Burger King to Sell Beer

[MarrickG]

Perhaps to help customers numb the pain and humiliation of dining in a Times Square Burger King, the fast food chain has announced that beer will (probably) be sold at the crossroads of the world. His Royal Highness is rolling out the precious mead starting next month in Miami Beach, at a "concept" called a Whopper Bar. To start with, suds on the menu will be limited to Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors beer products. "You can have America's favorite beers with America's favorite burger," promises Burger King's North American president Chuck Fallon, with a straight face.

A Whopper combo with a beer will run $7.99, which is about $2 more than the same meal with a soda. It's unclear when Times Square diners can start doing keg stands with the King, but not everyone's thrilled. Arnold Lyons, 58, of the Bronx, tells the Daily News, "There's already enough trouble without Burger King selling beer. You don't take your kids to a bar." Not unless you're in Park Slope! Really, this is all very intriguing, but we're saving our excitement for the day McDonald's brings Shamrock shakes back to NYC. (A drop of Bushmills wouldn't hurt with that, either.)

http://gothamist.com/2010/01/22/burger_king_to_sell_beer_in_times_s.php