hamburger war rages on...

[William Salmon]

Burger Brawl: Texas Rep Claims Burger Birthplace

January 16, 2007 8:59 p.m. EST

Megan Shannon - All Headline News Staff Writer

(AHN) - A State Representative, R-Texas is battling with a Connecticut
restaurant owner who claims the birthplace of the burger.

Betty Brown, R-Texas, proposed a resolution naming Athens, Texas the
birthplace of the hamburger. She said a resident of the town owned a
luncheonette in the 1880s, which sold the first hamburger.

After catching wind of these claims, a third-generation restaurant owner in
New Haven, Conn. argues that his grandfather invented the first burger in
the 1890s.

Ken Lassen Sr., 89, who owns Louis' Lunch, established in 1895, said his
grandfather was working one day when a man came in asking for something he
can eat on the run. Lassen said his grandfather took a beef patty and placed
it between two slices of bread, creating the hamburger.

New haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr., said, "We are even the birthplace of
George Bush who wants people to think he's from Texas. So yes, the hamburger
is as much a New Haven original as President Bush. Get over it, Texas."


http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006158245

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