limited liability company industry full service restaurant founded 2005 2005 headquarters las vegas nevada u.s. owner diet center llc website www.heartattackgrill.com the heart attack grill is an american hamburger restaurant in las vegas nevada formerly located in chandler arizona . it has courted controversy by serving high calorie menu items with deliberately provocative names coupled with waitresses in sexually provocative clothing . the establishment is a hospital theme restaurant waitresses nurses take orders prescriptions from the customers patients . each patient dons a hospital gown before ordering and those who do not finish their meal receive a paddling by one of the nurses with the option to buy the tainted paddle afterwards . the menu includes single double triple and quadruple bypass hamburgers 1 ranging from 8 to 32 ounces 230 to 910 g of beef up to about 8 000 calories 33 000 kj all you can eat flatliner fries cooked in pure lard beer and tequila and soft drinks such as jolt and mexican bottled coca cola made with cane sugar . 2 customers over 350 lb 160 kg in weight eat for free if they weigh in with a doctor or nurse before each burger . beverages and to go orders are excluded and sharing food is also not allowed for the free food deal . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 deaths 2 menu 3 reception 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit quadruple bypass burger offered by heart attack grill the heart attack grill was founded in 2005 in chandler arizona by jon basso with the declared intent of serving nutritional pornography 4 food so bad for you it s shocking . 5 the idea came when writing a marketing thesis about fitness training studios as he became inspired by stories about his clients cheating on their diets . a second heart attack grill opened in dallas texas in may 2011 but closed in october 2011 . 6 one of the restaurant s promotions is a reward for customers who finish a triple or quadruple bypass burger after which they are placed on a wheelchair and wheeled out to their vehicle by their personal nurse . 7 deaths edit the restaurant s spokesman 575 pound 261 kg blair river died on march 1 2011 aged 29 from complications of pneumonia . 8 the arizona location closed shortly thereafter on may 31 2011 . 9 the dallas location suffered a similar fate within a few months after that . according to a blog entry in the dallas morning news 10 as of october 12 2011 the locks at the west end location were changed due to nonpayment of rent . additionally food critic scott reitz of the dallas observer reported being unable to reach the manager by phone and that the restaurant s official website had been scrubbed of any dallas location information . 11 on february 11 2012 a customer suffered what was reported to be an apparent heart attack while eating a triple bypass burger at the grill . 12 restaurant owner jon basso called 9 1 1 and the customer was taken to the hospital . 13 14 reportedly patrons thought it was a stunt and started taking photos . basso later said i actually felt horrible for the gentleman because the tourists were taking photos of him as if it were some type of stunt . even with our own morbid sense of humor we would never pull a stunt like that . 12 in february 2013 an unofficial spokesman and daily patron 52 year old john alleman died of an apparent heart attack while waiting at a bus stop in front of the las vegas restaurant . 15 other similar incidents include on april 21 2012 when a woman fell unconscious while eating a double bypass burger drinking alcohol and smoking . 15 16 menu edit double bypass burger & flatliner fries with a bottle of mexican coke the heart attack grill menu consists of four burger varieties based on number of half pound patties the single bypass burger the double bypass burger the triple bypass burger and the quadruple bypass burger . each of the burgers can be augmented with unadulterated not drained of the grease from cooking bacon slices in quantities of five slices per patty thus five slices of bacon on the single bypass ten slices on the double bypass 15 slices on the triple bypass and 20 slices of bacon on the quadruple bypass burger and so on . all burgers are served per patty with a slice of american cheese red onion sliced tomato and heart attack grill s own unique special sauce . the only available side item is flatliner fries fresh french cut potatoes deep fried in pure lard . heart attack grill also offers butter fat shakes in vanilla chocolate and strawberry flavors . this high calorie shake is so named because it is made from butter fat cream . various packaged candies are also available as dessert items most notably the controversial candy cigarette . for refreshment high sugar content sodas are available as well as bottled water and several brands of malt liquor and beers served in the can . there is also a full bar which in keeping with the theme serves fat bastard wines and liquor shots served in four ounce novelty syringes . reception edit heart attack grill has deliberately courted controversy as a marketing strategy . 2 the restaurant has been criticized and drawn complaints for its breastaurant style portrayal of nurses . 17 the quadruple bypass burger with 9 982 calories 41 760 kj has been identified as one of the world s worst junk foods . 18 it consists of four half pound beef patties twenty strips of bacon eight slices of american cheese a whole tomato and half an onion served in a bun coated with lard . 19 20 the restaurant was featured on an episode of extreme pig outs on the travel channel all you can eat on the history channel 2 world s weirdest restaurants on food network canada abc news 21 on a cbs report with bill geist 22 on khawatir 10 on mbc 23 on 7 deadly sins . on showtime 24 and on the pilot episode on fluffy breaks even . see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to heart attack grill . breastaurant food porn heart attack list of restaurants in the las vegas valley obesity in the united states references edit lee robyn . heart attack grill is up front about slowly killing you a hamburger today . aht.seriouseats.com . retrieved 2008 12 26 . a b c edelhauser kristin . heart attack grill an anti marketing strategy that works . entrepreneur.com . retrieved 2008 12 26 . heart attack grill . chandler arizona . retrieved 2010 01 11 . heart attack grill turns bad press into big business wall street fighter . wallstreetfighter.com . retrieved december 26 2008 . heart attack grill . popgive.com . retrieved december 26 2008 . wolke alice may 13 2011 protest greets heart attack grill opening in dallas myfoxdfw.com msnbc heart attack grill serves bypass burgers flatliner fries johnson weldon b. march 3 2011 575 pound heart attack grill spokesman dies the arizona republic gannett oclc 61312426 retrieved march 4 2011 jensen edythe june 1 2011 chandler heart attack grill closes the arizona republic is heart attack grill in cardiac arrest . dallasnews.com . october 13 2011 . retrieved october 14 2011 . heart attack grill continues death spasms . dallasobserver.com . october 14 2011 . retrieved october 14 2011 . a b delucia matt february 15 2012 . man suffers heart attack while dining at heart attack grill in las vegas . fox 5 vegas . retrieved february 15 2012 . jaslow ryan february 15 2012 . man suffers heart attack at heart attack grill in las vegas report . cbs news . retrieved february 15 2012 . man suffers heart attack at heart attack grill fox5 vegas kvvu . fox5 vegas . 2011 07 27 . retrieved 2012 02 19 . a b paul takahashi february 11 2013 . heart attack grill spokesman dies from heart attack . las vegas sun . retrieved february 12 2013 . ap april 23 2012 . 2nd patron falls ill at hospital themed restaurant . associated press . retrieved february 23 2012 . waitresses dressed as nurses rile real rns . foxnews.com . december 9 2006 . retrieved december 26 2008 . world s best jumbo junk food the sun features . the sun . 2010 05 27 . retrieved 2012 02 19 . phoenix news times heart attack grill s quadruple bypass burger challenge heart attack grill where a burger is 8 000 calories and the fries are cooked in lard nightline from abc news the heart attack grill http www.youtube.com watch v hqf siq3jak cbs . november 25 2008 . a meal to die for on youtube . 10 7 youtube . retrieved 2014 07 07 . http www.ibtimes.co.uk heart attack grill showtimes 7 deadly sins restaurant owner not guilty employee deaths 1461070 external links edit official website nightline from abc news story coordinates 33 18 19 n 111 56 53 w 33.305183 n 111.947991 w 33.305183 ; 111.947991 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title heart attack grill & oldid 743497115 categories fast food hamburger restaurantsrestaurants in arizonaprivately held companies based in arizonarestaurants in dallasrestaurants in the las vegas valleyrestaurants in los angelesbuildings and structures in maricopa county arizonacompanies based in chandler 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