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CAPTION THIS: Grand opening of SquareBurger
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CAPTION THIS: Grand opening of SquareBurger
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| Photo | Drew Lazor |
SquareBurger, the Franklin Square sandwich/shake shack Stephen Starr rolled out on Monday, will do just fine without any more publicity from us. But Meal Ticket just couldn't resist dropping by the grand opening event earlier this morning. At the end of the day, it came down to a promised appearance by Benjamin Franklin impersonator Bill Robling.* Our most cherished Founding Father getting down on a cheeseburger and fries with our most cherished restaurateur? AMERICA!
We snapped this pic of that storied pair, along with Historic Philadelphia Inc. prez/CEO Amy Needle, chowing down on SquareBurger fare, but it looks so lonely with no caption. Here's where you come in � leave your best summation of what's going on in this photo in the comments. Keep it clean, jerks.
* This post originally credited the Franklin impersonator incorrectly. Apologies for the error.
Hey Franklin, you have any ideas what I should name my pizza place?
Hey Amy, do you know where Ben and I can score any Chima "2 for 1" coupons?
Is that really Ralph Archbold. Maybe he lost wt after his stroke/heat attack scare a month back. Where's his wife Betsy?
PCC: No, that's fill-in Ben impersonator Bill Robling. I screwed up the name originally, my bad.
A blonde, a brunette & a redhead walk up to a burger shack...
Ben Franklin: Why did you call it squareburger? it looks round to me. Starr: Shut up Franklin, it's not like you own the square
"This burger looks round to me. So do the french fry containers." "Yeah, the table's round too." "Wait a minute. So is the fountain."
Stephen to Ben "Yo Ben ya gonna eat those fries?"
Starr: This is not Benjamin Franklin, wtf? Needle: Of course not, sir Starr: No, I mean it's not the regular guy Robling: Hi sir, I'm Bill Robling. Ralph Archbold had a heart attack. Starr: STFU, I wasn't talking to you. Needle: Mr. Starr! Starr: Ah, f this. I'm out.
Well Bill Robling looks authentic too. I hope Archibold is ok.
Ben sits silently as Starr and Needle continue to bicker... Starr: That's quite a smart pant suit you have on. Needle: I'm not giving you any of my SquareFries Stephen.
Ben to Stephen Starr: Did you cook these burgers on a Franklin Stove?
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