Another restaurant bites the dust for social media star Salt Bae, who owned a burger joint in Manhattan dubbed “the worst in NYC,” according to Gothamist.
His restaurant called Saltbae Burger closed three years after opening in February 2020.
The menu offered $99 milkshakes, $100 burgers and free veggie burgers given to women as a “compliment,” according to a 2020 Eater review.
Saltbae Burger was a casual eatery specializing in burgers over the finer fare that some of his other restaurants cooked up.
Salt Bae burger chain once branded as the ‘worst restaurant’ in New York City has closed its doors.
Salt Bae Burger New York is owned by the controversial Turkish restaurateur Nusret Gökçe, who has racked up millions of followers with his iconic sprinkling of salt on pricey meat.
Now he’s facing hot water again as the burger restaurant has closed, according to a sign on the door – shortly after being branded the ‘worst’ with ‘all the charm of an airplane hanger.’
The eatery sold wildly priced items including $99 milkshakes, $180 signature sandwiches and a $100 golden burger – but critics have said despite the hefty price tag the menu was “terrible and “flavourless.”
Nusret Gökçe has Salt Bae restaurants all over the world where customers are billed expensive prices for a meal – but now that seems now longer the case for the New York eatery.
Salt Bae Burger New York opened at 220 Park Avenue South, near Union Square Park, just a month before the coronavirus pandemic closed restaurants to indoor dining.
Critics were quick to slam the chain with one Gothamist food critic stating it was the ‘worst restaurant’ in New York City.
