9 Restaurants In New Jersey Where Your Meal Is Free If You Can Eat It All

New Jersey offers a plethora of dining options from fast food to the finest cuisine. I love all the delectable diversity, but dining out all the time can get expensive. Lucky for us, we have quite a few restaurants offering fun food challenges, though they’re not for the faint of heart. If you love to eat and are up for adventure, consider giving one of these a try. Should you succeed, you can score a free meal and more!

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1. Johnny G's Pizzeria, Toms River Facebook/JohnnyG'sPizzaria If you can eat a 32" pie in 1 hour, the pizza is free AND you win $250! Learn more about the challenge here 2. The Hat Tavern, Summit Yelp/Steve M. Finish the Mad Hatter Platter in 30 minutes and receive your Mad Hatter Platter for free, a Mad Hatter Platter t-shirt, your name etched on the Mad Hatter plaque, and a couple of Pepto-Bismol’s! The platter includes 3 burgers, a pound of fries, 2 dozen onion rings, and 5 pickles. You also get your choice of milkshake! 3. Sabretti's Hot Dogs, Hopatcong Facebook/Sabretti'sHotDogs To win this challenge, you must eat 12 JUMBO hot dogs in 15 minutes. If you can eat 30 JUMBO dogs in 15 minutes, you'll take home the grand prize of $1000. For more info, click here 4. Clinton Station Diner, Clinton Yelp/Michael A. Yelp/Linda M. This diner offers THREE free food challenges. You and 4 friends have 3 hours to devour the 50lb Mount Olympus Burger, or you can opt to eat the 7lb Zeus burger (shown) solo. If that's too much, you can try to eat the 3lb Atlas burger by yourself in 2 hours, or with a friend in 45 minutes. For more details, visit the diner's website 5. The Kibitz Room, Cherry Hill Facebook/TheKibitzRoom If you can finish the massive GBMF sandwich, one order of potato salad, one order of coleslaw and one of each pickle, your meal is free and you get a spot on the "Wall of Shame". GBMF stands for great big...something, and includes corned beef, pastrami, turkey, roast beef, brisket, cole slaw, Russian dressing, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion! To learn more, click here 6. Cool Dog Cafe, Cherry Hill Facebook/CoolDogCafe Not only does Cool Dog offer incredibly unique hot dogs, they have an epic food challenge! Finish 2 half-pound Homewrecker Hot Dogs and a small order of fries to score your meal for free! You'll also get a t-shirt and a spot on their wall of fame. Just for attempting, you'll get recognition on social media! To learn more, visit Cool Dog's website 7. Teplitzky's, Atlantic City Yelp/Martine P. Located in The Chelsea Hotel, Teplitzky's offers a massive breakfast challenge. If you finish 4 lbs of breakfast items ($30 a plate) within 30 minutes, the meal is free! The plate consists of 4 pancakes, 4 French toast slices, 6 eggs, 6 pieces of bacon, 6 pieces of pork roll, 4 pieces turkey sausage, hash browns, and 4 pieces of toast. To learn more, click here 8. Country Club Tavern, Cape May Court House Facebook/CCTavern Image/CountryClubTavern.com The TRIPLE DECKER DEVIL BURGER Challenge means taking on 8 lbs of food! Finish it all in 60 minutes and it's FREE!! Get a T-shirt and your picture on the Wall of Fame! To learn more visit CCT's website 9. Rosalita's Roadside Cantina, Englishtown/Marlboro Facebook/Rosalita'SRoadsideCantina Facebook/Rosalita'sRoadsideCantina Try and finish Rosie's 5lb KITCHEN SINK burrito in 15 minutes and it's FREE!! You'll also get a cool shirt for your troubles - I'd suggest going a size up! To learn more, visit their Facebook page

We found several other restaurants with similar challenges offering “fame” and free gear, but not free food. Brick Lane Curry House in Upper Montclair and Ridgewood offers customers a free beer, a photo on the website, and a certificate of completion if they can survive a whole bowl of spicy p’hall curry. Pete and Elda’s in Neptune awards customers a free t-shirt if they can complete an extra large pie in one sitting. Sweet Jenny’s in Barnegat and Doo Wop Diner in Wildwood both offer a two pound burger challenge, Tailgater’s in Galloway has The Big Pittsburger, and Surf Taco locations have the Tsunami, a $16.95 burrito that will net you a “Wall of Fame” photo – if you can finish it in just 15 minutes!

There are so many food challenges in New Jersey, and they are constantly changing! Let me know about your favorites, especially those offering free food and fantastic prizes!