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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
At Hamburger Mary's, enjoy a gigantic burger wh a si of TaTas (tater tots), and don't miss the drag queen shows, karaoke nights, and bgo. Read more about why everyone lov the gay-themed cha here. * the gay hamburger *
“As a gay person, this is the funnit thg I have ever seen and I don’t thk I’ll ever stop lghg, ” unarnium said on Monday. In a 2018 terview wh a lol Atlanta TV statn, Chick-fil-A chairman and former CEO Dan Cathy said he did not support gay marriage, but was not anti-gay.
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 *
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. 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.
BURGER KG DEBUTS GAY PRI WHOPPER
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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.
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GAY BURGER SAYS ‘SORRY, GAY’
The tw owners of the gay-iendly Hamburger Mary's cha are the stars of this Sunday's Unrver Boss. They tell about the experience, which clud donng drag and slgg beef. * the gay hamburger *
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.
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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. 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.
Introducg the first ever Gay Hamburger , "The Proud Whopper" * the gay hamburger *
Sure, a gay burger is jt a hamburger that someone arbrarily cid is a iend of Dorothy. 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.
Gay Burger, a livery-only rtrant available on Uber Eats and DoorDash, cropped up largely out of nowhere, and didn’t have the backg of any large food pani: a YouTuber named Elijah Daniel, pl an entreprenr named Katia Ameri, had e up wh the ia a month earlier.