"We wanted a purely outdoor cafe, which no one had done here," says Dan Evon, area director for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, the Chicago-based company that also owns Mon Ami Gabi, Café Ba Ba Reeba!, the Eiffel Tower Restaurant and Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab.

"We went with quality in every ingredient," Evon says, including the nonfrozen 100 percent "all natural" beef that's ground up throughout the day, free-range chicken, trans-fat free oil and hand-cut french fries.

But no item on the menu costs more than $10. "With the natural beef, we wanted to make a statement but not make people pay for that statement," Evon says. "Our whole thing is to be quality but have fun with it."

Besides a variety of hamburgers, Stripburger also creates 16-ounce milkshakes (a shot of booze can be added), a choice of three cakes for dessert, a number of specialty cocktails, draft beer, bottled beer and six packs. Beer is available from the bar in 16- and 32-ounce sizes.

Hours are 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Sundays-Thursdays and 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Fridays-Saturdays.

Reservations are not accepted. The restaurant can be reached at 737-8747.

Starters: Fried onion strings ($3.50); pickle fries with ranch dip ($3.50); french fries ($2.95); atomic cheese fries ($3.95); and guacamole and chips with salsa ($7.95).

Salad: Chopped salad with greens and vegetables ($3.95).

Entrees: Hamburgers include the blue cheese burger with fried onions ($8.95), classic hamburger ($7.95), cheeseburger with cheddar cheese, American cheese, blue cheese, Swiss cheese and Monterey Jack or pepper Jack cheese ($8.95); hickory bacon burger with caramelized onions and hickory-smoked sauce ($8.95); Acapulco burger topped with guacamole ($8.95); and Bloody Mary burger with tomato, celery and horseradish ($8.95).

Chicken sandwiches include grilled chicken breast ($7.95); hickory chicken sandwich with bacon, hickory-smoked sauce and caramelized onions ($8.95); South of the Border chicken sandwich with guacamole and pico de gallo ($8.95) and California chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomato, avocado and Monterey Jack cheese ($8.95).

Specialty sandwiches include the wagyu beef hot dog with a choice of tomato, onion, relish, sport peppers and pickle ($4.95); hangover sandwich with egg, grilled tomato and pepper Jack cheese ($5.95); vegetarian sandwich with lettuce, tomato, avocado, pickles and red onions ($5.95); and ahi tuna sandwich with soy-ginger marinade, lettuce, tomato and avocado ($8.95).

Extras: Milkshakes in a choice of flavors: vanilla, chocolate hot fudge, strawberry and butterscotch ($3.95); and half-pound bucket of chilled shrimp served with cocktail sauce, lemon and crackers ($9.95).

Beverages include "shakin' lemonade," with Ketel One, lemonade and rosemary ($8.95); red or white wine sangria served with diced apples, lemons and oranges ($5.50); "orange whip" with Grey Goose l'orange, Cointreau, Navan and orange juice ($8.95); beer mojito with Cruzan rum, mint and pilsner beer ($8.95); and jumbo cocktails including "strip & go naked" with Grey Goose le citron, lemonade and pilsner beer (12 ounce, $7.95; 16 ounce, $16.95), "strip search" with Absolut vodka and Rockstar energy drink (12 ounce, $8.95; 16 ounce, $17.95) and "giant Jack & coke" ($12 ounce, $7.95; 16 ounce, $16.95).

Desserts: Chocolate fudge cake ($5.95); strawberry tall cake ($6.95); and coconut cake ($5.95).

Appetizers is a weekly informational column about new developments on the Las Vegas dining scene. Items should not be considered reviews or recommendations and none is a paid advertisement. Contact Ken White at 383-0256 or e-mail him at kwhite@ reviewjournal.com.