Louis' Lunch - Endorsements

Endorsements

• The Library of Congress web site states that the first hamburgers and steak sandwiches in U.S. history were served in New Haven, Connecticut, at Louis' Lunch sandwich shop established in 1895 .
• Referring to the hamburger, James Trager wrote in his Food Chronology, "the popular sandwich made its American debut in New Haven, Connecticut in 1900: Louis Lassen grinds .07 cent/LB lean beef, broils it and serves it between two slices of toast (no catsup or relish) to customers at his 5 year old three-seat Louis' Lunch".
• Referring to Louis' Lunch, Earl Steinbicker in his Daytrips New England: 50 One-Day Adventures, claims this is the place where the American hamburger was invented.
• The episode Hamburger Paradise on the Travel Channel's show, Food Paradise, features Louis' Lunch.
• A New Haven-focused episode of Man v. Food Nation includes a segment at Louis' Lunch.
• Louis' Lunch was rated #1 in Travel Channel's 2010 Chowdown Countdown also called 101 Tastiest Places to Chow Down.
• Heston Blumenthal travels to Louis' Lunch looking for the perfect hamburger in his series "In Search of Perfection".