Heroic Histrionics

More than one person has run into Tony’s Burger Joint. It likes to appear in RP stuff because it’s Tony’s absolute most favorite place to get burgers and he likes to give them the business by telling new people about it.

Facts about The Burger Joint:

The Location

• It’s in Hell’s Kitchen, on the southmost part of the neighborhood where it borders Chelsea.

The Menu

• Burgers (Obviously) that come in a few different ways. They are conscious that not everyone does beef and actually sell both turkey and veggie burgers too.
• Curly fries, Onion Rings, Sweet Potato Fries, and Normal Fries are all options.
• Floats. They have about 20 kinds of soda by a local vendor that likes to make all kinds of different flavors. Every time they get a new one, they put it on the list. Tony has had them all. They make their own ice cream and they have a banana sorbet that you can get instead of vanilla ice cream if you can’t do milk.
• They make awesome Sundaes from a customizable ingredient list.

The Staff

The Chefs

The Lady

About sixty years old, cranky, and incredibly unimpressed with Tony, this woman is the one who is around in the mornings, and will, without so much as hesitating to ask if you want it, stick an egg on your plate to ‘make it healthy’.

Charlie

This guy is the one who rules the graveyard shift and is always the one around when the bars let out during the week. He’s friendly, and will come out to check on the customers from time to time. He has an… interesting hangover drink that involves pickles you can ask him for.

Masterchef

This man is the guy who rules the afternoon shift and you’ll never see him without a chefs hat. Not ever. He’s a little stern, and Tony has always suspected he’s a little Russian, but if he has an accent, you’ll never know. He’s not much of a talker.

Clarice

This girl is the youngest of the cooks, and picked it up straight out of culinary school about five years previous. She’s the owner’s daughter, and her mom lets her have free reign on side dishes and dessert options as long as she doesn’t mess with what works. She’s around on the weekends and covers the shifts the other chefs don’t for their days off.

The Waitstaff

Johnny

• This man’s sister finally talked her ladylove around to marriage, and after much disaster, and a lot of almost cold feet, got the woman to carry through. It’s his favorite topic, and if you get him to linger at your table too long he’ll go all ‘proud big brother’ and show you pictures that his sister took while they were on their honeymoon. And how the women, now that they’ve finally carried through, are looking at adoption.
• He’s usually around during the morning shift into lunch.

Anna

• The newest and youngest on staff, this teenager is only around on the weekends, but she’s also the one most likely to suggest things, be it to the customers or to her fellow employees.
• It should be noted that her hair is bubblegum pink and she doesn’t understand the concept of a uniform whatsoever.

Georgie

• This woman is Tony’s favorite waitress and will take one look at him before turning around to go place his order, complete with a random float of her choice. She never bothers to come to the table without food or a drink unless the man brought company. She knows her regulars, and she knows what they like, hands down.
• Her shift is the evenings.

Douglas

• Cranky, uncommunicative, and overall the most attentive member of the wait staff the place has, this man often greets customers simply by saying one word at a time. These include ‘Ready?’ ‘Drinks?’ ‘Order?’ ‘Dessert?’ and ‘Check?’ and not much else. If he’s feeling chatty he might throw a hello or goodbye at you though.
• He’s the graveyard shift’s main waiter.

Carla

• This woman is bright, bubbly, and has a love of cookies that will rival anyone’s. She’s also a chatter, and while she’ll take your order, she’ll ask about your day, how your kids are doing, and if that coworker of yours got the raise they were after.
• Carla covers any shift that needs her, and can be seen just about any time of the day.
• She also sometimes brings in friends to fill the gaps, so most of the temporary staff were people she brought in for busy times.

The Owner

Judith

• Tony has seen her all of four times.
• One of these times was when she informed him of his reinforced patch of floor where he was expected to leave his suit going forward from that day.
• Another of these times was to bitch out someone who was harassing her daughter.
• She’s a widow.
• She’s unimpressed with all you people, and is very much a native New Yorker.

Franklin

• Tony used to deal with this guy all the time as a teenager.
• This was the owner's husband who used to be the primary chef.
• He also almost always brought his daughter Clarice to work.
• He died when Tony was 27 of a heart attack.

The Decor

• There aren’t many windows, but the ones there are view the street.
• Said street is kind of sad and small and the place right across the street has a severely lopsided sign that no longer lights up.
• It’s the bottom floor of a building with apartments over the top of it.
• It’s a little run down.
• The walls are shades of cream.
• The booths and chairs are all upholstered with electric blue.
• The tables are all black.
• The chair backs and table edges are all silver.
• The floor is a black and red checkerboard patterns.
• There is a vintage style counter people can sit at that’s edged in silver with a black surface.

This is The Burger Joint, which I have never yet named, but that Tony touts as being the BEST Burger place in the US so far as he’s found it. He doesn’t keep it a secret, but he likes it there because the staff knows him, likes him, and keeps the assholes at bay.

Also, their food is fabulous and he loves that they like to give him mystery treats when Clarice has been feeling creative again.