Ironically, one of my trainers at Fitness Together turned me on to the Travel Channel show "Man v. Food." I've DVRed a few episodes and found it to be highly entertaining and a bit addictive.
The host, Adam Richman, has great presence and a witty personality, not to mention a stomach that seemingly takes any and everything shoveled into it.
The premise of the show is simple. Richman samples unique food in America and then attempts to conquer iconic food challenges like 72-oz. steaks, 13-lb. pizzas and stuff like the Memphis-based Kookamonga Burger, four pounds of fresh ground-chuck, two pounds of custom made hamburger bun, one and a half pounds of lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions and cheese!
Watching Richman attack his challenges is great fun, and it got me to thinking where's the big eats / culinary "challenge" in Milwaukee?
Do we have a place where "Man v. Food" could set up a quality episode?
Where are our big ass pancakes, burritos as big as your head or soup so hot that it raises your blood pressure?
Do we have such a restaurant challenge? You know, a challenge where the "winners" get a picture on a wall, a lifetime of accolades and a short term brush with massive increases in cholesterol, liver enzymes, blood lipids and general heartburn.
Honestly, I can't think of a single spot that truly promotes a "big food" challenge. Can you?
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
