Lava Lounge in Pittsburgh will hold a taco eating contest tonight. The restaurant will be holding weekly eating contests on Tuesday.
Mark Pederson won $500 by eating 16 sliders in a contest at the Herkimer Pub in Minneapolis Sunday.
A Seattle-area 5K held a post-race mashed potato eating contest.
Basil Elamir (18 pancakes) and Vivian Chu (8 pancakes) won the men's & women's divisions of the pancake eating contest this morning at Pete's Grill in Baltimore. The caption claims that Basil Elamir broke the contest record, but Ian Hickman ate 20 pancakes in 2007.
Jay Gorman won $200 at Wednesday's pie eating contest at Nellie's Sports Bar in Washington, DC by eating a pie in 4 minutes 40 seconds. Mike Longo was the runner-up.
PattyD.com has a report on Sunday's fried pickle eating contest at the Rare Bar and Grill in New York City. Elliot Maruffi-Cowley was the winner with a total of 118 "frickles".
A pastrami eating contest at Tommy Pastrami in Huntington Beach, CA on January 30 will award $500 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held at six southern California locations on January 13.
Philly's Best in Corona, CA will hold another cheesesteak sandwich eating contest on Monday night after the Eagles-Redskins game.
The Spot in Alpharetta, GA is holding a contest that will award $300 to the customer who eats the most burgers in November.
The (Raleigh-Durham area) Carolina Ale House will hold a wing eating contest on November 30 awarding a 50 inch TV, a foosball table and other "mancave" accessories. Qualifiers will take place on November 16 and 23.
Stephanie Wu has a report on last Sunday's cheesecake sandwich contests at Philly's Best in Corona, CA won by Johnnie Excel and Stephanie Torres. A facebook gallery is also available.
The Green Room in Flagstaff, AZ is holding monthly eating contests awarding $100. The next contest will take place on Sunday and the food will be pumpkin pie. The winner of the series will win a flat screen TV from Best Buy.
Delta Sun Times has a blog entry about Matt Stonie's victory in an eating contest at Straw Hat Pizza in Discovery Bay, CA. (via runner-up Ken Douglas)
Jay Gorman won last night's "Man vs. Grub" eating contest at Hank's Tavern in Hyattsville, Maryland.
The Herkimer Pub & Brewery in Minneapolis will hold a mini burger eating contest on November 21 awarding $500 to the winner.
Rare Bar & Grill in Manhattan will hold a frickle eating contest to celebrate National Pickle Day on Sunday November 14 awarding $250 to the winner. update A frickle is a fried pickle and the contest will award a $250 gift card.
Anny Chih has a blog entry about a cupcake eating contest at the Bakers Market in Vancouver, where she finished third. Ken "The Demolisher" Wong won with a total of 18 cupcakes in 5 minutes.
Hank's Tavern and Eats will hold a Man vs. Grub burger eating contest on November 9 awarding $100 to the winner.
Quaker Steak & Lube in Sheffield Village, Ohio will hold a wing eating contest tonight awarding to tickets to Sunday's Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots game.
Tonic in Washington, DC will hold a taco eating contest this month. Four qualifiers will be held on Tuesdays starting today and the finals will talk place on November 30.
Rocco Ranalli's Cafe & Pizzeria in Chicago will hold a pizza eating contest on Saturday awarding $400 to the winner.
The facebook for Brooklyn Burger announces that Joe Menchetti won a burger eating contest held before today's Jets-Packers game.
Stephanie Wu reports that Stephanie Torres won a hot dog eating contest at the American Festival in San Diego by eating 14 hot dogs in 5 minutes. Johnnie Excel was the runner-up with 12.
The facebook for Kretchmar's Bakery reports that Pete Maurizio won Saturday's cake eating contest by eating 13 cupcakes in 3 minutes without using liquids.
Nancy Chang Restaurant in Worcester, MA will hold a roast pork bun eating contest (date unlisted) awarding $200 to the winner.
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