@@kabbey30 That’s Luis’ Lunch that’s going to be serving tacos. By the way, the OP originally called this restaurant “Lewis Lunch” that’s why I responded the way I did. He subsequently edited his post which makes my first response a lot less relevant. 🤷🏻♂️😁
Nice video chris! If you ever pass Houston Texas, You should check out the Abandoned Sears in Shepherd Blvd, the interesting part about it is that, even tho the store is no more, the original 60s sign still remains
Just how old everything is inside and out, I love that it's never been updated. Because it still looks like it did when it first opened, which is such a rarity in our world of constant change.
Wife and I went once because I knew it was the first place to cook a burger . Wasn’t all that exciting tbh. A quick little drive around the corner and you are in little Italy, home of Frank Pepe pizza place which is 3-4 doors down from Sally’s pizza . Both are historic iconic pizza places and they serve the best pizza in all of Connecticut and possibly New England
Ground beef between bread slices dates back very far. A mid-18th century English cookbook contains a recipe for "Hamburgh sausage", to be served with toasted bread. Delmonico's first printed menu in 1836 featured "hamburger steak". A guy named Charlie Nagreen served a hamburger steak at Outagamie County Fair in Wisconsin in 1884, between bread slices. Not an uncommon food item.
When I worked for Comcast cable back 18 years ago (put in 13 years of my life with those guys) our main training facility was right up the road from this place. We ate there a handful of times. Pretty cool vibe and the burgers on toast was pretty good.
It’s interesting that the main building (which I assume was the original floor plan) for Louis’ Lunch appears to be about the same size as my two car garage. 😁 Great video!!!
Great info about Louis'. Love the place. What time did you go that it was so empty. Probably went it opened at noon? One mistake they do make the burgers medium or well done as long as you tell them.
That's interesting. Yeah, every site I found online while I was doing research claims, they only make them medium rare and the sign inside the restaurant says the same so that must be a secret that you can get it well done that locals know about.
What exactly do you mean raw? It was clearly medium rare which is the way a good burger should be. As far as the rest of it, like the white bread, if you don't like it, you certainly don't have to buy it. You clearly missed the point that they do it the way that its always been done there. It clearly works for them. Eight dollars, kind of expensive but its 2024, can you really be surprised.
@TobiasSmith-u9b Eat whatever you want. 14 other people have agreed with me so far that they serve crap over priced burgers, no matter how long they have been doing it the same way.
@@JamesKite-r9o 14 people. Wow. I guess that settles it. Can't argue with 14 random people on the internet. I've never been there and can tell just by looking at it that it is obviously overrated. You are basically paying for the history. That is clear. It is obviously a tourist trap of sorts. All I really said is that the burger is clearly not raw and that it is not that shocking that it is 8 dollars, particularly with today's prices and the fact its in Connecticut.
I had many a burger when I was a kid served on bread instead of a bun because my parents were Jedi Knights in the art of penny pinching LOL. Still tasted good to me back then though
Best part about Louis Lunch isn't the burgers or the history, it's the fact that they are open until 2am on friday and saturday nights lol. in all seriousness the burgers are not that spectacular, especially to someone who is used to "actual" burgers. They often come out undercooked, even for the medium rare they claim to cook to. The white bread toast buns don't do any favors either. It's honestly like paying for a struggle burger your mom would've made on a night with no money or groceries. It's good enough for the experience and history, but once you have it one time there's no reason to keep going back unless you are a Yalie who joins the Louis's club.
I’m guessing you went relatively early on a weekday, right? I live in CT about 30 minutes away and every time I’ve been up there, the line to get in is extremely long. Now I’m even more determined! Cheers.
Between the birthplace of the hamburger & home of the world famous New Haven Apizza (pizza) restaurants . . . This Connecticut town has to be a destination for foodies!
I appreciate how the place is unchanged from its original appearance. Heck, they moved the place while keeping it intact. I appreciate places that do that since when I visited the original Culver’s in Sawk City, they didn’t have any old art or anything from before the modern remodel they did in the 2000’s. It’s a nice store with an outdoor courtyard in a small town, sure, but there’s nothing separating it from an average Culver’s. Just looking at a frame of you in the restaurant out of context almost made me think you were at Medieval Times or at a restaurant near me with similar architecture. Any plans to visit the VOLO Auto Museum or Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm? You’ve visited VOLO already, but as I’m assuming you’ve heard, they’ve added the RAE. Siegel’s has a band of animatronic chickens, which are actually the same kind as the chickens you saw in your last Stew Lenard’s video.
I Did visit the volo And that video will be out in a week or so. And I didn't visit that other place you mentioned. But I did visit one called roba's family farms, and they also had that chicken band and that video will be out in a couple weeks.
When you said "a proprietary mix of 5 meats" did you actually mean 5 different 'cuts' of beef? Or are they literally mixing the meat from 5 different animals to make this burger?
Really? I mean i was shocked it was that inexpensive. Especially since this place has so much history attached. Ive seen smash burgers start at 11-20 bucks.
But sells big brand chips how much a bag 5 bucks I get it if you're trying to keep it traditional but if you're just going to be a come back, there's never a single cent that I earn in my life that they will get.
I know there are numerous other claims that pre date Louis', Im just doing a video on it and they do have the mention in the Library of Congress as the birthplace for it so who knows. I think its just cool that its still open
@SetsStreetsEats for sure. its probably the oldest in America. but it seems thst the hamburger must have had its origins in Germany. I wonder if someone has done a video on that yet.
Went there once. Line/wait was too long. We were traveling through and couldn't afford/waste the hour plus wait for a burger. Maybe missed out but noticed how empty the place was in your video compared to when I went around 15 years ago. Maybe some of the novelty has worn off.
An iconic spot, although there were "hamburger sandwiches" being sold for years before Louis Lunch, so the "birthplace" description is a bit mythical...
dude --that place looks horrible. Not the building mind you the food, the confined space, THE WAIT!! Which might be worth it if the food was tasty. It's not. Not the 1st video i've seen about this place. Nothing has changed, probably why people still go there to spend over an hour for a poorly made product. Same type of folks who still the think the cotton gin or the horse and buggy shouldn't have been improved upon. God bless McDonald's and Burger King. Anyplace save this one really.....
Great video! Louis Lunch is an overrated tourist trap. The burgers are mediocre, and the service was bad when I was there. It ranks up there with In-N-Out in California, overrated and mediocre burgers also.
Great vid Chris! Love living vicariously through these.
Glad you like them!
Wow I didn't know New Haven was the Birthplace of Louis Lunch Thank you for telling us.
New Haven is the birthplace of Louis’ Lunch too!
Have you tried Lewis Lunch in New Haven? I’ve heard it’s decent. Apparently, it is Louis’ brother’s place.
Lol
@@kabbey30 That’s Luis’ Lunch that’s going to be serving tacos. By the way, the OP originally called this restaurant “Lewis Lunch” that’s why I responded the way I did. He subsequently edited his post which makes my first response a lot less relevant. 🤷🏻♂️😁
@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes Why are you guys trying to be mean??
Nice video chris! If you ever pass Houston Texas, You should check out the Abandoned Sears in Shepherd Blvd, the interesting part about it is that, even tho the store is no more, the original 60s sign still remains
Thanks for the tip!
Ct is my place and I have been there before unforgettable experience
great video! i want to try that place someday!!!!!
Wanting to wish you a wonderful week chris and oh my gosh I'm so excited to see this! Was there anything that stood out to you during your time there?
Just how old everything is inside and out, I love that it's never been updated. Because it still looks like it did when it first opened, which is such a rarity in our world of constant change.
It's wonderful old time places like this are still around to enjoy.
That was very interesting to watch, thanks for uploading the video!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
I never been there but will like to go some day the food looks good for being the birth towns favorite Spot. ❤
Hope you’re not claustrophobic
On my food bucket list, also as a lover of history would be cool to see
I look forward to trying the burger when I have the chance to be in the area.
Wife and I went once because I knew it was the first place to cook a burger . Wasn’t all that exciting tbh. A quick little drive around the corner and you are in little Italy, home of Frank Pepe pizza place which is 3-4 doors down from Sally’s pizza . Both are historic iconic pizza places and they serve the best pizza in all of Connecticut and possibly New England
Thanks brother! You really do a bang up job on these videos.
Thank you so much!
Ground beef between bread slices dates back very far. A mid-18th century English cookbook contains a recipe for "Hamburgh sausage", to be served with toasted bread. Delmonico's first printed menu in 1836 featured "hamburger steak". A guy named Charlie Nagreen served a hamburger steak at Outagamie County Fair in Wisconsin in 1884, between bread slices. Not an uncommon food item.
Oooo I went to bar across the street twice in the past week. Now that place is bomb! 💣
When I worked for Comcast cable back 18 years ago (put in 13 years of my life with those guys) our main training facility was right up the road from this place. We ate there a handful of times. Pretty cool vibe and the burgers on toast was pretty good.
It’s interesting that the main building (which I assume was the original floor plan) for Louis’ Lunch appears to be about the same size as my two car garage. 😁 Great video!!!
Good point, It was crazy small and its only a little bigger today!
Dang you didn't get a video of the toaster!! The toaster i can stand & watch it work all day!
Great info about Louis'. Love the place. What time did you go that it was so empty. Probably went it opened at noon? One mistake they do make the burgers medium or well done as long as you tell them.
That's interesting. Yeah, every site I found online while I was doing research claims, they only make them medium rare and the sign inside the restaurant says the same so that must be a secret that you can get it well done that locals know about.
I have been in Liuies and in Ted's in Meriden. Both are phenomenal and fantastic history
Parking ramp a block away also offers views of the city from the top.
No Coke, Pepsi! I’m going to get there someday, eventually. Very cool video!!!
Thanks!
Also Chris are you going to Upload anymore Members Videos I really liked the Billings MT Member Vid.
Your totally right, I've been working alot but I need to carve out some time n do a few more of those, thanks for reminding me!
$8 for that wad of raw ground beef on white bread?
What exactly do you mean raw? It was clearly medium rare which is the way a good burger should be. As far as the rest of it, like the white bread, if you don't like it, you certainly don't have to buy it. You clearly missed the point that they do it the way that its always been done there. It clearly works for them. Eight dollars, kind of expensive but its 2024, can you really be surprised.
@TobiasSmith-u9b Eat whatever you want. 14 other people have agreed with me so far that they serve crap over priced burgers, no matter how long they have been doing it the same way.
@@JamesKite-r9o 14 people. Wow. I guess that settles it. Can't argue with 14 random people on the internet. I've never been there and can tell just by looking at it that it is obviously overrated. You are basically paying for the history. That is clear. It is obviously a tourist trap of sorts. All I really said is that the burger is clearly not raw and that it is not that shocking that it is 8 dollars, particularly with today's prices and the fact its in Connecticut.
The cheese whiz was built in 1898
I remember Friendly’s served burgers between buttered, toasted bread slices.
Well done
I heard that actor Fred Gwynne liked this place.
We had hamburgers on toast back in the 50's and 60's.
I had many a burger when I was a kid served on bread instead of a bun because my parents were Jedi Knights in the art of penny pinching LOL. Still tasted good to me back then though
Best part about Louis Lunch isn't the burgers or the history, it's the fact that they are open until 2am on friday and saturday nights lol.
in all seriousness the burgers are not that spectacular, especially to someone who is used to "actual" burgers. They often come out undercooked, even for the medium rare they claim to cook to. The white bread toast buns don't do any favors either.
It's honestly like paying for a struggle burger your mom would've made on a night with no money or groceries.
It's good enough for the experience and history, but once you have it one time there's no reason to keep going back unless you are a Yalie who joins the Louis's club.
Hit the like button!
Best birch beer available. Hope your next video is about Apizza with a Foxon Park.
Nice 😀😀
Isn't it interesting how Louis lunch never "took off" like so many of the names we all know!!! (as always man great job on your videos bro!)
Agreed, the normal American tendency is to franchise and grow any brand and they've always been happy with their one little spot, amazing. And thanks!
I’m guessing you went relatively early on a weekday, right? I live in CT about 30 minutes away and every time I’ve been up there, the line to get in is extremely long. Now I’m even more determined! Cheers.
@vinniemigliano5268 yes, it was around noon midweek :)
Awesome video respect
No huge corporate buns.
Between the birthplace of the hamburger & home of the world famous New Haven Apizza (pizza) restaurants . . . This Connecticut town has to be a destination for foodies!
New York pizza is still the best
I love the pizza. Frank Pepe is my fav. The one time I tried to get a burger at Louis, it was closed.
Hamburger was invented in Akron.
I appreciate how the place is unchanged from its original appearance. Heck, they moved the place while keeping it intact. I appreciate places that do that since when I visited the original Culver’s in Sawk City, they didn’t have any old art or anything from before the modern remodel they did in the 2000’s. It’s a nice store with an outdoor courtyard in a small town, sure, but there’s nothing separating it from an average Culver’s. Just looking at a frame of you in the restaurant out of context almost made me think you were at Medieval Times or at a restaurant near me with similar architecture.
Any plans to visit the VOLO Auto Museum or Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm? You’ve visited VOLO already, but as I’m assuming you’ve heard, they’ve added the RAE. Siegel’s has a band of animatronic chickens, which are actually the same kind as the chickens you saw in your last Stew Lenard’s video.
I Did visit the volo And that video will be out in a week or so. And I didn't visit that other place you mentioned. But I did visit one called roba's family farms, and they also had that chicken band and that video will be out in a couple weeks.
New Haven is more famous for its pizza for a reason.
Wow cool place 😂
Can't beat it a classic burger and a Foxon Park soda
Hello
8 bucks ain't bad for a burger nowadays
Alex Jones 😂
$8? that's why they were empty. it's a tourist trap now. sad.
and you can even have ketchup its so dumb
When you said "a proprietary mix of 5 meats" did you actually mean 5 different 'cuts' of beef? Or are they literally mixing the meat from 5 different animals to make this burger?
@finally3984 that's a good question, I have to assume beef, but they aren't saying otherwise. 😅
Looks delicious!
Is that the meta ray bands?
No, just a pair of gas station glasses lol
Man this looks epic! wow.
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Elm City Representative rite here🫡
$8? Hard Pass
Really? I mean i was shocked it was that inexpensive. Especially since this place has so much history attached. Ive seen smash burgers start at 11-20 bucks.
its good place tho but need to have the condiments!
Alex Jones doppelganger
But sells big brand chips how much a bag 5 bucks I get it if you're trying to keep it traditional but if you're just going to be a come back, there's never a single cent that I earn in my life that they will get.
The hamburger was invented in Seymour Wisconsin 1885.
and might have existed before then but just not documented. Certainly not in New Haven, anyway 🙂
There are records of hamburgers being cooked, eaten and a recipe from Hamburg Germany in 1758.
Bread slices *AIN'T* bunz, so how it natt just a sammich?
Buns didn't exist in 1900 when the 1st burger was invented so they keep it original
A sandwich is defined as meat and toppings between bread. A hamburger bun is bread, so all burgers are sandwiches
@@mmasque2052
Y nat eat a 🌭 wit 🥪 slices?
new haven CT is the birthplace of the Hamburger? not. ya know... Hamburg?
I know there are numerous other claims that pre date Louis', Im just doing a video on it and they do have the mention in the Library of Congress as the birthplace for it so who knows. I think its just cool that its still open
@SetsStreetsEats for sure. its probably the oldest in America. but it seems thst the hamburger must have had its origins in Germany. I wonder if someone has done a video on that yet.
wow. did not know this place existed. That is how I cook my burgers. I do not like well done.
I hate that they encourage the graffiti.
It just doesnt look that great. The Foxon Park is good though.
Who clicked on this thinking it was Alex Jones on his way to eat a burger?
Went there once. Line/wait was too long. We were traveling through and couldn't afford/waste the hour plus wait for a burger. Maybe missed out but noticed how empty the place was in your video compared to when I went around 15 years ago. Maybe some of the novelty has worn off.
Alex Jones
An iconic spot, although there were "hamburger sandwiches" being sold for years before Louis Lunch, so the "birthplace" description is a bit mythical...
Their milkshakes are to die for.
dude --that place looks horrible. Not the building mind you the food, the confined space, THE WAIT!! Which might be worth it if the food was tasty. It's not. Not the 1st video i've seen about this place. Nothing has changed, probably why people still go there to spend over an hour for a poorly made product. Same type of folks who still the think the cotton gin or the horse and buggy shouldn't have been improved upon. God bless McDonald's and Burger King. Anyplace save this one really.....
It's a burger joint and it's fried potatoes.I'm sure they could figure it out if they're purest
Great video! Louis Lunch is an overrated tourist trap. The burgers are mediocre, and the service was bad when I was there. It ranks up there with In-N-Out in California, overrated and mediocre burgers also.
The first one they made sucked, and they still suck!