Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Assuming that the "single bypass" is 1/4th the calorie count of the quadruple, that is a 2,500 calorie burger. Or, about 5 Big Macs>> And not much different from the Bistro Shrimp Pasta or Pasta Carbonara with Chicken at The Cheesecake Factory. Source: <a href="http://www.cheesecakefactorynutrition.com/restaurant-nutrition-chart.php" target="_blank">http://www.cheesecakefactorynu...hart.php</a>? At least the Heart Attack Grill is up front about what eating too much of their food will result in!! (Yea, I know... the Cheesecake Factory is not on trial here!)
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 The Heart Attack Grill is probably the last factor in what caused the death of some of these people. I'd be willing to venture a guess they lived an unhealthy lifestyle prior to setting foot.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Comparing the risk of scuba diving to an unhealthy diet... I guess there really is a first time for everything. Makes me wonder if you would pay to go diving in a facility called Shark Attack Diving Tank? "I don't see why places should close up shop or telling adults what to enjoy or not....be it food or diving." Who here is suggesting that the Heart Attach Grill close down?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>You know what? I give up, folks.<< Don't. What you've posted is interesting. I guess I just come at it from my own perspective. I count my calories every day with an app on my phone. I hope to lose another 30 lbs, on top of 65, but for now it's to just keep me in check and not gain anything back. But yeah, every couple of weeks I say "Screw this," and get a burger. I don't have a problem with high calorie foods. I don't even necessarily have a problem with a restaurant boasting its high calorie approach as a way of marketing. I just don't get this lifestyle attitude people boast. If you eat regularly at the Heart Attack Grill, you're an idiot. I find the Heart Attack Grill to be kind of sleazy, but not necessarily their problem that idiots eat their food.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think what 2oony is objecting to is the schtick behind the HAG. For there to be an equivalent diving business, it would have to make fun of the idea of having your air line cut, or getting bit by a sea krait... as opposed to (what I assume) is serious-minded orientation about what to do if something goes wrong, how to avoid startling dangerous sea life, general safety instructions, etc. The HAG makes fun of the whole idea of having a heart attack, with their decor, their advertising, dressing customers in hospital gowns, etc. Even after people have died on the premises. Yes, they have a right to do all this, and people have a right to eat there. I think 2oony is just offering his opinion that it's a pretty scuzzy schtick as schtick goes.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Nothing fom nothing, but the servers at Heart Attack Grill wear less than the ones from Hooters. To wit: Likely NSFW <a href="http://lifestylemod.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/3610921122_81b3b39783.jpg" target="_blank">http://lifestylemod.com/wp-con...9783.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Nothing fom nothing, but the servers at Heart Attack Grill wear less than the ones from Hooters." *sigh* I really do hate Vegas.
Originally Posted By mawnck Jim's Scuba Shop and Snack Bar. Try our new Bends Burrito with Extra Spicy Narcosis Sauce!
Originally Posted By mawnck >>the servers at Heart Attack Grill<< Ew. And I say that as a single heterosexual male.
Originally Posted By barboy ///Makes me wonder if you would pay to go diving in a facility called Shark Attack Diving Tank?/// ....depends on what's in there. There are hundreds of species of sharks, well over 300 and just about all are more or less harmless due to their size, diet or dispostion. about 10 of them I would use extreme caution and hope not to encounter. Of those 10 I would only consider 4 flat out dangerous, period. Of those 4 highly dangerous species only one and one only is **very likely** to attack or get all aggressive. This shark has claimed more human victims by far than any other: The Bull (aka Zambesi) found all over the globe in tropical and more warm waters. Fill the tank with close to any shark and I'm in.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I think what 2oony is objecting to is the schtick behind the HAG.<< Yes. It's the mindset that it's all a big joke and then someone actually does die there and the owners keep the joke going anyway. I get being cavalier and fearless and in your face. What I don't get is being rather devoid of empathy when your whole schtick is built around something that is a serious problem. It's up to the owners to decide if they should keep on doing what they're doing, or whether they should shut down (they're not going to shut down). I'm just curious about the mindset of people that would run such a business after deaths and heart attacks have actually occurred and expect people to still find this an amusing concept.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Fill the tank with close to any shark and I'm in.<< How about we chum the waters for awhile, and divers get to try to swim to the safety, while dressed as a sea lion, of a nearby shark cage in a tank of great whites. We'll call it Jaws Vegas. It'd probably be amusing and exhilarating for the fastest swimmers, and funny for onlookers to see a diver scrambling for safety, and thrilling near misses. Then one gets his leg bit off and bleeds out. Is it still funny?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "*sigh* I really do hate Vegas." Well, good for you, but AGAIN, this has nothing to do with Las Vegas other than it happened there. Heart Attack Grill is an Arizona business.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I stand semi-corrected. Heart Attack Grill started in Arizona, developed the concept there, and eventally closed the Arizona shop to move to Vegas.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Ew. And I say that as a single heterosexual male.>> Hey... it's Vegas. The only place on earth that can make boobs totally unappealing. Most of what you see is fake, and by the time you see something real you just don't care any more. Let's face it... boobs are just boobs. Unless they are part of someone you love they ain't really worth squat.
Originally Posted By barboy ///Ew. And I say that as a single heterosexual male/// EW INDEED. Sex and food don't mix. I wouldn't have ever eaten there to begin with but after seeing that picture of skanks, just like Hooter skanks or any other varietal of skank, in costume I won't even peep inside just to see what all of the talk is about.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Yes, but how many people actually order the "Quadruple Bypass"?<< That's what I meant. Sure, they have the crazy dishes on the menu. But I suspect that their regular menu items aren't much worse than the calorie bombs offered at most "casual dining" chain restaurants.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>If you eat regularly at the Heart Attack Grill, you're an idiot.<< True, but if you eat everyday at a casual dining chain restaurant you'll pack on the pounds really fast. I just visited Wendy's website. A triple burger, large shake and large fries weighs in at just shy of 2500 calories.
