Reporter eats five Denny's "Grand Slam" breakfasts in four hours

For those keeping track, that's 345 grams of fat and more than 4,100 calories. (Chicago Tribune)
> A free breakfast at Denny's, but a $217.15 towing bill

Comments

[sometimesilie]

Dear God, Why?

[aj'sgirl]

I'm betting his next "grand slam" will be a massive heart attack.

[cherie]

Haven't eaten at Denny's in forever. Back when I was in my early 20's, and worked as a bartender in a local nite club,...a bunch of us would go to Denny's at 3am everyday when we got off work. The Country Slam was my favorite. 2 biscuits with sausage gravy, 2 scrambled eggs, crispy bacon and hashbrowns Yummmm....
Until the day I read that my most beloved breakfast had the fat equivalent of NINE DOZEN DONUTS!!!!!!!
That was the end of my love affair with Denny's breakfasts. We only have one Denny's in our area and the line surrounded the building from 6am until after 2 yesterday. Wonder how much that endeavor cost the company???

[G-Man]

How many people were trampled to death by the herd of elephants waddling to Denny's for their free plate of slop?

[Drake Timbershaft]

Reminds me a little of the movie Supersize Me.

Coming soon, reporter undergoes five angioplasties in four hours.

[cherie]

In regards to the towing fees...you know those tow truck companies saw it coming and got their guys to patrol any lots near denny's to make the extra cash.

[IronOre]

I had a Denny's breakfast once. It nearly made me hurl...

[buddy]

i thought about it. cherie must have opted for the nine dozen donuts.

[sometimesilie]

LOL, G-Man! That's some funny mental imagery there.

[elchampino]

Played a show in Harrisburg once, ended up crashing at the home of a good friend. We stayed up til 5:30 am jamming, drinking cheap beer, expensive Irish whiskey, and smoking. Slept about two hours, woke up (our host had a plane to catch, the miserable sod), and hit the road - only our bass player/engineer/driver had gotten food poisoning and was in no shape to drive the van. It was a long ride back home, with frequent 'emergency' pullovers. We did breakfast at Denny's - my first and last time there. I got the Country Slam. It made the trip complete.

[Phranqlin]

The reporter filed his story from the nearest ER, where he was waiting to get his stomach pumped.

[RockyMtnMac]

I'm with Cherie on this. The only time I've EVER been to Denny's was upon leaving the bar at closing time.
When I was a bartender I was too tired to care about food quality, and when I was on the other side of the bar I was too inebriated to care about food quality.
I never worried about fat and calories because we worked off that Denny's food and then some.
I do sorta remember they had good coffee.

[twerp]

ugh, so gross.

[R]

Ha Ha Ha....a Mastercard Moment...

[MONKEY JERK]

DAMN HUNGRY FOR SURE

[troschne]

What a frigging PIG! I certainly wouldn't be bragging about that in print. I personally like comfort foods for breakfast sometimes, but there is no way on Earth that I could eat five Grand Slams in one day--heart attack on a plate, to be sure!

That read like The Breakfast of Dorian Grey.

[Sigh]

I worked the late shift, and Denny's was the only place open; well, Taco Bell was open too. Haught cuisine indeed.

Don't recall eating there at any other time, though.

[Dick C. Normas]

STS,

I had the same thought... Why.

Why would you even wnat to be IN a Dennys for 4 hours?

[cherie]

Having been in the food service industry etc when I was much younger...I kept wondering all day yesterday if the Denny's wait staff was making good tips or if people were being cheap and stiffing the waiters/waitresses. If I'd have been crazy enough to stand in sub zero tempatures for hours just to get a crappy high fat breakfast for free, I'd definitely have tipped the server.

[cherie]

Buddy...I was hoping for just one donut...but as usual, you finished the box before I could get there.

[Caffeinated Katie]

I've only eaten at a Denny's once and it's something I never plan on doing again. I ended up with food poisoning and just the smell of driving past one turns my stomach these days.

[Chrysos]

Denny's isn't a place you go to...it's a place you end up at.

[LLD]

My exhusband and I ate at Denny's on one of our first dates (it was the only place open) and he ate two Grand Slam Breakfasts back to back. I should have ran then.

[Horton]

Amateur. Let's see this dude eat five plates of "Moon Over My Hammy" in four hours. And live to blog about it.

[Scott Thurston]

This was, without a doubt, an amazing buzz marketing campaign for Dennys.

Is he still walking?

[Navy Chief]

I haven't eaten at Denny's recently, but all the times I have, the food has been fine. My wife would accuse me of not being much of a connosuier (sp?), but what do you want from someone who is used to galley and/or shipboard food?

[lauryn]

HE MUST HAVE BEEN HUNGRY

[lauryn]

I WATCHED 10 PORN VIDEOS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR DO I GET THAT POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE DO I CAN GET COMMENTED ON