She made a fools bet…
June 28, 2007 8:00 amWhile in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area for the Nature Valley Grand Prix, we stopped in at Majors Sports Bar for a bit of dinner one night. There were 6 of us from the team and we were looking for some good feed. Upon glancing over the menu, someone’s eye was caught by…
The Colossal Burger.
It said it was an absolute beast of a hamburger and if you’re able to eat it all in one sitting…
Well, they’ll give you a free t-shirt.
After a few minutes of rallying the troops, we were all decided on ordering the Colossal Burger and further exploring it’s myth and legend. When the waitress came back around we asked if the t-shirt was cool?
She said “yes”. She also said most people can’t finish it and don’t get the t-shirt. I don’t think she quite knew what crowd she was talking to…
We then asked if the shirt came in smalls and mediums?
She said “no”. Only larges and x-large…
As if the smaller man is uncapable of consuming mass quantities of food… No respect.
Next up, we asked if it came with fries?
She said “no”, it was big enough and no fries were included.
So we asked if we ate it all, could we get some fries to go with it?
She said “yes”, and that she’d even pay for it.
Foolish girl, she didn’t even see what was coming… completely hustled.
So we went for it. 6 Colossal Burgers… She was blown away and wasn’t sure if they’d ever served 6 of them, let alone on one order. A short while later, the burgers showed up and a short while after that…… they were all gone.
The lore and mystic of Majors famed Colossal Burger didn’t even stand a chance to the typical hungers of 6 cyclists after a race…
We gladly accepeted our fries… doned our t-shirts… and proudly walked out of there, heads high.
The next night, our team director Jesse and some of the staff stopped by Majors for a bit of dinner and told the waitress that a few guys from the team had come in and ate a few Colossal Burgers. She said that she knew that and had seen the order back in the kitchen and was completely blown away by it. Apparently, as of the next evening, the entire restaurant was still talking about the 6 guys who walked in, polished off 6 Colossal Burgers, and walked out asking where they could find some good dessert.
Until next time.
Categories: Daily Jibber Jabber.
9 Responses to “She made a fools bet...”
The Colossal Burger wasn’t even a challenge! I eat Colossal Burgers for breakfast! I think it was interesting how only one person recieved negative feedback from the Director (Jesse) about consuming the 2lb Colossal Burger before the next stage??? I was the only one to receive a scolding, and I was the one who had to be talked into eating the damned burger. I took one for the team, and went out the back!
How about some details on this burger?
How big was it? Did You take any pictures of that bad boy?
This must have given you some collosal s**ts.
Do you guys really eat like this during a race?
Great story. I laughed out loud reading it.
Hey Steve,
Details eh?…
Well, the burger was delicious which is a good thing considering you have to eat a mammoth share of ground beef. You know, ketchup, mustard, pickles, tomato, onion… the usuals. No pics. I was bummed about that. I usually bring my camera with me but forgot it. There is a picture that exists on Cesar Grajales’s cell phone… but it’s a low quality cell phone picture.
Eating on the road really depends upon the set up you have. Sometimes in host housing we’ll all cook together. Or sometimes we go out to eat. Sometimes… you’re tired, there’s no pasta around, you’ve had way too much Chipotle, and you stumble upon a 2lb hamburger and feel frisky enough to give it a go.
As for the status of my pooh, the burger didn’t really help either way which honestly bummed me out a bit. I was hoping to use it as a massive force to hopefully send me scurrying to the dunney in the morning only to come out 17 minutes later, Lysol in hand, and another notch tighter on the belt. Needless to say, this didn’t happen and I came out of the bathroom just as I had for the past 5 days in Minnesota; let down, feeling heavy, and a rolled up cycling magazine under my arm. Oh well…
Take care.
Dearest Shirvo,
Sunday in Stillwater, my inspiration to race harder up that damn hill was to not be the last placed guy on the team who’d eaten the Colossal Burger the night before.
I knew that guy would get shit on.
way to make the family proud…knew those family bbq’s would pay off eventually!
Hey guys- is it 1 pound or 2? Menu at http://www.majorssportscafe.com/menu.aspx
Colossal Burgers…
Not really NW but K-Man found this infinitely funny. Austin King, Jittery Joe’s relays why the challenge below is a fool’s bet when made against 6 hungry pros. (Although… I wonder if our own Evan Elken was caught up in these shenanig…
Being able to swallow large objects certainly comes in handy sometimes.
Holy investigative work K-Man…
Screw the menu… it’s written upon a throne of lies I tell you.
The t-shirt… it doesn’t lie.
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