Astronaut cooks have made numerous attempts to wrangle hamburgers into space-ready meals, from dehydrated-pickle disks to vacuum-sealed burger bottles. Enjoy what our starry-eyed brethren never can with today’s Groupon: for $6, you get two quarter-pound hamburger steak jr. burgers with your choice of toppings and two orders of french fries at Char-Grill (up to a $12.86 value). Choose from the following locations: Hillsborough Street, Edwards Mill Road, Atlantic Avenue, or Strickland Road in Raleigh; Durham; Cary; or Garner.
With more than 50 years of hunger-abolishing business under its belt, Char-Grill fires up palates with its old-fashioned char-grilled flavors. The hearty quarter-pound hamburger steak jr. sandwich entrances mouths with its smoky tongue tap dance, topped with a choice of mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, cheese, bacon, and slaw. Forged in the charring flames of the grill top by a hardworking master burgersmith, the bold, juicy taste of the hamburger steak jr. is complemented by the jovial, salty humor of its crispy french-fried sidekick. Char-Grill's commitment to quality, retro art-deco décor, and a Spartan yet robust menu reflect the simpler times of the 1950s, when Eisenhower was president, rock 'n' roll was king, and hamburgers were used as currency.
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The Groupon Guide to: Great Moments in American Hamburgery
To put your mouth in the mood for a bite of grilled greatness, here are American history's most memorable hamburger moments:
December 11, 1620: Just as winter seems its bleakest, the starving Pilgrims find relief when they stumble upon an underground hamburger mine.
July 4, 1776: Infamous traitor Benedict Arnold betrays America by forgoing the traditional hamburger for a chicken sandwich at Benjamin Franklin's Fourth of July barbecue. Benedict was later punished by having his face appear on America's least popular currency, the dollar bill.
August 13, 1948: The House Un-American Activities Committee identifies Communists by challenging witnesses to finish an entire hamburger while drawing a portrait of Joe DiMaggio in less than one minute.
June 26, 1963: President Kennedy gives his famous "Ich bin ein Hamburger" speech before pledging to beat the Russians in the race to send a hamburger to the moon.
November 11, 2011: Hamburger suffrage.
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