20 January 2006 - New York City, NY - A customer reaches for his burger at the Meridien hotel's Burger Joint in New York City, USA, on 20 January 2006. The Burger Joint - a small, relaxed hamburger restaurant modeled after a students' cafeteria - is hidden behind a curtain in the lobby of the upscale business hotel. Its burger has been acclaimed as one of the best in town.