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Nothing Motivates Better Than The Promise Of A Big Buffet

We were drawn to the idea of City Running Tours when we first read about them on HotelChatter last year, but we’ve yet to do one ourselves, mostly because we like to enact a strict no-exercise rule on vacations.

But we might make an exception for their latest endeavor, which is a sightseeing tour that brilliantly pairs exercise with overeating. Genius!

CRT’s bRUNch event concept kicks off on Saturday, June 27 with their first running/brunching event in New York. $50 gets you a guided 5-mile tour of Manhattan, drinking water, and prix fixe brunch at STAND. The NYU-area burger restaurant is known for its fancy-fast-food options like burgers topped with bacon and eggs or Portobello mushrooms and onion marmalade. Recently they've launched a brunch menu complete with the requisite cocktails, including very reasonably priced $3 mimosas and bloody Marys.

Sounds like we might need to run another 5 miles home to work that off.

Related Stories:
· bRUNch [City Running Tours]
· STAND [Official Site]
· City Running Tours Partners with The Westin Times Square [HotelChatter]

[Photo: li’lhug]

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Grass-Fed Burger-Mobile Joins NYC's Food Truck Madness

How hungry are NYC eaters for high-end food trucks? The latest mobile restaurant to hit the streets has attracted nearly 500 twitter followers—and it hasn't even served a single meal yet!

So we're gonna go out on a limb and say that the La Cense Burger Truck will be a hit with the Manhattan lunch crowd. As you can probably guess from the fancy francophone name, La Cense won't be dishing any freezer patties. No, they've got fresh 6-ounce burgers made from Montana-raised, 100-percent grass-fed Black Angus beef. Burgers are served on sesame buns, topped with caramelized onions, and cooked however you like 'em (no "we don’t do rare" here).

La Cense will be rolling through Midtown starting this weekend—find out where via their twitter page.

Related Stories:
· NYC Gets a Big Gay Ice Cream Truck [Jaunted]
· It's Taco Time: LA Gets Its First Gourmet Food Truck [Jaunted]
· NYC's Food Trucks All Converge in One Place This Weekend [Jaunted]

[Photo: La Cense]

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A Big Fat Juicy Burger, Hawaiian-Style at Ono's Char Burger

West Coast web media princess, and Jaunted Embed, Shira Lazar rushed off to Hawaii for a couple days at the bequest of So Much More Hawaii. We will be bringing you her travel videos between June 1st and 5th, in hopes of creating a glorious on-the-fly travel guide using as much point oh social webbing as we can. Enjoy.

Trust us. A juicy burger with teriyaki sauce, swiss cheese and pineapple is delicious (and it's called The Local Boy.) You can find it at Ono's Char Burger on the North Shore. Watch the video to see it up close and learn what ale we washed that tasty burger down with.

Related Stories:
· Jaunted in Hawaii [Jaunted]

Full Disclosure:
So Much More Hawaii provided transportation and lodging for Shira's trip.

What Recession? / Meatpacking District / Burgers / Julian Schnabel / Restaurants / Steakhouses / Food Travel / → All Tags

The Old Homestead Hawking $41 Burger

This week, Jaunted is celebrating the recession by looking at the boom-era ridiculousness that is Manhattan's Meatpacking District. One eatery that is almost certain to make it through the current downtown is the venerable Old Homestead Steakhouse. This place has been there for 140 years, so it knows a thing or two about changes in the neighborhood.

The restaurant can be spotted by the iconic cow sculpture that hangs outside its entrance, but it's better known for a more new-school MePa development: the $41 hamburger.

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Ballpark Now Selling 5,000-Calorie Burger Packed With Chili and Fritos

While MLB fans are paying attention to the reports and stats coming out of Spring Training, the West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor-league team, has learned how to get some fameballs thrown their way. The team's ballpark just announced a new addition to their concession menu--The Fifth Third Burger, named after the ballpark's sponsor, the Fifth Third bank.

But don't think that's just an obligatory name for the burger. Oh no. It's also 5/3 pounds of beef with lettuce, tomato, salsa, sour cream, chili and Fritos packed inside.

The team says it feeds one to four people and sells for $20, and if a person finishes the Fifth Third Burger in one sitting, the team will offer up a Fifth Third Burger T-shirt.

And just in case you're on a diet or something, that burger has nearly 5,000 calories and 299 grams of fat. Omg. Whatever happened to "peanuts and crackerjacks"?

The West Michigan Whitecaps play their games in Comstock, Mich.. They begin playing ball on April 8 at home. Tickets start at $5 for lawn seats and $13 for premium seats. Yes, the burger costs more than the game tickets.

Related Stories:
· Minor League Concession Item Of The Year [SportsBiz]
· Western Michigan Whitecaps [Official Site]
· Best Minor League Ballparks [Jaunted]

[Photo: SportsBiz]

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8 Oz. Burger Bar

Half-pound is the new quarter-pound at West Hollywood newcomer 8 Oz. Burger Bar, a casual eatery from Govind Armstrong, the acclaimed chef at nearby high-end restaurant Table 8.

8 oz. has quickly become a local favorite for its trendy atmosphere and hefty, grass-fed patties, topped with gourmet delicacies like cave aged Gruyere, red onion marmalade and fried caper tartar sauce. For non-carnivores, 8 oz. has drawn an equally devoted following for its equally large veggie burger, topped with sunflower sprouts, wild arugula and avocado.

But most regulars get more excited about the gourmet finger food, with offerings like mini Kobe corndogs, fried Wisconsin cheese curds and sausage-stuffed fried olives, all of which are tasty late-night accompaniments to an array of local microbrews.

Related Stories:
· 8 Oz. Burger Bar [Official Site]
· Shake It Like a Paparazzi Picture [Jaunted]
· West Hollywood Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Rojbtak]

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Where to Tackle Your Own 15 Pound Burger

The Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser is a 15 pound hamburger served at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, and, until Monday, no one had ever eaten the whole thing. But Brad Sciullo, a 5'11", 180-pound chef finished the, uh, whopper in a nearly five-hour-long eating session earlier this week.

Not surprisingly, it wasn't easy, Brad said:

About three hours into it, things got tough.

He got a T-shirt for finishing the meal, natch, as well as $400. You can tackle your own monster burger in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, but bring money: The Belly Bruiser is $49.95 and must be ordered 24 hours in advance.

Related Stories:
· Denny's Beer Barrel Pub [Official Site]
· Man Chews Through 15 Pound Burger [AP, via Google]
· Big Burger Map [Jaunted]

[Photo: Denny's]