hamburger war rages on...

[Laurence Horn]

Yes, I saw the teaser for that on local news shows but I didn't
pursue the story.  I thought Louis' got knocked out in Akron or
wherever this summer, but maybe it's not single-elimination like the
NFL playoffs.  Or maybe it's a matter of interpretation.  Note that
what is said by Ken below may be consistent with what Ms. Brown
maintains.

Texas can have W though; they should have kept him when they had the
chance and limited the damage.

LH

At 10:27 PM -0500 1/16/07, William Salmon wrote:
>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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