re: Restaurants that won't cook burgers medium rare

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Maybe beef sourced from non-industrial meat processing plants? There is a little French place downtown here in NYC that has the best boeuf tartare I've ever had.

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Has nothing to do with it. I promise you we have better test and hold/quality control capabilities than some of the smaller packers.

E. Coli is everywhere, but it mainly occurs in beef production when the hide touches the meat when it's being removed.

Here's the thing: you may eat rare ground beef your whole life and never get sick. Or you could die at lunch today. Because the industry does a pretty good job on this stuff, it's pretty rare that outbreaks occur. But every year, there are a few cases.


All I can do is share with you what the best food scientists in the world say the facts and risks are from consuming rare ground beef. The great thing about America is you can choose to ignore that info and keep right on eating those rare burgers.

I personally prefer my burgers Med-Well. I had a burger at Company Burger the other day. It was med well, with some really good bacon, cheese and a fried egg on it... I'm pretty sure it was the best burger I've ever eaten.

I eat my steaks Med Rare.