Pablo Escoburger From Taiwan’s chain of toilet themed eateries, to Bangkok’s Cabbages and Condoms restaurant; adventurous foodies have plenty of choice when it comes to weird and wonderful themed dining experiences.
But where should the line be drawn? And is it inappropriate to christen a pop-up burger bar after the most notorious drug lord in history?
Like many other cool and contemporary burger joints, Pablo’s Escoburgers in Prahran, Melbourne, boasts bulging burgers held together by wooden sticks and plastic trays of golden fries.
However, these burgers differ from others you might try at your local trendy bar in a very distinctive way. For example, ‘The Patron Burger’ comes complete with a line of white garlic powder on the bun – intended to resemble cocaine – and a (fake) rolled up $100 note.
The burger is served alongside a plastic bag filled with more garlic powder, complete with a silver spoon. A clear homage to the infamous Pablo Escobar, this dish has come with a side order of divisiveness.
As tasty as the Patron Burger may be, this very obvious allusion to the ‘King of Cocaine’ has led some burger lovers to regard the bar owners as being ‘naive’ to the pain and fear Escobar caused during his reign of terror.
One Facebook user responded with anger to Pablo’s Escoburgers bold assertion that ‘Not all Colombians are going to love our name but they all love our burgers’:
And now you have the audacity to be talking on behalf of all Colombians by saying they all love your burgers?Glorifying drug addiction and joking about it through your presentation methods is really stupid and insensitive.
One person pointed out that the bar might be less likely to poke fun at crimes which had taken place closer to home, while another described the presentation as being ‘in poor taste’.
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