Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
Food
Would You Pay $295 For A Burger? How About $666?
By
Garth Johnston
Published May 25, 2012
Modified May 25, 2012
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Garth Johnston
Published May 25, 2012
Modified May 25, 2012
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Planning on having a nice, juicy burger this Memorial Day weekend? Well, you are in the right city. We may not have the most expensive hot dogs in the world, but it sure seems like we must have the most expensive burgers at this point. And while one of them is definitely, sadly, real, we have our doubts about the other...
So, let's start with the real one! Today on Today the folks at Serendipity 3 (no stranger to pricey foods) announced that they are now selling a $295 burger so fancy you need to order it 48 hours in advance. And it certainly has lots of costly ingredients to try and justify that price. Apparently the burger is a:
"mix of Japanese Waygu beef infused with 10-herb white truffle butter, seasoned with Salish Alderwood smoked Pacific sea salt, topped with cheddar cheese - hand-formed by the famous cheesemaker James Montgomery in Somerset, England, and cave-aged for 18 months - shaved black truffles, a fried quail egg and served on a white truffle-buttered Campagna Roll, which is topped with a blini, creme fraiche, and Paramout Caviar's exclusive Kaluga caviar - a beautiful golden caviar with a buttery, nutty taste and large pearls from the Huso Dauricus farm raised in Quzhou, China."
And, of course, that's not all! The burger also comes with a "solid-gold, diamond-encrusted toothpick." On the plus side, they say the proceeds from the burger will go to the admirable Bowery Mission. Still...
More ludicrous than that burger? The fact that it may well not be the most expensive in town. Though we haven't been able to prove it actually exists (though the owners assure us it does, they just need a half-hour warning to prepare it), the new LIC burger truck 666 Burger claims that it is selling a perfectly named $666 "Douche Burger." And what does that entail? Glad you asked! That slab of meat reportedly "consists of a fucking burger filled and topped with rich people shit. Kobe beef patty (wrapped in gold leaf), foie gras, caviar, lobster, truffles, imported aged gruyere cheese (melted with champagne steam) kopi luwak bbq sauce and Himalayan rock salt. It may not taste good, but it will make you feel rich as fuck. Douche." Oh, and also? They wrap the whole thing up in three $100 bills, so, as one owner explains to us, "when you are done with it you'll have three greasy hundred dollar bills and have to decide what to do with them. That's why it is called the Douche Burger."
Tagged
666 burger
expensive food
lic
serendipity 3
Garth Johnston
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE food
North African restaurants are rare in NYC. These 10 are the best.
Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian food is delicious but underrepresented in the city.
By
Robert Sietsema
Published Oct 10, 2026
10 dishes that demonstrate the delicious diversity of curry in New York City
The global dish is shapeshifting and ubiquitous.
By
Robert Sietsema
Food
10 dishes that demonstrate the delicious diversity of curry in New York City
The global dish is shapeshifting and ubiquitous.
By
Robert Sietsema
Frozen yogurt is back in New York City. So are the super long lines.
By
Sonia Rao
5 NYC banana puddings as good as Magnolia's
By
Hannah Frishberg
Where to eat in Greenpoint, Brooklyn right now, from Polish to Sichuan to Iberian
By
Robert Sietsema
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .