--- title: Restaurant Sells Ridiculous Burger With an Engagement Ring description: This restaurant is selling a $3,000 burger that comes with a diamond engagement ring side just in time for Valentine's Day. canonical: https://time.com/5137540/engagement-ring-burger/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-07T18:22:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:25.276Z og:title: Restaurant Sells $3,000 Burger With an Engagement Ring og:description: Just in time for Valentine's Day og:url: https://time.com/5137540/engagement-ring-burger/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3720afa6a43c3e7e/6988faea7cdbac5437d5bdbb/burger-engagement-ring-valentines-day-boston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 7071 og:image:height: 3977 og:image:alt: cheeseburger and fries on restaurant table og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Restaurant Sells $3,000 Burger With an Engagement Ring twitter:description: Just in time for Valentine's Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3720afa6a43c3e7e/6988faea7cdbac5437d5bdbb/burger-engagement-ring-valentines-day-boston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Restaurant Is Selling a $3,000 Burger With an Engagement Ring in the Bun If That Does It For You > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2018 6:22 PM UTC  cheeseburger and fries on plate served with beer at restaurant cheeseburger and fries on plate served with beer at restaurant rez-art—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2018 6:22 PM UTC A Boston restaurant is offering a major dinner deal for anyone looking to pop the question this [Valentine’s Day. ](http://time.com/4662675/valentines-day-heart-shape-origins/) [Pauli’s](http://paulisnorthend.com/catering-menu/), a North End restaurant, is offering a $3,000 version of their [Big Boy burger](http://time.com/5117628/burger-king-whopper-net-neutrality-ad/) that comes with an engagement ring in the bun. The ring is a Neil Lane engagement ring with a 7/8 carat rock in a 14k gold band set with round diamonds, according to the restaurant. While Pauli’s owner Paul Barker told the [_AP_](https://www.yahoo.com/news/boston-restaurant-offers-3k-burger-engagement-ring-122018287.html) that there are no confirmed orders for this Valentine’s Day special, those who are interested in getting a burger with an engagement ring side should put in an order for up 48 hrs. before they dine. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5137540/engagement-ring-burger/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5137540/engagement-ring-burger/"},"headline":"This Restaurant Is Selling a $3,000 Burger With an Engagement Ring in the Bun If That Does It For You","datePublished":"2018-02-07T18:22:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:25.276Z","description":"Just in time for Valentine's Day","url":"https://time.com/5137540/engagement-ring-burger/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3720afa6a43c3e7e/6988faea7cdbac5437d5bdbb/burger-engagement-ring-valentines-day-boston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3720afa6a43c3e7e/6988faea7cdbac5437d5bdbb/burger-engagement-ring-valentines-day-boston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cheeseburger and fries on restaurant table","caption":"cheeseburger and fries on restaurant table","creditText":"rez-art—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5137540/engagement-ring-burger/","name":"This Restaurant Is Selling a $3,000 Burger With an Engagement Ring in the Bun If That Does It For You"}}]}] ```