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BGR Yourself for a Free Burger

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By Ann Limpert   Published Monday, November 09, 2009

Photograph by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg.

At Mr. Yogato in DC’s Dupont Circle, owner Steve Davis gives 10 percent off to anyone willing to get the fro-yo shop’s name stamped on their foreheads. BGR the Burger Joint is doing customers one better on Tuesday—for an hour, at least. From 11 to noon, anyone who shows up at one of the three outposts (the original in Bethesda plus two newer locations in Dupont Circle and Old Town) with BGR written on any body part will get a free veggie or regular burger. If you forget to ink yourself, there’ll be BGR reps stationed with stamps at the ready.

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Posted by: linhui, Nov 28, 2009 10:49:32 PM

I was horrible disappointed by BGR. I went to the location in Old Town and my lunch order took almost 30 minutes. It was total chaos behind the counter. Multiple orders were brought back and remade wrong again. I don’t know that I’d even want a free burger from them. Would take them an hour to get it right.

Posted by: Q., Nov 10, 2009 10:03:34 AM

The human body is the best and least used advertising space...especially the forehead! :D

Posted by: Michael / South Bay Foodies, Nov 09, 2009 02:05:59 PM

That photo makes me hungry. Go Stacy!

Posted by: Kellie Hodges, Nov 09, 2009 11:25:30 AM

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