The Most Outrageous Restaurant Dish In Every State Gallery

Restaurants have long been known to come up with quirky gimmicks to get customers to come through their doors. With the rise of social media, many are clamoring to be among the most Instagrammed restaurants, with one Boston steakhouse even shelling out $10,000 for an Instagram table their patrons can use for their food snaps. The most common method of attracting customers and social media attention, however, is the menu itself. As a result, many awe-inspiring, impressively creative, and sometimes downright dumb food trends have come to fruition. There is currently no shortage of totally over-the-top entrees in restaurants across the country.

In order to determine the most outrageous restaurant dish in each state, we started by combing through our own previous stories, such as our coverage of over-the-top hot dogs, grilled cheese sandwiches, and more. We then took a deep dive into reviews on Yelp, Facebook, and Google, as well as Instagram to get an idea of which dishes are being talked about the most by locals and tourists.We found that many wacky dishes were purely so due to their sheer size; Americans, after all, do love their high-calorie, gargantuan-portioned meals. Others had unexpected ingredients, from Cheetos to entire fried eggs. If you're looking to up your Instagram game or even just your culinary daring, take a bite out of the most outrageous restaurant dishes in every state.

At West Rib Pub & Grill, they have the most American and most Alaskan of burgers in Seward's Folly. The monstrosity contains 2 pounds of caribou meat, half a pound of smoked ham, and 6 ounces each of Swiss and American cheese, as well as 12 strips of bacon. If that's not enough for you, you also get a pound of fries on the side, and if you can eat all of it within an hour, you get a free Seward's Folly T-shirt.

Ed Walker's Drive-In is a drive-in and diner with a 1950s vibe and a classic menu that contains many items that have been served since 1943. The most impressive, however, is their Hubcap Burger – named due to its size, as the patty on the giant bun weighs 5 pounds!

Spam musubi is a popular snack in East Asia and Hawaii; normally it consists of grilled Spam on a block of rice, wrapped together with nori, or seaweed paper. At Poké House, their spam musubi is made burrito-style, with the spam being entirely wrapped in rice and nori. You can add different toppings to it — including Hot Cheetos dust!

Take on six half-pound patties stacked with cheese and bacon throughout, served with a 1-pound side of french fries. Finish it all within 45 minutes and not only is it free, but you get featured on Chelsea Tavern's Wall of Fame.

If the name didn't make it clear, this is a dish with which you should proceed with caution. Known for its burgers, Vortex serves a Quadruple Coronoray Bypass made with four 4-ounce griddled sirloin patties, two 8-ounce flame-grilled sirloin patties, eight slices of Texas toast, four fried eggs, 27 strips of bacon, and 28 slices of American cheese, and topped with grilled onions, mayonnaise, and relish. If that somehow isn't enough for your appetite, it also comes with 20 ounces of fries and tater tots covered in melted cheese and bacon bits. The Coronary Bypass Burger is available as a Double or Triple as well, but all three have limited availability; you can order a Single any time, however.

You'll find this deceptively delicious dessert at most fairs and outdoor events in Boise, but it's the Ice Cream Potato at one of the best drive-in restaurants in America that's famous. As much as Idaho loves its potatoes, this one isn't real — it's actually vanilla ice cream in a baked potato shape that's been coated with cocoa powder. The "sliced" part is filled up with whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and chocolate syrup. You can also get "butter" (yellow frosting) and chives (green sprinkles) on top.

At poker-themed Best Bet Breakfast & Lunch, there's a food challenge that has you pick a card from a deck in order to determine how long you have to finish their "Double Dog Dare You All In Challenge." You have anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to finish their Double All In: a breakfast dish made with a double order of tater tots, six scrambled eggs, diced ham, sausage, onions, green peppers, jalapeños, and shredded cheddar cheese on top. You'll only get a T-shirt if you win, though, so if you find it's not worth it, you can always go for the simple All In, which is half the size.

Located in the hipster-friendly town of Lawrence, Wake the Dead is a great place to have breakfast for dinner — or any other meal for that matter. Order the Death Star, which consists of egg, cheese, and ham or bacon, topped with lettuce, tomato, and Sriracha aoili — all of which would be normal enough if it weren't for the fact that it's sandwiched between two halves of a doughnut.

Louisiana is known for its Cajun cuisine, and this pizza served by Katie's is a wonderful homage to it. The Boudreaux pizza pie is notably topped with cochon de lait, or roasted suckling pork, as well as fresh spinach, garlic butter cream reduction, red onions, roasted garlic, and scallions.

A Neapolitan-owned and operated pizzeria that takes pride in its classic Italian cuisine, Pasta Mista's three locations are particularly known for their creative pizza pies. Try the chicken ranch, pesto Margherita, or the ziti and sausage. The most intense, in our opinion, however is the carb-loaded spaghetti pizza, made with a double crust and stuffed with spaghetti, tomato sauce, and mozzarella, Parmigiano and ricotta cheeses.

Avocado lovers will revel in this appetizer at XushiKo, a Japanese fusion hibachi grill and sushi bar. An entire avocado is stuffed with your choice of salmon or tuna, as well as lemon and scallions.

Another burger made famous by "Man vs. Food," Burgers & Blues' Whammy Burger is an intimidating tower of three patties, each weighing a full pound, held together by four bun halves and a metal skewer. Toppings include lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, onions, ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise, and the burger is served with over a pound of fries and a vanilla milkshake. Finish the five-and-a-half-pound burger within 30 minutes, and win a free meal and a T-shirt, as well as a place on the Wall of Fame. Break the standing record and win $1,000 cash.

Why look for the best pancakes in the state when you can go for the biggest? Stella's Monster Pancakes are 12 inches in diameter, and a stack of four is just $8.95. You can order them in buttermilk, wheat, or gluten-free versions, and extra toppings include apple chunks, walnuts, blueberries, strawberries, and huckleberries. Eat four of these and you'll get a cinnamon roll for free.

At Truffles N Bacon Café, you can order a beastly burger that's sure to give you great fuel for your Instagram feed and a likely stomachache. Made with an Angus beef patty, the Hot Beast is topped with pork belly, tater tots, serrano chile, Hot Cheetos, melted cheese, Korean mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, and a sunny-side-up egg to finish off.

If you love tacos and you love pizza, you don't have to choose between the two at Tony Boloney's. Their Taco Pizza is made with a 120-year-old family recipe for six-hour Jewish brisket, turning it into carne asada, as well as chipotle sauce, hand-pulled queso, and multiple tacos lined up around the pizza as toppings. On top, guacamole, pickled jalapeño crema, and esquites are added on. The Taco Pizza is available by the slice whenever you want, but if you want to order an entire pie, you'll have to pre-order for Tuesdays at the Hoboken location and Thursdays at the Atlantic City location.

One of the most expensive restaurant dishes in the nation, period, famed dessert spot Serendipity 3's Golden Opulence Sundae has a $1,000 price tag and you have to make a specific reservation for it in order to enjoy it. What makes an ice cream sundae this expensive? It's made with three scoops of top-quality Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream made with Madagascar vanilla beans and is covered in 23-karat edible gold leaf. If that weren't enough, it also has one of the world's most expensive chocolates, Amedei Porcelana, drizzled on top in syrup form, as well as chunks of a rare Chuao chocolate made from cocoa beans off the Venezuelan coast. Also added to the jaw-dropping dessert are gold-covered almonds, chocolate truffles, candied fruits from Paris, marzipan cherries, and a small bowl of unsalted caviar infused with orange, passion fruit, and Armagnac.

Omelets are a great breakfast food, and if you can't get enough of them, Mr. & Mrs. J's Restaurant has the perfect dish for you. Order their Pig Out Omelet, made with an entire carton of eggs and full of vegetables, cheese, and meat, plus hash browns and toast on the side. Finish it within an hour, and you'll get a free T-shirt too.

Bread & Butter's version of the bloody mary is garnished with so much food that it's a dish in itself. On top of the Hail Mary, a drink large enough for two, are fried chicken bites, bacon, celery, brioche croutons, smoked provolone cheese, pepper jack cheese, and pickles.

Philadelphia is known for its cheesesteaks, and you'll find all kinds of variations in the city that perfected it. Barclay Prime's version, however, is in a class of its own. Made with wagyu rib-eye steak, it also contains foie gras, onions, and truffled Cheez Whiz on a fresh-baked sesame roll. Served with half a bottle of Champagne, it'll cost you $120, making it the most expensive Philly cheesesteak in America.

The Carolinas sure do love their biscuits, and they love to drench them in gravy. Hominy Grill's Charleston Nasty Biscuit has fried chicken breast and a bunch of cheddar cheese on a biscuit that's then covered in delicious sausage gravy.

You'll find some of the most extravagant grilled cheeses at The Grilled Cheeserie, a Nashville eatery with plenty of interesting options. The Buffalo South is made on country white sourdough bread and contains pepper jack cheese and pulled organic chicken, with Buffalo sauce, blue cheese aioli, and pickled celery on top.

Ice cream lovers will really enjoy indulging their sweet tooth at Angie's Restaurant, where The Kitchen Sink reigns as the most eye-catching dessert. Mounds of vanilla ice cream fill what really does look like a kitchen sink, topped with two entire bananas plus three other toppings of your choice, and finished off with whipped cream, chopped nuts, and a cherry. If you manage to finish the entire thing, you'll even get a bumper sticker.

Known for their outrageous grilled cheese sandwiches, the Grilled Cheese Bistro gets quite daring with the Big O, a dish that, at first glance, seems like it's off the dessert menu. However, it is very much a part of the grilled cheese retinue here; made with chocolate French toast, it's filled with peanut butter, Nutella, banana, local applewood bacon, and mascarpone cheese.

Hillbilly Hotdogs specializes in outrageous hot dogs, and the WidowMaker is its peak. The 30-inch hot dog holds a 2-pound sausage and has 4 pounds of toppings.

Tasty Bones is a great barbecue place in Wyoming, and their Hog Trough sandwich is pretty impressive. Two grilled cheese sandwiches serve as the buns, holding a half-pound burger patty topped with brisket, pulled pork, kielbasa, and coleslaw — all of which comes together in a sandwich that just might change your life.

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