Best places to Pig out

[Luther]

Several nights ago I watched this hour long show about the top 10 places to "Pig Out" at. I can't remember what network it was on, and I doubt it was Food Network TV...it was just one of those channels somewhere in the 200's if you have DirecTV.

I can tell you this though, if you had any detectable amounts of THC in your system then you'd probably have tried to eat your TV. Now I was totally straight, and I wanted to go to every one of these ten places except one. I just didn't have a desire to hit Ben and Jerry's place in N.Y. , or I think it was in the state of N.Y. Nothing against NY, but I just didn't think a 10 gallon plastic bucket full of ice cream, nuts, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and whatever really made me want to go there and eat it.

Of the places on the show that I remember were these:

Beth's Cafe in Seattle I've never been there, but if I'm in Seattle in the future then I'll probably hit the place so long as my cholesterol count is low enough enough for me to survive the upcoming onslaught. On the show they showed some guy, probably around 25 or so, 5-9 and maybe 200, trying to eat a 12 egg omelet. It was so big that the included hash browns were cooked inside the belly of the omelet. The place is fairly goofy as hair color of the employees ranged from magenta to lime to mustard yellow. The mandatory quadruple nose piercings and the dyed goatee porn stache were a staple in this place.

Some Italian grill/deli type of place in maybe Chicago, or Detroit. I remember they named it after a couple of brothers, something like Petrocelli Bros. etc. They took a huge handful of pastrami or similar and heaped it on a piece of bread, added sour kraut and another handful of french fries jammed around on top and then...mash it all down and poof. There were other stuff on it, and it was about 5 inches high.

Ah yes, now we've got the burger type of joint in Boston. You had your basic huge skillet with about an acres worth of 1/2 pound cheese burgers frying up next to each other in a sea of burger grease. The basic fried cheeseburger, hot, and laden down with about a months worse of grease from Rosie O'Donnell's kitchen. The owner named a burger after this guy who ate, and I shit you not...Six, one half pound cheeseburgers stacked on top of each other. 3 pounds of hot greasy animal flesh...They had about six guys come over from the Tufts University football team in an effort to try this huge burger. The owner said if anybody could eat the "Riley Burger" (I think it was named after a guy sounding like this) then he would add his name to the honor list of people who've done it. Well, the 6 patty burger shows up with about a 1/2 yard of french fries, all served on this huge platter. One big offensive lineman type of guy was the last one eating. He ate the whole thing...the owner comes over and says, "If you can eat one more 1/2 pound burger and fries and I'll name the thing in your honor." The guy gets about half way through the record breaking burger and calmly says to one of his teammates, "CAN." His friend quickly reaches over and places a large CAN in front of the challenger who proceeds to lose about two gallons worth of chewed up hamburger, potato, buns and cheese. Not a pretty sight.

They had some place in Tenn. I think. A comfort food place where the speciality is these huge dinner rolls. Some high school kid on the baseball team walks around and throws buns at customers who need to reload on their already huge assed meals. Nothing like a platter of pork chops, a mountain of mashed potatoes and a ladle (12 ounces) of gravy invside the potato pile which looked like to me to be "Mt. St. Helens." I watched one guy rip the bun in half (each bun was the size of a softball) and plunger the volcano and gravy. My B.P. spiked about 20 pts. just watching these people eat. I saw them deliver a similar sized platter to this fat gal, and on the platter was this rectangle shaped piece of meat loaf. The size reminded me of a loaf of bread.

Some pizza place that created a pie that was the size of a standard poker table. It was 4 feet across and it barely fit into one of those thin pizza ovens. The restaurant offered some type of deal...order the huge pizza with two toppings, select two people to eat on it, and complete the thing and you get it for free. I watched two sets of people try to eat the thing in the time allotted. NOBODY did it.

I missed most of the film footage, but they had some place that was offering up Oysters. They had some "big" names from those power eating contests on hand. They had several contests, but the only one I caught was who could eat the most Oysters in a minute. I'm talking big fookin' oysters too. None of those small shooter types. Some guy with grease and red sauce all over his face apparantly won it by downing 12 of those globs of raw flesh. I remember the first time I had oyster shooters from a bar. I think I ate about 5 of them...anyway the next day I took a dump I swore I thought I had some form of rectal cancer. I almost called CSI right there from the shitter.

Locally, I'm kind of out of the loop. The last place that I frequented for power eating was Krueger's out off I84 near Fairview. Semi drunken 4 egg omelets at 0300 rings a bell. I don't ever remember driving home from the place with the Levi's top button done. Never.

I have never been championed an eating contest winner, and I never have qualified for any restaurants hall of fame board. I ate 6 "Make your own taco's" at the local tavern, but the champion holds the record at 18.

Rip City

[Wolfman]

come on Luther--
you gotta take notes--
"some place in Tenn--I think" just doesn't work !!

[smackaholic]

the place to pig out in tenn is fat mo's in nashville. the most epcot hamburger ever. the big one will feed a family of 4, well. And probably leave leftovers.

[bbqjones]

i pigged out two nights ago. i was eating so hard that i got a cramp in my neck.

[Derron]

Whe I used to travel for the golf business, I hit some really good eats places. Trouble is, I was usually 3/4 in the bag by the time we got there and can't remember them all.

I don't feel compelled to take notes on eating places ( sup Wolfman??), but I do remember Barton Creek Resort at Austin Texas...played a few holes with Ben Crane there, and they had a feast that was unreal.

The Stockyards in Fort Worth had some of the best ribs around, and a place called Roosters in Phoniex also had killer ribs.

A little hole in the wall resturant in Chesapeake City , Maryland set the standard for crab cakes....

Been to a few places in Tennesse, don't remember most of them but one in Memphis that had killer barbeque. Imagine that. Fuckign shithole of a town, but the music and food was great. What the fuck is with a 4 course hot meal at lunch at Cracker barrel anyway ??

[Rich Fader]

Per the Travel Channel.

10. Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo, 72-ounce steak dinner, $50 or free if you eat the steak and all the sides in an hour.

9. Cluck-U, franchises in 5 eastern states and DC, six Wingers in 911 Sauce, $4.25 or free and you get a T-shirt and enshrinement on their Wall of Flame if you eat them in five minutes without taking a drink or eating anything else.

8. Pointer's Pizza, Richmond Heights, Missouri, 28" Pointersaurus, 4 1/2 pounds of dough, 2 pounds of sauce, 2 pounds of mozzarella, and 3 pounds of meat, $42, but a party of two can win $500 if they can finish the pizza in under an hour.

7. Primanti Brothers, Pittsburgh, no prizes, but if you can stuff a 5 1/2" tall sandwich in your hole without breaking your jaw, your name probably ends in 'Spray.

6. Ben and Jerry's, franchises everydamnwhere, no prizes, but if you can eat a Vermonster sundae (20 scoops, 4 bananas, a brownie, 6 chocolate chip cookies, 4 ladles of fudge, 18 scoops of toppings and whipped cream to scale) all by yourself, your name definitely ends in 'Spray.

5. Acme Oyster House, original store, French Quarter, New Orleans, raw oysters $6.49/dozen,, they put you up on the wall if you eat a lot, the record at one sitting is 52 dozen in 2 1/2 hours. ('Spray?)

4. Beth's Cafe, Seattle, 12-egg omelet w/toast and unlimited hash browns, $6.95-$7.95.

3. Seiad Valley Cafe, Seiad Valley, California, 5-pound flapjack platter, no price listed, but free if you eat the whole deal in under two hours. If you barf, you clean it up.

2. Eagle's Deli, Brighton, Massachusetts, Reilly Burger, six half-pound patties, 12 slices of cheese, 5 pounds of fries, $25 or free if you eat it all in 2 1/2 hours.

1. Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, Missouri, no fancy contests, but unlimited free sides and the big buttered rolls are free if you can catch them.

[Wolfman]

^^^^^^

RF comes to the rescue !!
Travel Channel--will check it out !!

[Ken]

7. Primanti Brothers, Pittsburgh, no prizes, but if you can stuff a 5 1/2" tall sandwich in your hole without breaking your jaw, your name probably ends in 'Spray.

... and if any of you have ever watched a Stiller game on the tube, played at home, you've most likely seen a Primanti sandwich coming out of commercial breaks. Of course, being prepared at one of the concession stands by a typically overweight and ugly Pittsburgh heiffer. There's so friggin' many of 'em here... ugly heiffers that is, not Primanti bros. However, I do have a Primanti Bros no more than a few miles from me. I've yet to partake in the supposed heaven that is a Primanti sandwich. I can't bear to think of the ugliness in the kitchen that was the foundation of my sandwich.

When in that locale (daily) and out for some food, I most of the time opt for wings from Quaker Steak and Lube.

[War Wagon]

1. Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, Missouri, no fancy contests, but unlimited free sides and the big buttered rolls are free if you can catch them.

Wurd.

I'd dare Buttsy to finish the roast beast dinner. Then again, he might work up one hellacious appetite after waiting in line for over an hour.

Oh, and the other Lamberts in the Springfield area doesn't suck at all, either.

[Adelpiero]

8. Pointer's Pizza, Richmond Heights, Missouri, 28" Pointersaurus, 4 1/2 pounds of dough, 2 pounds of sauce, 2 pounds of mozzarella, and 3 pounds of meat, $42, but a party of two can win $500 if they can finish the pizza in under an hour.

6 of us couldn't finish the fuckin pie.


its a big muther


we tried to get 2 400lb turds to eat it for the$500,they didnt even come close

[TenTallBen]

1. Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, Missouri, no fancy contests, but unlimited free sides and the big buttered rolls are free if you can catch them.

Rack! Been there and I gotta agree with them on this one. They walk around slapping food on your plate that you didn't even order. Between that and dodging flying rolls, that place rocks. It's in the middle of nowhere though. They also have one in Foley, AL.

[Diego in Seattle]

Beth's isn't bad....but it is known as the type of place one goes after drinking all night. Definitely some interesting looking people inside...including the staff. :?

[bray2]

There are lots of Cali's on this board, when I was stationed there, we used to go to a place called

La Perlita in Santa Ana.

Best fucking Mexican food on the planet.

[Y2K]

When looking properly pig out here in Fresneck I head on over to the Santa Fe Basque..
Basque Restaurants here in Cen Cal bring on the food nonstop....

[Derron]

Forgot one ... there is a Cajun restaurant just outside the main gate at Barskdale AFB in Shreveport, LA. I had the best seafood gumbo ever there, and assorted other Cajun dishes. That was the ONLY good thing I found in that area, other than watching the B-52s take of to go bomb Iraq in 03.

[XXXL]

If your ever in Santa Barbara, make time to have the eats at the "Italian/Greek" deli on the corner of State Street and Ortega... You will be a happy camper when you wander off...

Perhaps stroll across the street after and have a cold one at O'Malleys and watch the beautiful people walk by.......

[silvurna]

Our fookin' city is lacking decent pig out places. Up here, there are more Italian restaurants than you could visit in a month(if you wanted to)myself, I'm not a fan of soggy noodles and bruised tomatoes.There is one pizza place that gets a lot of traffic..a mom-pop place and you can get a nice pie for about 17 bucks..the works onions, peppers, nopalitos, anchovies etc....aside from that, it's the Dinosaur BBQ or nothing.

[BBMarley]

I call bullshit... How can you have that list and not have one of these 3 places?

<----Genos
<----Pats
<----- Tony Lukes

[Luther]

I've ate at all three of those Philly Cheesesteak places...all were excellent, but none of them are "pig outs." The sandwich may taste good, but no way is a 1/4 inch piece of beef, chopped with a metal spatula about a hundred times is ever going to qualify as a huge gut busting experience.

We are talking big leagues here...Don't try to sneak in a cheesesteak and compare it to a 3 lb burger, a pizza pie that two people can't eat, or an omelet thrat requires a carton of eggs.

Rip City

[Rich Fader]

Speaking of Pennsylvania, I'm surprised these turds didn't get on the list:

Denny's Beer Barrel Pub

[BBMarley]

I've ate at all three of those Philly Cheesesteak places...all were excellent, but none of them are "pig outs." The sandwich may taste good, but no way is a 1/4 inch piece of beef, chopped with a metal spatula about a hundred times is ever going to qualify as a huge gut busting experience.

We are talking big leagues here...Don't try to sneak in a cheesesteak and compare it to a 3 lb burger, a pizza pie that two people can't eat, or an omelet thrat requires a carton of eggs.

Rip City

Its does when you get 2 like the most of the fatsses in Philly do...

[Rich Fader]

Speaking of Pennsylvania, I'm surprised these turds didn't get on the list:

Denny's Beer Barrel Pub

...or these guys in Jersey...

Clinton Station Diner

[Mississippi Neck]

Been to a few places in Tennesse, don't remember most of them but one in Memphis that had killer barbeque. Imagine that. Fuckign shithole of a town, but the music and food was great. ??

Memphis with its blues and BBQ tradition shouldn't surprise one in the know.

Rendezvous has ribs (wet or dry) that you will eat till u puke. Then head down to Beale Street for a sampling of the local blues bands. Good stuff

[helmet]

WTF nobody gonna rack my boy bbq?

The all you can eat at Bullock's in Durham was a winner. NC style pork bbq, hushpuppies, slaw, rolls, and sweet tea all day long. But yeah, get there early cause the line is long and the close the doors at like 8 pm.

[Luther]

Saylers Old Country Kitchen on the eastside of Portland.

*Since 1948 the 72 oz. Top Sirloin Dinner has been served free to anyone who can eat the entire steak and trimmings within one hour. Because of the extra preparation time required inour kitchen, we ask that all attempts be limited to weekdays only, before 10:00 p.m. Ask your waitress for complete details.

I've ate there about a half dozen times, but I've never even thought I could do the 72 oz. dinner. Something about 4 1/2 pounds of red beef, tater, and probably a dinner roll that would cause me to blow bark. With the cost of beef these days should you fail to eat it all in an hour, then you've got to pay for it... which is 60 bones.

Rip City

[smackaholic]

Moose McGuillicuddy's in Waikiki, Hawaii. Home of the moose breakfast omlette. 18 eggs, a shit load of sausage taters and onions. Finish it in an hr and you get a t shirt and your name on the wall. About a quarter way in I cried no mas. Motherfukkers whip the shit out of the eggs, so they don't compress too good in your tummy.

[Dinsdale]

Locally, I'm kind of out of the loop. The last place that I frequented for power eating was Krueger's out off I84 near Fairview.

Been a few years, but that's a good pigfest.

Dins, while of fairly slender build, is legendary for his abilities to put away grub. Only have one friend who can even pretend to keep up...and he's a skinny little shit.

Locally, it's all about Sayler's. No ifs, ans, or buts. "Home of the 72oz steak." If you eat the 72oz sirloin, it's free...certainly not a unique concept.

Never tried the 72ozer. It's possible that if the stars aligned just right, and I was reeeeeallllly stoned, I could make a run at it. But successul or not, I'm quite certain that it would give to me the poo, or something bad would happen on the other end, anyway.

But...the quality of beef there is top-notch. When they were still in Beaverton, the happy hour was a standby.

And considering the neck of the woods Luth lives in, surely he's familiar with the Acropolis? Not what it once was, but large portions for cheap prices are the norm. Just remember the Golden Rule of Tittybars -- NEVER look towards the kitchen.

[campinfool]

Saylers Old Country Kitchen on the eastside of Portland.

*Since 1948 the 72 oz. Top Sirloin Dinner has been served free to anyone who can eat the entire steak and trimmings within one hour. Because of the extra preparation time required inour kitchen, we ask that all attempts be limited to weekdays only, before 10:00 p.m. Ask your waitress for complete details.

I've ate there about a half dozen times, but I've never even thought I could do the 72 oz. dinner. Something about 4 1/2 pounds of red beef, tater, and probably a dinner roll that would cause me to blow bark. With the cost of beef these days should you fail to eat it all in an hour, then you've got to pay for it... which is 60 bones.

Rip City

The Big Texan in Amarillo is almost the same but one pf your sides is some awful shrimp cocktail. I tried it once but could not do it. Cost me around 60 bucks with drink. But I was on company business, so per diem took care of most of it. Bad thing is the place doesn't even have the best steak in the city. Maybe not even top 3.

[Cicero]

Sonny's BBQ. All you can eat Pork, Chicken and Ribs.

[Mississippi Neck]

The Big Texan in Amarillo is almost the same but one pf your sides is some awful shrimp cocktail. I tried it once but could not do it. Cost me around 60 bucks with drink. But I was on company business, so per diem took care of most of it. Bad thing is the place doesn't even have the best steak in the city. Maybe not even top 3.

bad shrimp cocktail in Amarillo? Who knew?

[The phantorino]

I'vew just been to Tower Records, and you can't pig out at all - Just sayin'