Biggest, Largest, & Most Gluttonous Foods in Seattle

Gorditos- Burrito Grande

I can’t believe that, when I was 15, I actually used to house this thing by myself. Now I usually split about half of it with my girlfriend and then take the other half home for later. The width alone is the length of a regular burrito and it only costs about $8.50.

Every time that I go to Gorditos and order the Burrito Grande, I expect it to be smaller than I remembered but it never is. In fact, I’m always convinced that it’s gotten larger because it is so unnecessarily huge.

The Grande is the full length of my forearm from fist to elbow accept that it is easily twice the width. If it doesn’t look that large to you it may be due to that glass of of water next to me which is also gigantic.

Beth's Cafe- 12 Egg Omelette

Notice that this omelette is sitting on a small pizza tray. It comes with bottomless hash browns and will take you out for the rest of the day.

The RAM doesn’t have a 6 pound burger or anything but they do have a burger called “BIG DAWG”. Being near the University of Washington, the name is a tribute to the Husky’s mascot, but in other cities they call this burger “Extreme Stadium”.

This beast weighs one pound and comes with 3 bacon strips, 2 Cheddar slices, sautéed mushroom, lettuce and mayonnaise for 13.99.

The Ballroom- 28" Pizza

The Ballroom in Fremont is, more or less, a sports bar. They serve really large pizza slices to order but, if you want to order a whole, it gets even bigger. The pizzas are 28 inches so be prepared to have people ask you if you are “going to eat that whole thing”, even if you don’t know them.

This locally famous picture, featured at the counter of Gorditos “Healthy Mexican Restaurant”, was taken by Joshua Trujillo for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and is a side by side comparison of the Burrito Grande and an 11 week old infant. Anything ceases to be healthy at a certain point.

Buca Di Beppo- Giant Meatballs

Buca Di Beppo has large portions anyway, because of their focus on family dining and on having everyone split their large entrees. My listing of their Spaghetti with meatballs isn’t due to the large family size portion of the imported Italian pasta but rather because of the size of the meatballs that top the platter. These monsters weigh 1/2 lb each.

Wedgewood Broiler- 72 oz Steak

This 72 oz steak comes with soup, fries, a salad and sherbert, all of which must be completely consumed in one hours time to get the meal for free and for return of the $75 desposit.

The photo, taken by David Belisle, is of Mike Seely from the Seattle Weekly. To read about his attempt to down “The Big One” click here

Salmon Sausage- Qwest Field

This two foot sausage is to be served on a baguette with basil cream cheese, capers, and grilled red onions during Seahawks home games. Uli’s Famous Sausage in Pike Place Market was contracted to create the sausage which will cost $28 and is said to feed up to 4 people.