Man Suffers Heart Attack at 'Heart Attack Grill' - East Idaho News

Man Suffers Heart Attack at ‘Heart Attack Grill’

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Getty 120511 HeartMonitor?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1329338167321Hemera/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — A man suffered an apparent heart attack while eating a “Triple Bypass Burger” at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.

The man, whose identity has not been released, was eating by himself when he began complaining of chest pains, started sweating and stuttering his words, said Jon Basso, the restaurant’s owner.

“I was in the back cooking and the nurses came back and said ‘someone is having a heart attack,’” Basso recalled.

At first Basso didn’t believe it because in the hospital-themed restaurant — where wait staff wear sexy nurse’s uniforms and the diners are outfitted with hospital gowns — the employees and customers sometimes role play.

“No, he’s really having an f-ing heart attack,” one of the employees reportedly told Basso.

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Basso, who goes by the name “Dr. Jon” in the restaurant, and who plays the role in a white doctor’s coat and stethoscope, called an ambulance and paramedics were quickly on hand to treat the man, who Basso described as a normal, “run-of-the-mill” guy in his 40′s.

The customer was reportedly recovering in a nearby Las Vegas hospital after the attack, said Basso, who is not a doctor.

The burger joint, whose slogan is “taste…worth dying for,” is known for its self-proclaimed unhealthy food. A sign on the front door reads, “Caution: This Establishment is Bad for Your Health.”

The Heart Attack Grill came under fire last year when its spokesman, 6’8″, 570-pound, Blair River died last year of pneumonia at age 29.  It was not possible to say what role River’s weight played in his death.

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