We have hamburg joints that serve as good as, and maybe better, burgers than Texas or Conn. and where they were born is not the issue.....how they have developed is more important. Webers, Licks, Fat Phils can kick ass in any competition and I am sure there are more.......but we better get them while we can.
Connecticut versus Texas: battle brewing over birthplace of the hamburger Published: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 | 10:12 AM ET Canadian Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A burger battle is brewing between a Texas state legislator and the owners of a New Haven restaurant who claim the hamburger was invented in Connecticut. With the new session of the Texas legislature now underway, Republican state Representative Betty Brown has proposed a resolution declaring Athens, Texas, the original home of the hamburger. Brown, an Athens resident, says that a long-ago resident of the town had a luncheonette in the late 1880s and sold the first burgers there. Those claims are not sitting well with Ken Lassen Sr., 89, third-generation owner of Louis' Lunch, established in 1895. He says his grandfather came up with the first hamburger there. Lassen said it happened in 1900 when a man rushed into the restaurant asked for something he could eat on the run. Ken Lassen's grandfather grabbed a broiled beef patty and put it between two slices of bread. Mayor John DeStefano Jr., advocating for his city, backs the Lassens and their claims. "We are even the birthplace of George Bush, who wants people to think he's from Texas," the mayor said. "So yes, the hamburger is as much a New Haven original as President Bush. Get over it, Texas."
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