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The perfect American dinner. What is it you ask? Well I don't know. All I know is what I made for dinner tonight could be in the running. For 1, it's oh so very American. What is it you say? OK, I'll tell you. It's a Cheeseburger and some tasty Cremesicle Ice Cream. "What's so Special about that, " you say. Well for one, I make one of the Best Damn Cheeseburgers you'll ever eat. "It's Damn Good." So damn good ! Better than good. It's delicious. I know how to make a burger. And some Creamsicle Ice Creme? I haven't had it for years. Love it. Since childhood, way back in the 60s. "If You Know - You Know."

Anyway. I was at the cafe working on stuff (writing), and what for dinner I thought. I finished the Chili that I make my Tacos with last night, so what for tonight. "A Burger I think" ? And when I say burger, it's always a cheeseburger. "For sure." So I made my way to the supermarket to get some good ground beef. And when I say good, I mean good. Get the best you can. I walked in the store, and got a flyer (sale items). I browed it over. "Ah. Turkey Hill Ice Cream is on sale. I'll get some of that." I don't throw my money away, and always buy ice cream when it's on sale. Today is the day. I went over to the meat counter and looked over the meat. OK, Ground Angus Beef Chuck (80/20) for $7.99 a pound. I got one. A pound. All set. Now over to the ice cream. Looked over what they had, and when I saw the turkey Hill "Orange Cream Swirl" I went nuts. "Yeah." It instantly made me happy. I thought of my childhood and how much I loved this wonderful combo of lush Vanilla Ic Cream & Orange Sherbet. What a combination. "So good" !!! I had to get some. And so I did. I also got a new jar of dill pickle chips, and some New York State Cheddar to top my burger. I was all set.

I paid for the stuff and made my way home. I sliced the cheese first and set it aside. I got the BBQ Sauce, Mustard, Burger Bun, and salt and black pepper at the ready. Set my small frying pan on the stove, shaped my burger, and put a little olive oil in the pan. Threw the burger in and toasted my bun (Haha!). I seasoned the burger with salt & pepper as it was cooking. After a couple of minutes, I flipped the burger over. I seasoned the other side, and let the burger continue cooking. After a couple minutes, it was done.

I placed the Cheddar Cheese on the bottom bun and set the burger on top. Then I put a bit of Dijon Mustard on top of the burger, and on top of the mustard I put some BBQ Sauce. Put on 3 dill pickle chips, and topped it with the top bun, and I was ready to go. Ready to eat one of the best burgers in town. I kid you not. "If I must say so myself, I make one of the Best Damn Burgers in Town!" That's a fact. I bit in. "Yumm. So good." I told you. I ate the burger (cheeseburger) as slowly as I could. Didn't want to rush a good thing. Well I finished it. I enjoyed it, and I didn't get ripped off, paying maybe $24 for a burger, plus tip and tax, and you probably have a drink, so by the time you're done, you might have spent $60 or more for a burger and one drink. "Not me!" My burgers are better than practically and place in New York, so why throw my money away.

Now, on to dessert. Yes my Orange & Vanilla Creamsicle. "OMG?" The temperature and texture were just right, being outside of the freezer for about 40 minutes. I got my bowl and tablespoon and I dug in. Again, "Oh My God" ? So Good !!! Just like when I was a child in the 60s. I could not have asked for more.

And so, one of the Best Damn Dinners in all of New York City. Maybe not? I know many might not agree. But then, on the other hand, there's probably million people or more, just in New York City who would agree. And that's good enough for me. 

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 At the start of the month, something interesting happened in the world of New York burgers. (If it wasn’t for TikTok, I’m not sure anyone would have noticed.) In the western reaches of Greenpoint, at the foot of a 40-story apartment complex, and right by another one being built, a small cafeteria started selling burgers inspired by the legendary New Jersey diner, White Manna.

But instead of charging Greenpoint prices — the condos upstairs are listing for a million dollars each — the burgers were priced at a reasonable $2.15, or $2.55 with cheese. 

All of the ingredients for the burger come from the attached supermarket, which is one reason the price is lower. But that’s not all that’s happening. Kim is doing something unheard of in the restaurant industry and selling the burgers “at cost,” the price of ingredients, plus labor, before a dish is marked up for sale. He makes about five cents on each burger, meaning for every thousand he sells, he makes about fifty bucks.

You can look at his burger as a loss leader — a way to get people into the grocery store downstairs, where the prices are higher. But the longer you talk to Kim, you might start to view it as his life’s work. “It’s expensive to eat in this neighborhood,” he says. “We wanted to do something everyone could enjoy.”

Some days, he flips patties behind the grill. That’s where Rob Martinez, a producer at Righteous Eats, found him earlier this month. Martinez says he was drawn to Kim’s personality. “If there’s not a real person behind [the business], we wouldn’t do a story,” he said in a text message. He profiled the business in a video that has since been viewed more than 500,000 times between TikTok and Instagram. 

“This burger costs less than the subway,” Martinez says on camera. Jubilee Market is now selling hundreds of them a day.

Kim has actually been selling burgers since last year, but until recently, they were bigger and more expensive. “It wasn’t clicking,” he says. One day he did something wild: He came into work with a bag of White Mana hamburgers, which were cold because they came from New Jersey, and he asked his business partner to perform a miracle. “He wanted me to recreate them,” says Samantha La Manna, “but better.” 

So, La Manna went downstairs, where the market performs whole-animal butchery, and took some meat left over from trimming steaks. She ground it up, shaped it into a patty, and cooked it on a flat top grill with shaved onions, like at White Mana. Unlike White Mana, she put a clove of slow-roasted garlic in the middle. It seeps into the patty’s pores, making the meat taste buttery and homemade. 

It’s not a White Mana burger, but it is a La Manna one, and it’s wonderful.

Those are the touches of a career chef. Before La Manna was making two-buck burgers, she worked at several Brooklyn restaurants, including Cozy Royale. Two years ago, she was up for a job at Francie, a Michelin-starred restaurant, when she saw something funny: a grocery store had posted a job listing on Indeed looking for a “culinary director.” Thankfully, she applied.

Kim and La Manna are now doing everything they can to keep up with demand. Before they were featured on Righteous Eats, they were selling maybe 200 burgers a day. But overnight, the number doubled. Then it doubled again. Most days, they sell around 600 to 1,000 burgers, but the most they’ve sold is 1,300. On days like that, they sell out and have to close early.

You don’t have to do the math to know the burgers aren’t making anyone rich. And for once, that might not matter.

The cafeteria at Jubilee Market is open from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The burger is available from noon to 9 p.m.

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