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Now that is a Whopper!

Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar is vying for a spot in the Guiness Book of Records today. From the Detroit Free Press:

Southgate grill aims for Guinness with 150-pound sandwich
Impressed by a giant 1-pound burger?

Hah! That's just an hors d'oeuvre compared with the monster burger they're cooking up at Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate today.

At 150 pounds, including its specially made bun and multiple toppings, it's designed to put Mallie's in the Guinness World Records book for the largest commercially available hamburger; right now that's a measly 123-pounder at a bar in Pennsylvania.

"We've actually done this in-house several times, so it's not a matter of whether we can do it," says owner Steve Mallie, 39. It's being able to make the sandwich publicly at an announced time, so all the necessary people will be on hand to record and verify the feat for Guinness.

Completed, the burger will be 26 inches across and about 2 feet tall, he says.

And if you and several dozen of your hungriest friends would like one of your own, that can be arranged. It's being added to the menu, "and with 24 hours' notice, we'll make it for you," Mallie says. The price is $350, which includes fries and pop.

From the website:

Manager Aaron Lyczynski, left, and Stephen Mallie, owner of Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar, hold a bun like the one that will dress the 150-pound Absolutely Ridiculous Burger. Assimacopoulos Supreme Bakery Distributors in Romulus baked it.

Sounds like a fun place: Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar Posted by DaveH at February 23, 2008 5:29 PM