On the Fourth of July, a Tampa Bay woman broke the record for hot dog eating at the Nathan’s contest on Coney Island (Miki Sudo’s partner Nick Wehry, also from the Bay area took fourth in the men’s competition).
But the night before, 1,134 miles away at Crowbar in Ybor City, another chompion—Christian Restrepo—cemented himself in local history books by returning to the podium after eating more glizzies than anyone at Hot Dog Party 18.
The throwdown, possibly one of the last at Crowbar where the lease is up in 2026, also featured sets from Wolf-Face, The Don’t Belongs, the always nasty Jeremy Gloff, plus appearances from a whole lot of local friends and lovers.
