It's burger week at the Oinkster next week, so let's take a moment to appreciate what burger week is all about-- art. Yes, the creations are all tasty and some of them are likely to be insanely, outrageously delicious, but the conceptualizations around these burgers should be applauded and appreciated as a work of pop art.
Not only does the Oinkster create long lines and incredible buzz around their restaurants, they manage to speak to what a food artisan can do when given free reign and do whatever they fuck they want with food. The spectacle that is created around Burger Week every year rivals anything done by any restaurant of any size anywhere in Los Angeles and likely beyond, creating a "happening" that brings stoners, foodies, homies, bloggers, fatties, hipsters, gluttons, and the curious together.
This year all of the burgers are inspired by pop culture, and also come with special illustrations by Benjie Escobar. Please enjoy these shots of the completed creations along with their in-depth descriptions including the drink pairings that will be available each day. The illustrations by Benjie are at the end (and above)...
Monday - The Klogger - 2x Nebraska Angus Beef Patties with House Made Cheese, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Bourbon Bacon Jam, Bacon’d Burger Dressing and Onion on a Seedless Bun. Served with a side of Pork Rind Dust. Inspired by The Simpsons
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Boylan’s Shirley Temple Soda - Made with real cane sugar this classic Shirley Temple Sodas the perfect pairing for the mildly spicy Atomic Hot Pepper. Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne drink these all the time.
Inspired by Dumb & Dumber
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Linda’s Margarita Mix - When not making up songs or eating all the free samples at the bakery, Linda Belcher is fond of swilling this stuff straight from the bottle. No tequila is needed for this fresh Oinkster style Lemonade.
Inspired by Bob’s Burgers
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Mississippi Queen - A Spicy Ginger Lemonade that might make you hallucinate like the Mordecai, Rigby and Benson. But Probably Not.
Inspired by Regular Show
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Orange Julius - The Oinkster’s take on a iconic mall beverage. Inspired by New York/New Jersey classics and Harold and Kumar.
Inspired by Harold and Kumar
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POG Juice - We could only imagine that Big Kahuna Burger would serve the most popular beverage in Hawaii. A mixture or Passion Fruit, Pineapple, Orange and Guava Juices, Jules Winnfield would probably have preferred this to the Sprite he drank with gusto after finishing that tasty burger.
Inspired by Pulp Fiction.
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Kelp Juice - Coming just in time for summer, and hot on the heels of the popular Kelp Shake and Kelp Soda, this Kelp Juice will quench your thirst like none other. It is a Kale Lemonade. Inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants
