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unusual facts about Man v. Food Nation


North Shore Shrimp Trucks

The Travel Channel show, Man v. Food Nation, featured Giovanni's Aloha Shrimp Truck in an episode set in Oahu.


Cozy Dog Drive In

The Cozy Dog is one of three Springfield restaurants featured in an October 2009 episode of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel.

Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

It has been featured on Food Channel television shows including The Best Thing I Ever Ate, $40 a Day with Rachel Ray and Man v. Food.

Loring Park

Portions of the television series Man v. Food's first season finale were filmed in Loring Park.

Man v. Food

Jonathan Bernstein of British newspaper The Guardian described "mixed feelings" about the series saying he likes "the concept" and "the guy" but that the challenges make him "a little uneasy".

Reading Terminal Market

One of the market's stands, Tommy DiNic's Beef and Pork, was featured on Travel Channel shows Man v. Food and Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch

It is also shown on the Travel Channel's Man v. Food, where host Adam Richman completes the challenge and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, where Bourdain declines to compete but his cameraman takes part and fails.


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