No matter how old you get, there will always be a soft spot in your heart for that fast food
burger—the greasy foil paper, the plastic tray, the essential accompanying brain-freezing
milkshake.
Luckily, you can still get your fast food burger fix with some adult amenities. Chef Ted Pryor (Les Halles, La Goulue) has created a gourmet fast food burger at Zip Burger, a sliver of a burger joint in Midtown East. The upscale McDonald's-esque spot features juicy, well-made burgers cooked to order (medium rare does this patty justice), made of Heresford beef from a smaller, friendlier cattle range.
You can further customize your burger with different buns (classic softy, English muffin, whole wheat and the blasphemous yet Atkins-friendly lettuce wrap) and toppings (applewood-smoked bacon, roasted piquillo peppers, guac). The fries are Belgian (thick and crispy), not French, and the milkshakes are also a little grown up, with flavors like Belgian Chocolate and Tahitian Vanilla.
Head over to Zip for a retro lunch break or late-night grub (it's open til 4 a.m. on weekends). Get it to go or tuck down in the cowprint-spotted booths upstairs with plastic trays, greasy foil paper and all.
Some meals will just always be happy.
Luckily, you can still get your fast food burger fix with some adult amenities. Chef Ted Pryor (Les Halles, La Goulue) has created a gourmet fast food burger at Zip Burger, a sliver of a burger joint in Midtown East. The upscale McDonald's-esque spot features juicy, well-made burgers cooked to order (medium rare does this patty justice), made of Heresford beef from a smaller, friendlier cattle range.
You can further customize your burger with different buns (classic softy, English muffin, whole wheat and the blasphemous yet Atkins-friendly lettuce wrap) and toppings (applewood-smoked bacon, roasted piquillo peppers, guac). The fries are Belgian (thick and crispy), not French, and the milkshakes are also a little grown up, with flavors like Belgian Chocolate and Tahitian Vanilla.
Head over to Zip for a retro lunch break or late-night grub (it's open til 4 a.m. on weekends). Get it to go or tuck down in the cowprint-spotted booths upstairs with plastic trays, greasy foil paper and all.
Some meals will just always be happy.
