Luxury Restaurants Cap $38 Gourmet Burgers at 20 or 35 Orders as Demand Strains Kitchens
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Luxury Restaurants Cap $38 Gourmet Burgers at 20 or 35 Orders as Demand Strains Kitchens
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Summary
$38 burgers at Los Angeles' Bar Avoja are limited to 20 each Thursday, while Boston's Common Craft caps its $28 black-pepper cheeseburger at 35 a night as upscale spots ration sought-after menu items.
Kitchen output and labor are driving the limits: chefs said grinding meat in-house, assembling premium ingredients and handling complex prep make the burgers too time-consuming to serve without caps.
Restaurants also say they do not want burger hype to define the business; Common Craft imposed limits after customers came mainly for the burger, and New York's Lord's restricts its $26 cheeseburger to dinner service.
The trend is spreading across major cities, with selective timing and premium add-ons reinforcing scarcity around high-end burgers that chefs say were created for quality rather than as a marketing drop.