foods?
Report Post »dsm
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:45amMust be a slow news day. This story is a couple days old.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:44amSome people eat so fast, they have to pass it to know what’s in it.
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:43amGimminy, she just passed out from drinkink too much…gee I just noticed that I wrote “drinkink”, what am I, German or something…oh yeah, I am half German…never mind.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:33amHey, can i pay for mine with FOOD STAMPS?
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:11amThis restaurant has every right to exist. Stupid people have every right to eat there. I should not have to pay for said stupid people’s healthcare.
Report Post »ASE
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 5:16amI just don’t want to be on the same medical plan as these folks. They have a pre-existing condition – the habitual stuffing more food down their gullet than they need in a whole day. This willingness to gorge is not my doing, it is theirs; and I don’t want to share any of their costs.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:32amDon’t worry, you already are on their medical plan–ObamaCare will pay for all their medical needs with YOUR money! Nancy Pelosi was right–you have to pass it to see what’s in it! Thanks, Nancy! You’re such a responsible represenative!
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:37amWe already pay with our tax dollars every time one goes into an emergency room uninsured. We pay with our premiums if they are. No, I don’t think people should be able to eat whatever they want if it affects the rest of us and if their children are as overweight as they are, they should be looked into for child abuse and neglect. You people complain all the time when their little brats act out in your favorite Wal Mart. What is the difference if they can‘t control their children’s eating habits or if they are slowly killing their kids with food?
Report Post »azjeff1963
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:13amhey FuxholeAtheist my 8 yr old HAS insurance and so do my 28 yr old Daughter…they are both under wieght and were NEVER the little brats that threw fits in stores….they knew what the Consequences for those actions would be. that being said people should be able to eat where ever they want…..what the —- do you want a food police? and next and next and next…..just worry about yourself…..ive been to the Phoenix HTG and loved it….ive been here 12 yrs and went once mostly for the novelty….what next on your stupid agenda…..boycotting AZstate fair cause they sell deep fried butter or Chocolate covered Bacon? get a life.
Report Post »just happy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:08pm@foxhole Atheist: If you go back one step more into the health care issue you get to the place things should be: hospitals and doctors should not be REQUIRED to treat anyone who cannot pay them for their services. AND as members of the human family we all should care for those who NEED essential services; food, shelter, medical care. If the moral and religious people were doing their part in society, we would be teaching many more to do likewise and there would not be any thought of getting the Government to Force us to do it. Many of us are not very good human beings, and many of us are very good. We all need to work at being better people and not just letting or requiring the Government to take over our responsibilities.
Report Post »str8blues
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:33pmPeople like FOXA-HOLEATHIEST just can’t live and let live. They’ve got to police whatever they deem bad that OTHER PEOPLE are doing. Like athiests do with Christians……they can’t just be non believers……they’ve got to spew their hate toward Christians…..or in this case a woman eating an unhealthy burger because he thinks he pays for her healthcare. Give me a break……as if you pay taxes.
Report Post »v15
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 5:10amA doctor owns a restaurant named “the heart attack grill” selling 8,000 calorie burgers to customers all dressed in hospital gowns and patient ID bracelets? 350+ lbs eat for free? Was the woman‘s name Rosie O’donnell? Will her pallbearer be a forklift? Probably.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:36amShe obviously had health issues before she ate the burger. Some people will make a big deal out of this but one meal really isn’t significant for overall health.
Report Post »rambosharley
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:01amI couldn’t eat one of those huge burgers if I tried, a single is enough.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:27amVictim? Fat people and gourmands aren’t “victims.” This is self-inflicted misery. Unless you insist on a “war on food.”
Report Post »KyleD
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:41amOr self-inflicted bliss…up until the chest pains at least.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:53amI like a burger once in a while. I don’t advise trying to eat the whole damn quarter of a beef.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:26amJust dont eat the carbs…that is what kills you. I have lost over 150 pounds and eat huge amounts of steaks and eggs…Just no carbs except greens. My bloodwork is better than most 20 year olds and i am an ols fart…
Report Post »Cut the crap processed carbs!
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:20amI got to get me one of those ! Now I’m hungry.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:00amGood thing she has Obamacare
Report Post »billrow
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:37amLook for moochele to lobby for banning these types of places.
I figure let the buyer beware is the only law we need.
Report Post »BIGWUN
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:55amNot so. Look for her and HubbyO in the lobby chowing down. All that health food is for YOU, not them.
Report Post »JL320
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:28amWe need the HSA (Hamburger Security Agency) posted at every fast food joint, to give physicals to everybody before eating, except the obese, that would be politically incorrect.
Report Post »R.A. Bullseye
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:28amnothing needs to be said.
Report Post »THE EQUALIZER
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:27amI have been there and had the quadruple bypass! IT WAS AWSOME!
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:43amI have no problem with this, they tell you exactly what they are. Personally, I think it’s awful to promote such unhealthy foods and lifestyles so I would not eat there. It is up to us individually to make that decision “Do I eat this food which has a DISCLAIMER on it saying it could kill me, or do I go down the steet and eat something else”. I would probably avoid it, but you ate it and survived. Good for you. To each his own, GOD BLESS THE USA!!!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:25amwhatever turns your crank.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:23amPeople who eat there have been fairly warned and have no reason to involve lawyers!!
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:48amExactly. Period, end of story. Its called “FREEDOM”! With freedom comes responsability, if you don‘t want to be responsable for your actions then you don’t deserve the freedom to make the decision.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:18amnow this place is got the kervorka
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