The Heart Attack Grill (slogan: "Taste Worth Dying For!") seems to have survived its first serious blockage -- a nation of nurses outraged at this haughty hottie depiction of their profession. But the ensuing publicity acted more swiftly then an adrenaline syringe stab straight into the old ticker. The Heart Attack Grill grows ever stronger, moving (since we visited only months ago) uptown into Phoenix, to a place with a drive-thru window. Founder Dr. Jon even has his own Heart Attack Grill Diet book out.
When we stopped in Chandler, the bawdy nurse-themed burger joint was operating in a small space at the corner of a professional strip mall (no pun intended). The scene we witnessed was at dusk, the place packed with guys -- locals, college kids, businessmen from out-of-town. Three naughty nurses served the tightly packed bar and narrow row of tables; every so often, a post-Double Bypass Burger patron would be helped into a wheel chair and rolled out to the parking lot.
The new location appears to be more centrally located, the nurses more consistently branded in low-cut, skimpy white uniforms. And they've added a busty nurse mannequin for photo ops when the live ones are busy attending patients.
