Jubilee Marketplace (Supermarket)

This Spectacular Burger Costs Less Than a Subway Swipe | Eater NY

"In the western reaches of Greenpoint, at the foot of a 40-story apartment complex and beside another under construction, I found Jubilee Market’s small cafeteria selling a four-bite burger inspired by White Mana for just $2.15 (or $2.55 with cheese). The patty is made from local beef butchered downstairs, served on a Martin’s potato bun with shaved onions and a clove of slow‑roasted garlic stuffed into the center so the garlic seeps into the meat and makes it taste buttery and homemade. Owner Young Kim, who grew up eating White Mana and wanted to recreate that experience in Brooklyn, deliberately prices the sandwiches “at cost” — ingredients plus labor — and makes only about five cents per burger (roughly $50 per thousand). What started as about 200 burgers a day has ballooned after a Righteous Eats video (500,000+ views) to typical daily sales of 600–1,000 and peaks of 1,300, forcing sellouts; the cafeteria is open 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and the burger is available noon to 9 p.m." - Luke Fortney