Jun 26, 2012
Don’t Follow This Guy Into the Bathroom Today
Last night, District Taco on F Street NW played host to a contest of strength, endurance and bodily fortitude. WTOP reports that seven men attempted to wolf down as many tacos as they could in just 15 minutes.
Z-Burger’s Fourth Annual Independence Day Burger Eating Contest is on, and it’s up to you to wolf down as many burgers as possible for America.
Oct 11, 2011
Joey Chestnut: Ben’s Chili Was “Really Delicious”
Hey, I’m a man of my word. Also, I may have just thrown up a little bit. Who’s up for lunch?
Apr 24, 2009
Click, Click: Rock the Tot Competition @ Bar Louie
There was a hungry horde at Bar Louie in Chinatown yesterday for the bar’s 2nd Annual “Rock the Tot” tater tot eating competition. The competitors, some in costume and most rocking tot-themed aliases (Fire Tot, Tiny Tot, Spudley Do-Right and Ace of Tots, just to name a few), ate as many tots as they could stand in a six-minute period, which, it turned out, is a lot more than we imagined possible. Despite bringing along…
Apr 23, 2009
Two Chances to Stuff Yourself Silly Tonight
Photo by jrspeaks For some reason, there’s a convergence of eating contests tonight. Perhaps it is the work of the nefarious International Federation of Competitive Eating. (Yeah, there is one, and apparently they have safety standards that don’t appear to include Lipitor.) First, via the WBJ, there’s a tater tot eating contest at Bar Louie in Chinatown … “contestants will have six minutes to eat as many tater tots as possible. The winner gets…
Aug 14, 2006
Morning Roundup: Questioning Cameras Edition
Cameras Receive Mixed Reviews: Over the weekend the first four of 48 planned surveillance cameras went live in the District, promising to help police handle an on-going crime emergency. But how useful might they be? Not very, according to the Washington Times. Officials in other cities that implemented the cameras argue that they don’t do much in helping stop crime, an experience that proven in our northern-most suburb, Baltimore: Baltimore, for example, set up…
Nov 28, 2005
Morning Roundup: Back To The Grind Edition
Welcome back, Washington. We hope you had a Turkey Day filled with food, family, and football triumphs. Now it’s back to work, maggot! Hey, at least it’ll be warm: today is likely to be rainy, but will have temperatures in the sixties. That’s not bad for being on the cold side of Thanksgiving. Annapolis Fire Destroys Building, Costs Millions: The weekend’s big news was the blaze that tore through Annapolis’s historic district. No one was…