Confess – you know you’ve made it when McDonalds or Burger King are just so, well, little-people-like.
After all, once you’ve deemed Bill Gates home as a shack, the common ordinary humble hamburger just, well, doesn’t quite hit the spot.
But fear not, intrepid readers, for the Wall Street Burger Shoppe has heard your sorrowful cries! To wit:
…Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger.
The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York.
"Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the everyday burger (for $4) … and then something special if you really have a good day on Wall Street," said co-owner Heather Tierney.
The burger, created by chef and co-owner Kevin O’Connell, seeks to justify its price with a Kobe beef patty, lots of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun.
The eatery sells 20 or 25 per month in the fine dining room upstairs versus hundreds of $4 burgers each day at the diner counter downstairs, Tierney said. …MORE….
What…and no caviar to accompany? 
Enjoy,
Barbara
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I also heard of a $1000 donut, I don’t remember where
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