This ground-meat sandwich gets its name from a German port city
[DOC] [TLE] History of Hamburgers, Whats Cooking America [PAR] The Russians adopted it into their own cuisine with the name Steak Tartare, (
Tartars ... 1600s  Ships from the German port of Hamburg, Germany began 
calling on ... was served in 1834 at Delmonico's Restaurant, New York City, for $.