Havertown Mom’s Cooking Influenced $700 Burger and Its’ Owners

A brother-sister team who grew up in Havertown are offering some of the most interesting burgers around, writes Ben Silver for Main Line Today.

They’ve made headlines by offering a $700 burger, but that’s not the end of the story.

George Tsiouris and Vasilike Tsouris-Balis have also created the least expensive restaurant-grade burger, at $2.95.

The burger is inexpensive, but not cheap.

“We wanted to use high-quality purveyors,” Tsiouris says. The meat comes from Creekstone Farms, like their other offerings at DBG, their rebranded Philadelphia restaurant.

For that burger, they offer high-quality ingredients, but in a small serving size.

The restaurant actually has 15 different burgers, lots of drinks on tap, a private outdoor beer garden, and live DJs.

Growing up, the brother and sister team saw a lot of great food coming from their mother who “cooked a lot”.

“I think as far as inspiration, we try to find it from wherever [we] can, but our mom first and foremost,” Tsiouris said.

Of course, their late father, Ethimios Tsiouris, one-time owner of the Continental Inn in the Northeast, was also an influence. The DBG “Hello Continental” bread rolls are an homage to him.

Read more about George Tsiouris and Vasilike Tsouris-Balis and the DBG in Main Line Today.

Eating the world’s most expensive hamburger.