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Hey Gimme a couple of those "Chuck for Chuck" plates. A man has got to eat!!!
http://www.kens5.com/entertainment/Chuck-for-Chuck-Local-retaurant-serves-Charles-Barkley-Fat-Mexican-Burger-258936791.html
by Andrew Delgado / KENS 5
KENS 5
Posted on May 12, 2014 at 1:11 PM
Updated yesterday at 1:38 PM
SAN ANTONIO -- Maybe it's San Antonio, maybe it's Texas, but there are two things you don't do here: criticize the people or talk smack about the culture.
One local businessman is proud of his hometown, and especially his Spurs. That's why when he heard Charles Barkley, an NBA Hall-of-Famer and former Weight Watchers spokesman, poking fun at local women, he decided to let Barkley know that he's been noticing Charles' weight gain, too.
"I was sitting watching the game on Saturday and I saw that people were blasting him on Facebook and asking him to apologize," explained Raymond Diaz, the owner of Everybody Loves Raymond's. "To me, his comments were out of context. Yes, this is a fat town, but you're fat like us, too!"
Raymond's south-side burger joint is a place where one can grab some grub, gulp some suds and shoot the breeze while watching the playoffs.
Diaz said Game 4 against Portland will be an exciting night at the restaurant. Not only are the Spurs looking to sweep the Blazers on Monday night, but Diaz said he will be serving up a "big, fat Mexican burger" in Barkley's honor.
Complete with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese, rice, beans, a chalupa and two cheese enchiladas, it's basically a Mexican combination plate on a bun. You could call it "chuck for Chuck."
"We're gonna serve it with a churro on the side, too," Raymond said. "Like a pickle spear."
Funny? Yes. But the spoof recipe is really an attempt to help locals get over one man's uneducated opinion.
As KENS 5 executive producer Anita Hines pointed out in a Kens5.com commentary last week, there are underlying factors that contribute to the obesity issue in San Antonio: access to healthy food and money.
Many people responded to Barkley's comments by using the hashtag #SanAntonioProud on Twitter and Facebook.
Alright, maybe highlighting the flavor-packed Mexican burger isn't the best way to send a message about obesity, but when your NBA team wears jerseys that read "Los Spurs," the residents say "puro" for everything and the unofficial nickname of the city is "San Anto," someone had to stand up and fire back.
Plus, this being South Texas -- a cultural melting pot -- the marriage of two classic dishes promises to be a Tex-Mex hit, especially on game night.
Not to mention, this is National Burger Month.
So get out your brooms and celebrate what makes the Alamo City great: the Spurs, the people, the culture! #GoSpursGo
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Hey Gimme a couple of those "Chuck for Chuck" plates. A man has got to eat!!!
Such an easily trolled city.
Yeah, take that Chuck.
Raymond added: "we're darn proud of our churros. the problem here is chuck getting fat on all that gubamint money."
I still remember chuck getting the same when he said "yeah, there's no brothers here in Oklahoma"
Dude is getting free pub. Everyone is easy to troll. That is the rub, this notion that we are a nation that treasures stoicism just isn't in the real.
I would hate to live in San Antonio tbh
SAT has always had an inferiority complex. Except when they took on Santa Anna, of course.
You really taught Chuck a lesson there San Antonio
Embarrassing.
Yea thats telling him. Lol fat antonio
I love SA but this city is infested with fat disgusting beasts. good thing I was born in Oakland
I love SA but this city is infested with fat disgusting beasts. good thing I was born in Oakland
Yeah, it's funny how many fat women I've heard share their stories of disgust at work.
No joke dude, that was nasty. I couldn't believe someone would really do that in public but I guess she was aware of what a ham fisted pork warrior she was that she just didn't give a anymore
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