I Visit Louis Lunch The Birthplace Of The Hamburger 🍔

[@sandhill9313]

An iconic spot, although there were "hamburger sandwiches" being sold for years before Louis Lunch, so the "birthplace" description is a bit mythical...

[@JamesKite-r9o]

$8 for that wad of raw ground beef on white bread?

[@RonTrauma]

Great vid Chris! Love living vicariously through these.

[@SetsStreetsEats]

Glad you like them!

[@CECPizzaMunch]

Wow I didn't know New Haven was the Birthplace of Louis Lunch Thank you for telling us.

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

New Haven is the birthplace of Louis’ Lunch too!

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

Have you tried Lewis Lunch in New Haven? I’ve heard it’s decent. Apparently, it is Louis’ brother’s place.

[@kabbey30]

Lol

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

@@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. 🤷🏻‍♂️😁

[@CECPizzaMunch]

@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes Why are you guys trying to be mean??

[@jkmsaturn]

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!

[@ColorsBright]

New York pizza is still the best

[@sg1770]

I love the pizza. Frank Pepe is my fav. The one time I tried to get a burger at Louis, it was closed.

[@ArronSturgeonPaintings-so2xc]

It's wonderful old time places like this are still around to enjoy.

[@DLuccia327]

Can't beat it a classic burger and a Foxon Park soda

[@Unotakehandle]

8 bucks ain't bad for a burger nowadays

[@jonathanshaw9248]

Ct is my place and I have been there before unforgettable experience

[@savagescotttwines536]

I never been there but will like to go some day the food looks good for being the birth towns favorite Spot. ❤

[@AlexPlays14]

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

[@SetsStreetsEats]

Thanks for the tip!

[@RobertPeters4674]

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.

[@pappyprimetime7510]

The cheese whiz was built in 1898

[@steelers6titles]

I remember Friendly’s served burgers between buttered, toasted bread slices.

[@richardmerriam7044]

We had hamburgers on toast back in the 50's and 60's.

[@rheiga]

I look forward to trying the burger when I have the chance to be in the area.

[@bradmarr8765]

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.

[@NicksCollectableCreations]

Man this looks epic! wow.

[@steelers6titles]

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.

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

No Coke, Pepsi! I’m going to get there someday, eventually. Very cool video!!!

[@SetsStreetsEats]

Thanks!

[@justinludwig3995]

Looks delicious!

[@TheIncredible_Panda2214]

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?

[@SetsStreetsEats]

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.

[@stepheniesmith4927]

Wow cool place 😂

[@davenutt8914]

Oooo I went to bar across the street twice in the past week. Now that place is bomb! 💣

[@rudykr3oc]

Thanks brother! You really do a bang up job on these videos.

[@SetsStreetsEats]

Thank you so much!

[@gregthomas2904]

Best birch beer available. Hope your next video is about Apizza with a Foxon Park.

[@gregranger6241]

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.

[@SetsStreetsEats]

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.

[@matthewdropco]

Hit the like button!

[@CECPizzaMunch]

Also Chris are you going to Upload anymore Members Videos I really liked the Billings MT Member Vid.

[@SetsStreetsEats]

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!

[@charlotterowell1057]

Dang you didn't get a video of the toaster!! The toaster i can stand & watch it work all day!

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Nice 😀😀

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

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!!!

[@SetsStreetsEats]

Good point, It was crazy small and its only a little bigger today!

[@vladimirputin4370]

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.

[@Cecgeorgia]

Hello

[@danielsottilejr6268]

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!)

[@SetsStreetsEats]

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!

[@annoyedok321]

Parking ramp a block away also offers views of the city from the top.

[@MrF01tzpatrick]

It's a burger joint and it's fried potatoes.I'm sure they could figure it out if they're purest

[@michaeldalessandro3020]

Awesome video respect

[@ClintBago]

The hamburger was invented in Seymour Wisconsin 1885.

[@sandhill9313]

and might have existed before then but just not documented. Certainly not in New Haven, anyway 🙂

[@plrt6794]

There are records of hamburgers being cooked, eaten and a recipe from Hamburg Germany in 1758.

[@mcflyjediguy7719]

Elm City Representative rite here🫡

[@Troy-jc2ko]

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.

[@SetsStreetsEats]

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.

[@GoofyGoober747]

Is that the meta ray bands?

[@SetsStreetsEats]

No, just a pair of gas station glasses lol

[@DesminRogers]

check the ingram road san antonio tx 7238 chuck e cheese's

[@Cornflakes234]

Who clicked on this thinking it was Alex Jones on his way to eat a burger?

[@OrbitalTrails-x5s]

Alex Jones doppelganger

[@juckimal]

wow. did not know this place existed. That is how I cook my burgers. I do not like well done.

[@DonEdward]

new haven CT is the birthplace of the Hamburger? not. ya know... Hamburg?

[@SetsStreetsEats]

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

[@DonEdward]

@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.

[@UHaulShorts]

Bread slices *AIN'T* bunz, so how it natt just a sammich?

[@SetsStreetsEats]

Buns didn't exist in 1900 when the 1st burger was invented so they keep it original

[@mmasque2052]

A sandwich is defined as meat and toppings between bread. A hamburger bun is bread, so all burgers are sandwiches

[@UHaulShorts]

@@mmasque2052 Y nat eat a 🌭 wit 🥪 slices?

[@MrF01tzpatrick]

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.

[@thorodinson5520]

Alex Jones

[@michaellavaughnrobinson]

Alex Jones 😂

[@nychris2258]

It just doesnt look that great. The Foxon Park is good though.

[@kabbey30]

Their milkshakes are to die for.

[@wesleygary6651]

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.....

[@10Briguy]

The first one they made sucked, and they still suck!