How The World’s First Burger Was Made At Louis’ Lunch | Legendary Eats
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- We visited Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut and interviewed the fourth generation owner Jeff Lassen about the history of the restaurant, the story behind the birth of the hamburger, and saw how they make it. We tried the burger out and asked customers how it compares to new, modern burgers.
Instead of buns, Louis' Lunch uses toasted sandwich bread. The burger patties are cooked to a medium-rare, no exceptions.
Every morning, Louis' Lunch's patties are freshly ground with a special blend of beef. As for customization, Louis' Lunch has a strict ordering policy: Absolutely no condiments.
Lassen says they still cook in the same original stoves that Louis' Lunch cooked in from day one.
The whole restaurant is covered in etchings because customers are encouraged to add on to the history at Louis' Lunch.
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How The World’s First Burger Was Made At Louis’ Lunch | Legendary Eats
This video had a lot of people finding creative ways to avoid saying they didn't enjoy the burger.
Lool
pretty accurate, lived in new haven my entire life and its a respect thing for the history...but if you crave a burger you def aren't going to louis lunch...especially with the ridiculous prices for their burgers on wonder bread
@Aidan Gallagher EXPOSED
apotheos1s you nailed it bro
Honestly, I wouldn't eat that shit either.
That beef is so raw that people from India are still worshipping that cow.
Why roast India?
LOL!! I'm Indian but that shit was funny as hell.
**some people
Oof
Seriously have a sense of humor. He was making a joke.
3:14 whatever kills time before i get my burger. Yet the burger is right next to her LMAO
i got the 69th like!
Basically the owner would rather you sleep with his wife than ask for ketchup
*than
than*
Lmao the "then" change the sentence so much
their*
than*
3:13 you can see the burger behind the pepsi can lol
No thats just a plate of a meat patty in between two slices of bread
That's not her order
If people know they are being recorded, dont believe a word they say.
That's Movie Magic
Pepsi at Louis Lunch? Where's the Foxon Park?
These are the ghetto burgers I made at home when we had no buns
same as mcdonalds
"You got McDonalds money?" Type beat
Real talk lol
@@michaelm9920 McDonald's has classy burgers and they're healthier than all other fastfood.
Are you Eddie Murphy's mother?
Legend has it that this place was the birth place of the burger lol. Said nobody ever except the people from that town lol
Where else would it be? Before this, the hamburger referred to the hamburger steak. Ground beef, from the city of Hamburg, but it wasn't yet a sandwich.
@philipboardman1357 or as I mentioned in my comment, Swiss steak.
@@philipboardman1357 Fletcher Davis in the 1880s, Athens, Texas. Considering it was just a hamburger steak stuck between two pieces of bread of some sort, I imagine a lot of cooks came up with it on their own, just depends when.
@@MD-jd6ni That's fair. I would also imagine that some people in Hamburg ate it that way.
The Chicago Tribune, on July 5th, 1896, ran a story called 'In A "Sandwich Car"', in which they mention 'Hamburger steak sandwich, the meat for which is kept ready in small patties and "cooked while you wait" on the gasoline range'. And they talk about it as being 'a distinguished favourite'.
So that's a direct reference to a patty in a sandwich, bearing the name "Hamburger", already being popular a few years earlier than the invention date claimed by Louis' Lunch.
It seems it's not really a matter of conjecture about people *probably* having done it! Seriously, there are scans of old newspapers available to download - you can see for yourself in black and white.
Well, black and a sort of off-grey...
I like how she was trying to find every way to try not to say the burger doesn’t taste good
Well, I guess 120 years prove it’s good!
Huh? She literally said she has never had a burger patty taste so delicious atleast 2 times
she said it’s the best burger patty she’s ever had.
Right
@@bloodaonadeline8346Get real, these aren’t actual “journalists” they are payed actors. This woman got payed too promote this.
The first is rarely the best. Who wants to fly in Wright brothers plane today?
Brian it’s really not that good, I live in CT and don’t ever need to go back...don’t want a burger on white bread and god forbid you want ketchup not happening either.
Matt Forman but that’s exactly what he said
@@grantgilligan8674 Thanks. I was agreeing with him.
First is the worst
Second is the best
Third is the one with the hairy chest
I would. That's got historical vaule to it. I'd be honored if someone came up to me and said "hey dumbass, here's a hand crank. Go fly the Kitty hawk". It'd be awesome dude
When I went there, the owner farted really loudly in front of customers and he didn’t even say anything.
Louis Lunch is attitude, Sally's Apizza is beyond attitude.
Thats the secret recipe for the burgers, stop ruining it
That's what they call "basking in the ambience"
I love my country
You could be lying
"I don't know what makes the sandwich so good"
Well, considering the onions are the only thing on it, that's probably it.
Lol🤣!
Okay, I laughed. Take my like.
White people
They call it the best
So the best it should be
Good ol White folk
@@zillaman7674 What the hell does her being "white" have to do with anything?
@@jacobcg5489 He thinks that because she's white they don't season their food, meaning either it's the most bland thing she ever ate or because it's not "spicier" than mayo.
No ketchup, medium rare no exceptions.....
Well I am taking that place off my bucket list.
The only reason id go in there is to talk shit to the owner lol.
Nobody cares.
Clearly you do cause you got trigger he or she don't want to try this shit@@elbob248
There's a reason they're not made like this anymore
Well when I don't have burger buns I use sandwich bread but not that cheese and I gotta add my condiments or it won't taste as good
💰
Did ass fisting started in the gay communities?
Why?
@@valiko. , inquiring minds want to know ?
3:15 "whatever kills time before i can get my burger." Lady your burger is right behind that pepsi can.
@Derek...sorry I had to kill the sound on her, she was so annoying.
Lolol
Yeah "Burger" 😂
Imma go in there wearing a red shirt that says “I love ketchup.” And bring a bottle with me.
Do so at your own peril. I've been there; you just don't understand how passionate the owner is about no condiments.
If you tried to pull a stunt like this, nothing good will come out of it.
@@kvernon1 what happened? Lol
@@kvernon1 I'd beat that dudes ass if buy it then it belongs to me and I'd put whatever I want on it plus I'd bring a grill to finish cooking that raw ass meat
@@skankhunt434 you wouldn't do shit you keyboard warrior.
Some roided up MMA fighter should show up with a bottle of ketchup and break the ketchup bottle over the owner's head in self defense if he was to be verbally assaulted by the no condiments policy.
More than the burger I'm just amazed about those ovens... 120 years without rusting or cracking?
Damn! That's one good engineered piece of metal.
They could've just straight up lied about that point
@@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 Maybe they don't.
@@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 it’s stamped on the side the year it was made
@@jyotiradityasatpathy3546 I really doubt they lied about that, old wood stoves hold up very well if theyr well taken care of.
Any basic mechanic or electrician could repair those ovens, it’s not a mystery.
Doesn’t beat the Mc double at 12am
After a few bong rips
Yupppp!
Dude... I need one in my life now.... I hate you for this lol
Dude try the big hamburger from carls thats a whole other level
💯
The Mechanix that’s not beef you’re eating.
Like it or not, that's history right there.
HAHAHAHA ur the real one ur not getting alot of likes on this one mate
You are history yourself
omg :Scream: its justin.y
DUDE WHAT DO YOU EVEN DO ALL DAY??!!!!!
Clay Spirit it’s this guy, he has TONS of subscribers without ANY videos because he’s on like EVERY video in the comments
It's the birthplace of the hamburger. Hamburger sandwiches were already mentioned in newspapers by early 1890s, before Louis Lunch was in business.
Edit: it's NOT the birthplace.
Tell me you know nothing about culinary development without telling me you know nothing about culinary development 🤡
That looks like the type of burgers I grew up eating during my childhood. My mom would call them house burgers.
Yep ...same here
House burgers are fine when it’s all you’ve got, but I’m not going out to a restaurant to eat house burgers
And so did Eddie Murphys mom
I love using bread like that. Sometimes when I was growing up when we made burgers we sometimes used bread.
Mom: we’ve got burgers at home
Burgers at home:
Damn your mom was making you burgers from a blend of several high quality cuts of beef with a dijon cheese spread from scratch?!?! She must've been a chef or something!
*that looks like a struggle meal type of burger* 😂😂
Lil Knarz
Exactly what it is
The burger you make after you realize you just spent the time to cook the patty and u didn’t buy buns
@@themechanix2311 I ate two of those just yesterday.
And yes, I am struggling.
Considering it was conceived in 1900, I'm willing to bet it probably was a struggle meal. Looks tasty though.
A lot of the best foods came out of struggle
You can cook this at home. I bought every ingredient fresh, but i used the individually wrapped cheese slices and with sliced bread you really taste the flavor of the meat more that if you used a bun.
Not only can you cook it at home, but pretty much ANYBODY could cook it better.
You can cook it at home, sure. The key is cooking the meat using that method would be a huge difference
@@billinorlando2887and getting the high quality patties
Tried this place out on the way to New Hampshire. And the inside is quite interesting if you can find a place to put your burger and a bottled soda. Just remember to ask for the condiments when your order.
😂😂🤣 wait.....That looks like the Great Depression burger 🤷🏽♂️🤣
I mean it is a burger that will leave you depressed at the state of their food.
No type of seasoning
I guess it’s time for a comeback then
@@tconlon251 yes we may not even have the meat in there the way we heading
At least The Great Depression has better salads!
I always thought no condiments is just a joke you'd find at cartoons, these guys are actually serious thinking condiments are ruining the burger while they're out there using processed cheese spread, sandwich bread, 100+ years old ovens and cook the burger with the onions on it.
Sounds like a pretty bad burger
Sound like they are too cheap to even give condiments with the burger. But what can you expect from a place that uses cheese wiz and sandwich bread and a raw ass beef patty and calls it a burger.
They're too cheap to even make a pattie big enough to cover the area of the wonder bread they put it on. Place seems like the pits.
I was willing to accept the sandwich bread,
It can be good if you heat the bread on a frying pan with some spices,
But the rest of the deal is a no go,
What kind of moron doesn't use actual cheese?
There is a reason they don't use "actual cheese". It was tried and discovered the cheese never stood up to the heat generated by the oven.
The Cheese-Wiz is used because it doesn't get destroyed during the preparation.
If Cheese-Wiz doesn't appeal to you, fine. I'm the same way. I just had the conventional burger. And it was the first time I really enjoyed a burger, instead of a pile of condiments with a burger thrown in.
I love the arrogance to believe that they were the first ones in the history of the world to place a piece of meat between 2 pieces of bread.
God dammit tell em
that was the earl of sandwich
They are in the library of congress as the 1st place for hamburgers as we know therm.
@@edwinrodeo thats a lie and they know it
@@maxwellboyne2770 … I didn’t say I invented the burger 🍔 The burger is recognized as being 1st served at Louie’s lunch in New Haven CT
So the "first burger" was a way for the original owner to adapt to the customer needs, creating a whole new dish on the menu. But somehow it went from that to "this isn't burger king, you get it my way, or you don't get the damn thing" lmao what an attitude this guy has, and the balls to call it the first place to put ground meat between two slices of bread LMAO
Don’t think I want to visit this place. Owner seems very arrogant and rude, and I’m sure the burgers aren’t cheap. Just him saying people need to go to end of the line and learn how to order because they want ketchup turned me off. Its a damn hamburger! Not a chemistry project!
People getting triggered so easily😂😂 love it! Bunch of 🤡’s
When you have no understanding of culinary development 🤡
@@waxblast7528you're talking about hamburgers here, chill bud 💀
I like it that way.
Apparently from the comments I’ve seen, the only thing they got going for themselves is the history of it all, so why change that history?
This look like something a kid would make, when their home alone, cooking for the first time 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They’re *
@A.D. Gallagher i dont think a kid would cook meat
😂😂😂
Im sure it doesn't taste like the kidz right?
Me and my brothers was frying food before 10, we knew if we burned anything or anyone, she would kill us lol
He uses one glove and one bare hand but touches everything with both.
Which is one more glove than most restaurant cooks use, and somehow we all survive.
I'm 99% sure the only reason he'd wear a glove is if he has an open cut on that hand. When I've been to Louis Lunch, no one wore gloves.
there are many reasons to wear only one glove. he could have cut himself or maybe he feels more comfortable with it. i used to expo at restaurants and i used one glove because i would need different grips to grab things with my left and right hand. it helps
that’s for flavor
He probably has a cut on the hand with the glove and doesn't want to spread his blood around lol
This is exactly how I do my burgers at home, medium rare in a skillet though. So delicious. I would love to try this place.
How many stomach pumps have you needed
@@ewww21😂😂😂😂. Zero.
@@moncreebrown948Be careful, medium rare ground beef is risky. There’s a study on why steak is ok medium rare but ground beef isn’t
Disgusting
2:04 Got it, Jeff. I respect your wishes. I'll just take to go the next time I return to New Haven.
Take it to go.. add the ketchup outside
After insufferably ranting about how terrible condiments are they slather disgusting processed cheese all over it. What a joke lmao.
And the guy trying to explain that a regular slice of cheese won't melt when you stick it into fire.
Yeah, bullshit, you're just cutting corners because real cheese is pricey.
I think it’s a cheese sauce, not kraft. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Agreed. I ate here and this place is horrible.
Yeah, burger w/o ketsup but has cheese, ain't that a crime.
Then just order it without the cheese. Problem solved.
Ah yes finally a burger for me! White bread, cheez whiz, raw beef, tomato, and a charred slice of onion. I love how he barely seasons it only AFTER its done cooking🤤. And you can't put condiments on it? perfect
- Literally no one ever
Lol🤣!
Lol
That's not raw you 12 year old
@@confusedcat-sm9cy its not tasty either
@@jacobcardinal8041 you must be asian
The "no condiment" thing is an outdated gimmick. That sandwich has no acid to balance the hunk of meat with fatty processed cheese, save for the brief minute each year fresh tomatoes are in season and don't taste like cardboard. We know how food science works these days, that's why everyone makes a special sauce or relish. It reminds me of when my grandfather insisted he hated garlic, yet when my mom spiked his meal with it one time he said "that was the best pasta I've ever had" hahaha
Exactly, I need something sour to balance all that fatty richness. Especially with the patty being so thick
The OG. 😂
Went there yesterday - loved it.
"O.G." is Original Gangsta.
"G.O.A.T" is Greatest Of All Time.
Not the same thing!
I think she was trying to say the burger was both the original and the best.
@@thebasketballhistorian3291 Well, she got a 50% on that test. Still not a passing grade anywhere, but she tried.
She didn't say OG and goat where the same thing she was just saying it's og and the goat
“O.G” stands for ORIGINAL
@@DjSoloDoloWill OG means Original Gangster 🤦🏾♂️
you guys better not let chef Ramsey go to this restaurant
I belive Ronald McDonald would have somthing to say about this ! First burger indeed !
Kitchen nightmare material.
@@ROVER25X he's going to criticize that the bread is soggy, that the patty is medium well which makes it unsafe and that they use processed cheese spread
@@generenteria8791 Ronald McDonald? McDonalds isn't even the first burger franchise.
@@jivanjovan Why would medium well be unsafe? Have you actually eaten or prepared beef?
I've been there 2 times, but I've never seen a patty so well cooked like that. I always got the raw meat patties, even though I specifically asked for them to be well done. It's just a trap for tourists I don't recommend it
Yeah I saw another video where the guys burger basically looked completely raw. 🤮
Thanks for the info I wil never be going there
@@ReaIIyRichRecordsnot like u should anyways,all u need to is steam burger patties,buy cheese wiz,get wonder bread,s raw tomato and straight up char u giant onion with no seasoning and wallah,u spend less doing this than buying the overpriced trash
I drove to New Haven from Hartford one night to try the burgers at Louis Lunch and it was worth the trip. The burgers really are that good.
I live in Connecticut and I tried that burger it has absolutely no taste at all and the bread gets stuck on the roof of my mouth🤮
I live there too
Lol
Good to know that patty tastes how it looks lol
Yeah it’s sucks. Very average
That place is terrible. Id rather go to frank pepes for a pizza.
Raw ground meat with spread cheese in a mushy bread that sounds delicious 😂
It’s nasty ass hell, u should watch Daym Drops review on this place “Louis Lunch”
@@aaron4757 dont know if this true but i think he said "sound delicious" as a sarcastic comment
@@animalpenguinshiningknight he understood that and he was agreeing :)
@@Jraxl14 oh okay
It's not perfect if you add Ketchup
When I was around 8 or 9, I started cooking and grilling. We didn't have access to the world of food that we have now. We still had people who were born in the 1890s (my grandparents included) that were eating things you wont see often on a restaurant menu today, i.e. swiss steak and liver and onions. I loved making hamburgers over the fire and would use a sharp cheddar cheese spread and bacon. I always ate them like that with grilled onions on buttered, grilled bread. I am going to make a tutorial on those burgers and some of my grandma's cooking from the early 1900s. Food is who I am! My grandma cooked for multitudes and so have I. Proudly!
The first burger was made in Germany ,? That’s why they got whole place called Hamburg
Where the damn did you take history lessons
no the first burger pattie was made in hamburg, hence why its called a hamburger
@@oscy1547 thats also a myth
In Deutsch class, before there was hamburgers there wwas meat balls on a stick then a man was like what if I could just put this meat in bread .
Then boom the first hamburger invented in Germany
@@al-yi2xk bruh what ghetto school did you go to
ME: Mom can we go get a cheeseburger?
Mom: we have cheeseburgers at home!
cheeseburgers at home : 4:33
FACTS
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Aunt Bunny still falling down those stairs.....with one shoe...
lol reminds me of Eddie Murphy Raw. Watch that if you haven't. Talking about getting a Welfare Burger in Wonder Bread as a kid.
Boiiiiiii
Id never eat anywhere that dictates how I have my food.
And thats why they kick for doing that crap
Such a "New England thing" for an establishment to do.
"What I can't have condiments on my burger? Then you can't have my money."
@@rindoubaka1574 but its for historical accuracy
@@Mario60bore Historical inaccuracy is irrelevant to me wanting a condiment on my burger.
Born n raised in new haven CT. It’s legendary
I like Louis' - always have- it's not an everyday place but a once in a while treat.
Can I have mine cooked?
No.
(business savvy)
Have your ground leather if you like.
Places with strict ordering policies only have novelty value.
This is the first time in my life I would be happy to pass on a burger
Lol🤣!
You don't know what's in it lmao
@@waxblast7528 it shows us what is in it in the video and its disgusting
@@jacobcardinal8041 what is then?
@@waxblast7528 awe you must be slow. watch the video again at half speed to try to see everything buddy. you got this
Looks like one awesome burger !!!
The world first " Burger " was made at Louis lunch
Me as a German: Are you sure???
Well we know these certain people are responsible for taking first ideas
@@undermyguns7509 germans?
@@SchizoNitesh nope your other people
When you have a child's knowledge of culinary development
Yeah Louis doesn’t know what he’s talking about 😂
Weren't hamburgers made in Hamburg
avery splinter yeah boy this video is fake because Hamburg is home of the Hamburger
Exactly!
@@kaliber7802 the owner said that it's the fist hamburger in america
Argon Eygovsson r/whooosh
To make it even funnier. Nobody knows the real story. The common story is that a german salesman from Hamburg immigrated to the US and sold a bun packed with meat. The hamburger as you now know it (lettuce,cheese, tomato etc) is pure american. So yeah, the inspiration comes from Hamburg, but the hamburger isn't from Hamburg. Some claim the story like this diner and use it as a sellingpoint. But nobody knows for certain. Same thing goes for the hotdog which is also from Germany / Austria, but americanized to the final product we all know.
I cook this type of burger when I only have like $5 left in my account....and still have money for condiments. I mean they made "kids we have burgers at home" phrase into a restaurant.
The beef is something special, that you wouldn't just have at home.
So you make a blended cheese spread from scratch every time you make burgers at home? And you blend several high quality cuts of beef for the burgers? All for well under wholesale price? Damn! You must be a chef AND a butcher or something! 🤡
Your ignorance regarding highbrow food is embarrassing
I was referring to the simplicity of how the burger is made and using sandwich bread instead of a bun dummy
@@waxblast7528 your ignorance of not understanding my comment is laughable. Next time you want to give your opinion on an old comment, think about it, and then stfu
Yummy an undercooked tennis ball of meat and white bread my favorite she said” no thrills take it as you see it”😂😂😂😂
This is literally the Welfare Burger Eddie Murphy describes his mother made him as a child lol
Yeah , every burger joint out there has a “special blend of meats” 🙄
Special blend of lowest grade wholesale meat and spice mix (salt and pepper)
Not to mention their secret sauce ( probably a mix of Ketchup and Mayo or Thousand Island )
Yeah this place calls it real meat
Just beef chuck...and then they will go on about the ratio of fat to meat...total bull as no burger hascthe exact same ratios unless each patty is weighed and minced one by one...and they don't do that.
Yeah but this is 'special' because it's the first burger joint. 'Special.' 🐂
As someone who has been there a couple times...it's pretty over rated but has a good story behind it.
Burger is pretty mundane.
You mean no frills and "pure" doesn't do it for you? But it's served on a fuckin toast!
It's a fad
Fred, the story is a might be true, but the claim of him being first is a LIE!
@@LightYagami-wt1jwI don't think fads last 120 years.
@@LightYagami-wt1jw you say that like they just opened. The damn place invented the hamburger, and that’s worth at least some credit
My hometown! Long Live New Haven CT
I go past this place all the time and never knew If they were good or not. I'll definitely try em out the next time I'm in the area
Don't bother
Do it! Don't go on Saturday, it's always packed. Don't go on Sunday or Monday because they're closed. If you like the flavor of steak, you'll love it. If you need a modern burger with sweetness or tartness, you'll hate it.
This place legit has a one star review lmao.
Currently has 4.3⭐s
No it doesn’t
Michael Gonzalez So does every other business?
i wonder what would happen if i requested for well-done burger. hehehe
Sign says you can order well done.
@@NoobMaster-re6hm no, that's not how beef works that's chicken and turtle that run the risk beef you can eat raw if you wanted to(not that I would recomend it tho[personally prefer medium])
@@kodyballard49 You're thinking of steak, not hamburger. If a burger is undercooked (under 160 F) you can easily get E. Coli and get sick. healthyeating.sfgate.com/consequences-eating-rare-meat-10828.html
Mustiboi Salman on a steak? No way. Well done is like rubber on your teeth
Not ground beef man but if this was four years ago you are probably dead from food poisoning with your reasoning.
That's it. I'm making all my burgers on regular bread from now on.
Don’t do it. It’s ghetto and the worst way to do it. Also. If someone wants a condiment, let them have it
Simple recipe and quality ingredients. The best way to make anything
If you think cheese wiz and Wonder bread are quality ingredients, you need to get out more.
@@jeffjackson9679 if you think cheese spread is Cheez Whiz, you need to shut up about anything culinary 🤡
Maybe get a job too so you can eat enough quality food to even know it 😂
hahaha
CHEEZ whiz baby.
Qualiy ingredients my ass
No condiments but uses the cheapest toast bread ever🤔
And Cheese spread
Why don't you go to Louis' Lunch in New Haven, CT and see check it out for yourself?
@@tyrese3745 Nah, it’s pretty clear how it’s going to taste.
Since when does In N Out "put a bunch of different stuff on it"? I'm no condiment king, but cheese, lettuce, tomato and a special sauce/mayo... isn't too crazy or out of the question, if you ask me.
Burgers, tacos, pizza, and stir fry. My favorite foods. When you say world’s first burger, I’m hooked.
They use the cheapest bread and cheese ever seen. And they don't even bother trying to make square beef patty. But don't try to add ketchup because they'll judge you...
What makes you think that their rather sharp cheddar cheese spread is cheap, just because it's spreadable ? in any case, it's the meat flavor in this, not to forget the flavors from how it's flame-grilled that are the two secrets behind why it's a huge success, it's the 5 different freshly grinded meat cuts they use and then the upright cast iron broilers from 1898 that do the trick. These are not steam cooked frozen patties of cheap meat that need a lot of ketchup and different toppings to make it taste good. Ketchup would surely ruin the flavor.
@@agffans5725you know it's cheap because you can tell the guy is cheap.
@@ryacus they probably removed ketchup for cost cutting
@@agffans5725 That’s not cheddar cheese- that some processed cheese crap.
are you kidding me? this looks awful. raw meat on wonder bread with cheez whiz
😂😂😂😂 cheez wiz
El Pelucas wth is ‘wonder bread’
Deku Ashes a bread company.
Dude anyone who goes there and is honest says its a disgusting hell hole w/ nasty food.
Pickle chin ahh boi oh thanks
Wow !!! they had wonderbread and processed "cheese" 119 years ago??? amazing
phatkaveh60 they didn’t use cheese until the 50s
White bread, not Wonder Bread.
He said they added cheese in the 50’s. Pay attention numnuts.
phatkaveh60 crazy right
@@malikphillips916 LOL as if you know when they first made cheese or if it even came from dairy i doubt it
I had a lot of good laughs with Jeff's father over that counter back in the day. Kenny asked me to wear an old necktie once so he could go berserk when I ordered mine with catsup and he would cut my tie off with a carving knife. True story but we never did it.
I saw this restaurant with my Dad!♥️
Funny how "dayum drops" recently made a video about this place being lowest rating restaurant in the whole city
Look it up. It's rated pretty high on most sites. Idk where daym gets his information
Fake news!
@@aaronp526 From himself. He reviewed the place by going there and eating.
He made that video almost 4years ago
@@aaronp526 yelp
I love how these old places are still in business because they're old.
Exactly🦧
@@BigBoiBestBananaBedBeniBrother u seem real salty about this, were u kicked out of this place !?
@@BigBoiBestBananaBedBeniBrother How is it terrible?!!? this burger is historic lmao they prolly have better food then that. they deserve it.
@@BigBoiBestBananaBedBeniBrother You've never been there but you said it's terrible twice in the same sentence? So who are you to judge and how would you know what they deserve and explain the people still lining up after 120 years?
@@BigBoiBestBananaBedBeniBrother Good quality meat doesn't need to be well done and can me eaten that way. Don't you think people eating tartare would all be dead? Why would people eat "bad food" there because it's an historical site? That is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard and makes zero sense. You cannot say "it's terrible" when you never even walked in the place, that also makes no sense. He must be doing something right. Plus the google reviews are pretty damn good if you ask me. I only agree with you about the cheese but then again it could also be good quality. Peace.
That's quality ground steak. Great hamburger. 👍🏼
My mother did burgers for me in the 80's just like this !
This is one place i'd be glad to miss.
Looks like the burgers I made as a kid when we forgot burger buns🤷🏾♂️
burger buns literally weren't invented when this place started making burgers lmao. As for the rest of that statement, somehow i doubt you were making a dijon cheese spread from scratch for your burgers as a child 🤷🏿♂️
@@waxblast7528they may not have had Burger buns but I know for a fact that they could have bought format a loaf of bread and simply cut the pieces of bread to be thicker I'm going to bet my next paycheck if you were to let that burger sit for 2 minutes it would become soggy as hell
This is why I love living in north haven
Good or bad?? That's you're close or away...lol
I wish Louis's Lunch was more outspread around America. I'd love to have one of those myself.
As a Connecticut native and one whose tried the burger, throw a beef patty on your grill, medium rare, cheese whiz and two slices of white bread. sprinkle with garlic salt. You're welcome
2:43 "Definitely different" code for "this ain't amazing"
Asbestos lined stoves. Nothing adds flavor like asbestos!
i thought anything to do with asbestos is bad of health!!!
@@shylaa1124 😂 someone doesn't understand a joke.
@@Matt19matt19 oh...hahahaa , no smileys.. so assumed this dude is for real..lol
You can eat asbestos and you'll be fine, unless you make an asbestos sandwich. It is breathing the teeny, tiny fibers that kill your lungs.
Cancer burgers, hold the ketchup.
00:48? The Classic Modern Burger? Really. I cant roll my eyes any more than I already am.
Respect to the OG Burger
That burger looks like something a college student would make
Lol🤣!
While they were high
I definitely made something similar to this once or twice while I was in college
Damn didn't know that many college students were going out of their way to made dijon cheese spread from scratch 🤡
@@waxblast7528 bro are you trolling?
They use the bread not because to highlight the burger, it's because it predates the invention of the hamburger bun, and they just stuck with that tradition.
So, shitty, processed white bread instead of actual bread loaves or rolls? Which predate mass production of generic white bread? Ok...
The term hamburger originally derives from Hamburg,Germany. A German named Otto Kuasw created the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to
Americans.
"Eat this our way or no way buddy!"
Yeah I'll pass on the uncooked meat slab on toast. A child could make a better burger.
It's not uncooked; it's medium rare. Yes, the owner has strong convictions, but the fact is, this is a tried and true recipe for over 120 hears, and the lines are still out the door to this day. I challenge not just a child but any adult to do better.
@@kvernon1 the owner cook for himself or for the costumers?
i am 11 years old and made a better burger for my family last month. wtf is this burger
I went to Louis once, it was one of the worst burgers i've had.
yeah but did you know it was "the original" ?
@@sarge727 authenticity is often overrated
You're only saying that because you hate me Fool
It was the best Burger you tried , I can guarantee you
😂
Would love to try one of these burgers. Does look really rare. I like that they are cooked with onion. Cooked sideways. Only place I've seen that
Not only does that burger look shit but how can you claim you were the first to put a ground meat ball in-between bread?
I like the burgers in the toaster sliced breads more than in the buns. With sauted onion, mashroom & white melted cheese on the top. Hold the pickles, lettuce, onion & tomato slices in the plate. While I'm eating my burger in a toasted bread slices, I munch on the the stuff in the plate.
And for the sauce, I only prefer A-1 steak sauce.
3:27 was that disgust!?
fat.asian nah. That’s just her permanent foochie face. Lol
@@nighttrain7404 fatty
fat.asian I am sorry I can make that same burger at home probably better
Meh
It's not a very impressive burger
"Ewwww thas a welfare burger" - Eddie Murphy, Delirious
Lmao. Top comment!
Wow it's just bread actually this was how burgers was eaten back before you was born my son says the same thing he won't eat it but I can afford buns but I will still eat my burger with light bread
Me: Mom can we stop at McDonald's
Mom: We have food at home
Food at home: Louis' Lunch
McDonalds ain't got no green peppers....
@@gerritroe5 and it was the best burger you ever had in your life!
I love them forever, born and raised in New Haven, but live in MB,Sc
Looks perfect! I need to take a trip to Louie’s
It's as good as they say. My buddy went to yale and when I'd go visit I'd have it. I eat condiments on everything and love a good bun. but you literally don't need it. I don't even understand how good it is but it's true. They hype is real. New Haven is actually a great food city.
tourist cope. nobody actually likes this burger. you kept them in business by pretending to like it.
@@FHRiley-yk9by the wright brothers flew in 1911 and you don't see Kitty Hawk or anything (manned) like it in the air today. This place is over a decade older and it's still around and well. You're the one coping 🤡
@@waxblast7528 that shit nasty bro they don’t even season it
@@djsneed98 cope
@@waxblast7528 yeah well you don’t see 1920s era planes anymore for a REASON, they’d crash and burn. Just like this burger, which is why it needs to be put on the shelf along with the Wright brothers plane prototypes
"world's first burger..."
*Shows pattymelt*
And not even a good one. It just looks...sad.
This looks like the burger your parents made in the 90s ( no bun , bad condiments) and they expect endless praise
Bad condiments = dijon cheese spread 🤡
Also this burger was made before the hamburger bun was invented but just go ahead and keep showing your ignorance
Son: Mom, can we get McDonald's?
Mom: We got McDonald's at home.
McDonald's at home: