Established July 2008 Food type American, Fast food | Current owner(s) Michael Landrum Street address 1725 Wilson Blvd. | |
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Ray's Hell Burger is a hamburger restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, United States. It's only main dish offerings are hamburgers, served in a few variations including gourmet toppings. Ray's Hell Burger is the third eatery established by Washington, D.C. restaurateur Michael Landrum, who also owns the steakhouse Ray's the Steaks in Arlington. "Ray" is a nickname given to Landrum by a former girlfriend. It opened on July 1, 2008, and while there was no public relations blitz for the opening, popularity of the restaurant's following grew quickly.
Burger toppings include seared foie gras, roasted bone marrow, and double-cream brie. Of the bottled drink offerings, Ray's Hell Burger serves Old Dominion Brewing Company root beer, Cheerwine soda, Boylan Bottling Company pure cane sugar sodas, and Ale-8-One. Ray's Hell Burger Too also included Bell's beer, Lucifer (a Belgium blonde ale), and Mondavi wines.
United States president Barack Obama took Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to Ray's Hell Burger in June 2010. President Obama also ate at the restaurant with Vice President Joe Biden in May 2009. That first visit caused such an increase in business that it forced Landrum to expand the restaurant at an adjacent location.