The "nurses" of Heart Attack Grill

The Heart Attack Grill is a fast food hamburger restaurant in Chandler, Arizona, United States. It has courted controversy by serving unashamedly high-calorie menu items with controversial names. The establishment is a hospital theme restaurant: waitresses (“nurses”) take orders (“prescriptions”) from the customers (“patients”). A tag is put on the patient’s wrist showing which foods they ordered and a “doctor” examines the “patients” with a stethoscope.

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The menu includes “Single”, “Double”, “Triple”, and “Quadruple Bypass” hamburgers, ranging from 0.5 to 2 lb (0.23 to 0.91 kg) of beef (up to about 8000 calories), “Flatliner Fries” (cooked in pure lard), unfiltered cigarettes, beer and liquor, and soft drinks such as Jolt cola and Mexican Coke made with real sugar. 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.

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The Heart Attack Grill was founded in 2005 with the declared intent of serving “nutritional pornography”, food “so bad for you it’s shocking”. Founder Jon Basso claims 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.

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Happy Patients and Happy Nurses

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Basso has deliberately courted controversy as a marketing strategy. The restaurant has been criticized and drawn official complaints for its portrayal of nurses.

The "Nurses"

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The "nurses" of Heart Attack Grill