It was an uphill battle from the very beginning. Salt Bae Burger opened its doors in Union Square a month before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the entire city, and the rest of the world. But the ...

Critics have declared Salt Bae’s newest creation is not worth its salt! Last month, viral Turkish butcher Nusret “Salt Bae” Gökçe opened a burger restaurant in New York City and the reviews are now in ...

This three-year-old eatery was hardly well-seasoned. Salt Bae Burger — founded by the eponymous Turkish butcher who became a viral sensation in 2017 thanks to his flamboyant style of sprinkling salt ...

Another restaurant bites the dust for social media star Salt Bae, who owned a burger joint in Manhattan dubbed “the worst in NYC,” according to Gothamist. His restaurant called Saltbae Burger closed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salt Bae is no longer the viral phenomenon that he once was. And that, unfortunately, isn’t good for business. The New York City ...

Nusret Gökçe — AKA Salt Bae — opened Manhattan's Salt Bae Burger in 2020. Earlier this month, the Union Square restaurant closed its doors. The restaurant is known for serving items like a $99 ...

Luke Fortney is a journalist based in New York City. He most recently worked as a reporter for Eater, where covered restaurants and food trends for nearly five years. Raise your right hand. Touch your ...

Remember Salt Bae? The man who threw salt in a fun way and dominated the internet for what seemed like forever? It feels like an eternity ago, but it was 2017. Oh, the horrors we've seen since then!

Join us as we visit Salt Bae's famous Nusr-Et restaurant with a clear mission: to try the cheapest item on the menu—the much-talked-about Wagyu burger. We document the experience from entering the ...

Salt Bae is no longer the viral phenomenon that he once was. And that, unfortunately, isn’t good for business. The closure of Salt Bae Burger follows the restaurant’s tenuous run in the city over the ...