I swear I eat healthy food....occasionally!

Last week I managed to complete a rite of passage as an Atlanta local and grab a burger at The Vortex. This is more than just a burger bar & grill, it's a burger experience. It's been voted Atlanta's best burgers countless times so clearly something is being done right. To begin with the decor is an explosion on the senses yet it blends into one coherent design. From the lighting, to the motor cycles, to the paraphernalia adorned on the walls, it is definitely something unlike anywhere else.

But it is not simple the decor that they are known for. It is the food. 20 some burgers make up a mad scientist like menu of burger creations. I tried a burger called "The Fat Elvis" just for the sheer oddness of it's combination. Beef patty, bacon, peanut butter and fried banana. That is definitely not a combination I would have thought of. Crazy but oh sooooo good. The place has even been featured on Man vs Food where you can get a better look at some of the burgers (including the fat elvis I tried).

See that massive burger at the end, the double coronary bypass? Pfft that's for kids. They have since updated it to a TRIPLE coronary bypass. What does $28.95 of burger get you? Three half pound sirloin patties (so a pound and a half of meat, already beating the "pounder" challenge at McDonalds), three fried eggs, fourteen slices of cheese and ten slices of bacon all with two grilled cheese sandwiches instead of buns plus any other condiments like sauce, onion, lettuce, etc. But wait, there's more! Normally a burger comes with one side, this comes with french fries AND tater tots (potato gems) covered in melted cheese. That's just ridiculous. Does anyone ever even order that? Is the restaurant required to have emergency services on standby when someone does order it? I don't think anyone could even wrap my mouth around that...

This is google image search, I don't know anyone crazy enough to actually order one!

To round off by food eating experience for this blog post, today I managed to check off another Seinfeld reference. Because today felt "like an Arby's" day. Puddy, Elaine's on/off again boyfriend from season nine loved Arby's much to Elaine's disdain and it's hilarious to watch. Check out the references that have been packaged together to look like an Arby's commercial.

Rewatching this after having dined at Arby's is even funnier. They pretty much do roast beef burgers, that's their thing. So when Elaine says "I had the roast beef" is even funnier because she couldn't get anything else! The burger was reasonably tasty but it's American fast food so you really only feel like once every few months or so! But I don't care because as as Sein-fan it's another reference that I can relate to now and laugh even more at now. "High five" :D