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Contents:
- REVIEW: “GAY BURGER” VIRTUAL KCHEN OPENS SAN FRANCIS
- WH GAY BURGER, THE POP-UP MOL GOT AN FLUENCER TWIST
- BURGER KG DEBUTS GAY PRI WHOPPER
- GAY BURGER SAYS ‘SORRY, GAY’
REVIEW: “GAY BURGER” VIRTUAL KCHEN OPENS SAN FRANCIS
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Elsewhere on the table we’ve got Brney Spears (ied pickl) and TaTas (tater tots) to acpany our Mac Daddi (humanely-raised burgers topped wh mac and chee) is Hamburger Mary's, the gay-themed hamburger cha anchise Chigo, Denver, Hollywood, Tampa, Hoton, and beyond, wh more rtrants on the way. Though the origal lotn at 1582 Folsom Street closed 2001, the name persists, wh 17 anchis currently rryg on Ameri’s first gay hamburger rtrant’s the drag queens sashay between booths beltg out Whney Hoton, Hamburger Mary’s is, first and foremost, a burger jot. ”Photo by Amy LombardLoted Los Angel’ gayborhood, Mary’s was a wele addn to a cy already fatuated wh In-N-Out, jt as the Kansas Cy and Milwkee outposts have been champned by lols, spe a lack of ncentrated gay neighborhood eher midwtern cy.
WH GAY BURGER, THE POP-UP MOL GOT AN FLUENCER TWIST
When nsirg hamburgers, you may not thk about gay culture -- but try thkg aga. Elijah Daniel, a YouTuber and sger who releas mic unr * the gay hamburger *
Sce, the rtrant has expand to a trifecta of Mary’s spac, cludg the baret theater Mary’s Attic, on a now-lorful rner of North Clark by Amy Lombard“Hamburger Mary’s was a groundbreakg ncept, long before Will and Grace ma popular for everybody to have a gay iend, ” Ashley said. “Anyone n go, feel fortable, and not feel judged” at a drag show enjoyed over Macho Nachos and a Party In The Club Salad, he told “It’s not a gay bar, ” clarified Jewels, director of entertament and marketg and “fabulo drag queen, ” known for her volumo Dolly Parton-que hair and even bigger personaly at Hamburger Mary’s Long Beach.
But no one I spoke wh had any horror stori, wh the mor exceptn of homophobic graffi facg a wall the Chigo rtrant last sprg, about mistreatment at Mary’ by Amy Lombard“People e close-md and leave open-md, ” Gary Olson, who has managed the Milwkee Mary’s for six years, said, addg that the patrons who drop by for the food and may not know what they’re gettg to are typilly the on cheerg the loust by the end of the show.
When nsirg hamburgers, you may not thk about gay culture — but try thkg aga. Elijah Daniel, a YouTuber and sger who releas mic unr the psdonym Lil Phag, has unveiled his new project lled Gay Burger.
BURGER KG DEBUTS GAY PRI WHOPPER
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9, clu the Love Me Daddy (the basic burger wh a proprietary “gayoli” sce), the No Milk Daddy (the vegan burger wh a black bean patty) or the Gay Fri, which, acrdg to the menu, are sentially i “but they’re gay, y’know? Gay Burger don’t have s own brick-and-mortar lotn, so for the time beg the menu is a profable si htle for Lol Kchen and We Merchant, a rtrant on 1st Street the South Beach neighborhood South of Market. Daniel claims this viral stunt/fundraiser/rtrant was spired after seeg fellow YouTuber MrBeast’s virtual burger kchen vio December 2020 (which has sce spawned a natnal cha wh 300 US lotns) and wishg that burgers uld one day “be” gay.
Katia Ameri, a tech entreprenr, founr of Rocketship Hoe, and iend of Daniel, handled the logistil si of the Gay Burger, which Daniel lnched wh fellow LGBT celebri — Bryana Salaz, Trevi Man and Storm Ryan — who are the fac of their rpective bo meals. As a bisexual burger nsumer, I knew I had to see what ma a gay burger.. To fd out, my (straight) and I drove om Oakland to San Francis to nduct important rearch the name of gay science.
Once our meal arrived, and my and I pared not, the burger wasn’t knock-your-socks-off amazg — but that don’t mean the experience was any way buns were more buttery and bready than your average same seed bun, and the Love Me Daddy was texturally well-balanced wh pickl, tomato, onns, shredd lettuce and the right of amount of gay the gayoli sce.
GAY BURGER SAYS ‘SORRY, GAY’
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Delivered the standard brown takeout ntaers, the meal didn’t feel que as gay as looked on the webse — where the openg image is a huge illtratn of Ronald McDonald kissg the Burger Kg mast. Yet even though we knew we’d eaten better for half the price, was still fun, and y, gay. Sure, a gay burger is jt a hamburger that someone arbrarily cid is a iend of Dorothy.
Introducg the first ever Gay Hamburger , "The Proud Whopper" * the gay hamburger *
But even so, if I’m lookg to celebrate and drop $15 on a burger, while knowg that go toward a good e, I’d rather eat a Gay Burger than a heterosexual one at, say, In-n-Out. For a brief moment Febary, an unknown food brand lled Gay Burger — which featured dish wh nam like “Beef Me Up Stty” and “Love Me Daddy” — went viral on Twter.