“Casual dining, including Fridays, needs to be more imaginative and differentiated, especially around product innovation…” said TGI Fridays’ CEO in a 2017 article on Ad Age’s website.

And what’s more innovative than slathering beer cheese sauce over slices of bacon on top of a thick puck of breaded and deep-fried mac and cheese that’s been plopped on top of a hamburger?

Yup. TGI Fridays Mac & Cheese Burger with fries has it all...all 1,710 calories, all 38 grams of saturated fat (a two-day supply), and all 4,580 milligrams of sodium (ditto). It’s like eating two McDonald’s Big Macs bathed in half a pound of melted Velveeta. Woo hoo!

Of course, Fridays doesn’t have a lock on innovation. Applebee’s and almost every other major chain worth its (ahem) salt seems to have a burger that’s topped with a fried egg or chili or fried cheese curds.

And don’t forget Fridays’ Buffalo Wing-man’s Burger. (Hint: It involves a burger, two buffalo wings, and a skewer.)

What’s next? The Stick of Butter Burger? The Deepfried Twinkie Burger?

“How many bites does it take to get to the center of a Mac & Cheese Burger?” asked the Fridays Twitter post.

Pick one up and, with luck, you’ll live long enough to find out.

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