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Iconic Las Vegas burger joint closes its doors, blames rising costs for city's decline (Heart Attack Grill)
Fox ^ | 5-19-26 | Andrea Margolis

Posted on 05/19/2026 5:47:24 PM PDT by dynachrome

The Heart Attack Grill, the over-the-top Las Vegas restaurant known for its calorie-loaded "Bypass Burgers" and hospital-themed servers, announced this week it will close its Sin City doors.

The restaurant was founded by Jon Basso in Chandler, Arizona, in 2005. It relocated to downtown Las Vegas in 2011.

It's most known for its unapologetically indulgent menu — including massive burgers, fries cooked in pure lard, even unfiltered cigarettes.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: food; heartattackgrill; lasvegas; nevada

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Dang. I had this on my bucket list.
1 posted on 05/19/2026 5:47:24 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

You want to be spanked for not finishing your food?


2 posted on 05/19/2026 5:48:08 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: dynachrome

Vegas is dying.....Good riddance.


3 posted on 05/19/2026 5:49:49 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dynachrome

I didn’t know H.A.G. was still operating at all.
I thought they had been sued by somebody blaming the restaurant for their own medical problems that seemed to follow regular patronage of this eatery. That was the rumor a few years ago.

Hope springs eternal.
It’s a fun idea, and will very likely resurface elsewhere, maybe under a slightly different name.


4 posted on 05/19/2026 5:50:45 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: mouse1

yup


5 posted on 05/19/2026 5:51:18 PM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: All

Old Vegas is pretty fun to visit but “online gambling” and casinos all over the country kind of stole Vega’s thunder.
Plus I guess they started to really nickel and dime guests which would turn off a lot of people.


6 posted on 05/19/2026 6:02:45 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: dynachrome

Well, I had “Fatburger” on mine. It’s still there, and I’m going in June.


7 posted on 05/19/2026 6:07:18 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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To: dynachrome

The one in Phoenix is still open.


8 posted on 05/19/2026 6:07:51 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: escapefromboston

with the app “Polymarket,” I can bet on anything in the world from my phone. Took me less than a minute to make an acct. I can bet on a box match in Malaysia, or I can bet on what the weather is going to be like in Miami tomorrow. Don’t need to fly to the crappy desert and pay $75 for a buffet per person.


9 posted on 05/19/2026 6:19:06 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: MarlonRando

Three-card-Monte is likely more entertaining live and in person 👍


10 posted on 05/19/2026 6:23:20 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: dynachrome

Last time I was in Vegas I walked by it, but I was on my way to meet some friends on Fremont. Dang, I guess.


11 posted on 05/19/2026 7:25:51 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: lee martell
It’s a fun idea, and will very likely resurface elsewhere, maybe under a slightly different name.

The Coronary Café

12 posted on 05/19/2026 8:37:57 PM PDT by null and void (Trump isn't a pussycat, but he does have nine lives!)
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To: dynachrome

I’ve eaten there a few times.
Their fries were to die for...
(70 and still kickin’)


13 posted on 05/19/2026 8:58:36 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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