November 16-22, 2011 - CITY Newspaper

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EVENTS: ROLLER DERBY, DANCE WEEKEND 25 RESTAURANT REVIEW: ISTANBUL MARKET

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URBAN JOURNAL: WE’RE ON OUR OWN

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FILM: “J. EDGAR,” “IMMORTALS” 30 CROSSWORD, NEWS OF THE WEIRD 43

thee oh sees

eastman new jazz ensemble

NOVEMBER 16-22, 2011 Free

kraszman and fishwife

phat man dee • awolnation • chet catallo • and more music, page 16

Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly

Vol 41 No 10

News. Music. Life.

We struggle with it and we just haven’t figured it out yet.” NEWS, PAGE 6

Midtown meltdown avoided. NEWS, PAGE 4

The Bop Shop won’t stop. NEWS, PAGE 5

Occupy hits the funny pages. NEWS, PAGE 7

REVIEW: Shakespeare Players’ “The Merchant of Venice.” THEATER, PAGE 24

COVER STORY | BY WILLIE CLARK | PAGE 10 | COVER PHOTO BY MAX SEIFERT

Gut instincts: Rochester’s food challenges For some people, food is just that: food. Fuel — ideally tasty fuel — that keeps the body plugging along. But for an increasing segment of the population, food and eating have become something else: a challenge. Another arena in which to test who is the top dog, leader of the pack, or king of the hill. Competitive eating continues to grow in popularity with events televised on ESPN, internationally known melees like the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, and the Travel Channel’s hit show “Man Vs. Food,” which recently had a

Rochester-based episode that shined a spotlight on culinary creations right in our backyard. Rochester is a great place to put competitiveeating talents to the test. Over the past month or so City’s Willie Clark attempted five Rochester-based food challenges, eating across different flavors, foods, and feats. Inside find his tales of digestive woe. If we missed a local food challenge, let us know about it by making a comment on this article at rochestercitynewspaper.com.


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