Last night, the NYC Wine & Food Festival held its annual Burger Bash at the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO, launching hundreds of meat comas. Wait, make that hundreds of meat comas brought to you by the Blue Moon Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats, hosted by Rachael Ray. While there were dozens of participants, including The 21 Club, Minetta Tavern, and more, Shake Shack's offering won the hearts of judges. The people's choice award went to what The Feed calls "Bobby Flay’s tortilla chip-topped gut bomb...a hybrid of burger and ballpark nacho." Pass the Zantac, please!
Shake Shack, Bobby Flay Win At Last Night's Burger Bash
Burger Bash Recap, a.k.a. Major Meat Coma
The aroma of cooking meat wafted as far as the BQE from the NYC Wine and Food Festival's Rachael Ray Burger Bash last night. Throngs of meat-lovers descended upon the Tobacco Warehouse to sample 18 burgers and vote (by text message) for their favorite.
Rachael Ray Will Never Give Up on Her Burger Joint
Meat-lover Rachael Ray hasn't given up on her dream of opening up a hamburger pub in midtown. She's been talking about it for years now, but you really want to believe her (or stop her) when she tells the Post, "I'm going for a '60s back-in-the-day Rat Pack-y kind of hangout, and I want the bar to be really central [and] the burgers to become a very social thing. I want people to come to the bar to see beautiful proper martinis being made and to enjoy some sliders."

