The Heart Attack Grill is a hospital-themed restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada, that serves extremely high-calorie meals, including the infamous Quadruple Bypass Burger with 9,982 calories and the Octuple Bypass Burger with nearly 20,000 calories. The restaurant was founded by Jon Basso, a former health enthusiast who became disillusioned with the weight loss industry. Customers must be weighed on a livestock scale before entering, and those who weigh over 350 pounds eat for free. The menu features no healthy options, and vegetarians and vegans have limited choices. Customers who fail to finish their meals may be spanked by the nurse/waitresses as part of the restaurant's theme. Despite several deaths linked to the restaurant, it remains a popular destination for thrill-seekers and those looking for a unique dining experience.
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1. The Heart Attack Grill was founded in 2005 by Jon Basso in Tempe, Arizona.
2. Jon Basso is a former health nut and personal trainer who became bitter and jaded about the weight loss industry.
3. The restaurant is themed like a hospital, with waitresses dressed as nurses.
4. Customers must be weighed before entering the restaurant on a livestock scale.
5. If a customer weighs 350 lbs or more, they can eat for free at the Heart Attack Grill.
6. The restaurant has had several franchises in Arizona and Dallas, Texas, but they did not work out.
7. The only remaining location is in Las Vegas, Nevada.
8. The restaurant's spokesperson, Blair River, died in 2011 at the age of 29 due to complications from pneumonia.
9. Another spokesperson, John Alleman, died in 2013 at the age of 52 from a heart attack.
10. A man eating a Triple Bypass Burger had a heart attack and had to be taken to a real hospital.
11. The restaurant does not offer healthy options, and their menu is designed to be high-calorie and high-fat.
12. The Quadruple Bypass Burger is approximately 10,000 calories.
13. The Octuple Bypass Burger is approximately 20,000 calories and consists of eight half-pound patties, 40 bacon strips, cheese, chili, and a tomato.
14. Customers are expected to finish their meals, and if they don't, they may be spanked by a nurse/waitress.
15. The spanking is not mandatory, and customers can opt out if they don't want to participate.
16. The restaurant offers free wheelchair service to customers who finish their meals.
17. The restaurant is working with Bad Diet Productions to produce rock videos and infomercials and is looking for customers to participate.
18. Customers who participate in the productions will be paid for their involvement.
19. Sharing food is not allowed, except for the Single Bypass Burger and the Coronary Dog.
20. The Arizona Board of Nursing filed a complaint against the restaurant for the waitresses' uniforms, which they believed were an insult to the nursing profession.