Aug 27th 2009 By John Devore

The Manliest Restaurant in America Has Been Found!

After two days, and 46,874 votes, the people have spoken. Congratulations, Hilltop Inn of Evansville, Ind., you are the Manliest Restaurant in America (2009)!

This Midwestern favorite now has the ultimate bragging rights, having beaten a Boston BBQ hut, a San Fransisco burger mecca, and a D.C. steak palace. Rest assured, Hilltoppers, this epicurean honor offers more mileage than four stars from the Michelin Guide.

Asylum Editor-in-chief Neil Gladstone put it this way: "Asylum.com is thrilled to celebrate Hilltop Inn's victory as Manliest Restaurant in America. No doubt we must pause and acknowledge the fried brain sandwich's part in this triumph. There's definitely something about mashing up something's brain, frying it in a pan and dropping it on a bun that's guaranteed to put hair on your chest. This is a proud day for the brain eaters throughout our 50 states and around the world."

Not only does the Hilltop Inn get to baste itself in a rich broth of prestige, its owners will soon be receiving a unique, nearly priceless plaque that declares their eating establishment fit enough for Conan the King, the Ghost of Evel Knievel, or any guy who just finished a 15-hour-shift and has a grizzly bear-size appetite.

Let the pilgrimage begin! Surge forth and consume brains like a famished zombie army! (Editor's note: They also make amazing stews, fried chicken and Icelandic cod, and serve beer in mighty vessels.)

For more about the fried brain sandwich, see the video after the jump.

Tags: blueribbonbarbecue - brain sandwich - brainsandwich - hilltop inn - HilltopInn - manliest restaurant - manliestrestaurant - raysthesteaks - zeitgeist

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Sunday 06 September

By paperless

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Its very hard to relate that disease to a certain kind of food the person ate since it does not manifest in a short period of time.

I also wouldnt eat brains but if you want to then... sure just do it.

Friday 11 September

By Dani

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Thing is, what she said is well documented if you could be bothered to google it. I wouldn't eat the brains of any animal no matter how it had been cooked. No matter what you eat you run a risk. But I'm not gonna take an even bigger risk knowing how things like mad cow disease can mutate into other animals EASILY.

Tuesday 01 September

By LJ

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While I applaud a mom-and-pop store that serves what is apparently tasty, quality food, I think it's not fair for you guys to attack Francesca and those who voice concern over eating brains. Honestly, these diseases are no joke, and they don't "take a million years to be harmful;" they kill you rather horribly in a few short, brutal months to years.
Now for some nerdy science stuff for those that may care (lol):
"Mad cow disease" isn't just limited to cows, its a type of prion disease that can be found in any mammalian neural tissue. This is why eating low-grade ground-meat is so dangerous- because you up the risk of incorporating infected tissues from the brain and spinal cord into the mix of meat. It is unfortunately rather easy to have nearly any of the prion diseases that can occur in livestock spread to many animals when the slaughterhouses are feeding the scraps of previous animals to their cattle, sheep, pigs, etc. If the Hilltop Inn knows the supplier of the meat, and the supplier does not engage in this practice, then it should be fine. The brains and any other neural tissue eaten on purpose or by accident should, theoretically, be safe.
(Unless you happen to get the brain with a random mutation in it, but worrying about random mutations isn't very manly, is it? lol).

Wednesday 02 September

By DB

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Again, they are made with "PIGS BRAINS" not cow.

Wednesday 02 September

By francesca alba

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Thank you LJ, I am an RN and yes I have seen people die of "mad cow" disease.So melissa,I am bound by law not to disclose medical information of patients so therefore I cannot give you specific information.I am not in any way part of the PETA crowd. I grew up on farmland ,daughter of a hunter.I only eat fish and poultry now.So Booand theBonzai... sure salmonella may and does kill...SOMETIMES !!! vCJD Always kills !!!

Thursday 22 October

By NoStreet

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People who don't understand enough about BSE (Mad Cow) and a need to look into it more. I am very much a non-"conspiracy theory" believer. However, I read a book on BSE and how it was discovered to be resposible for an increase in Creutzfeldt-Jakob (variant CJ) disease, especially in the U.K. I though maybe it was just written by an over-zealot, so I looked up some stuff on the FDA website. They are obviously deathly afraid of it, travelling overnight to destroy tons of contaminated beef that got intermingled with one single cow. The more I looked the worse it got. This stuff is unbelievably insidious. It crosses species boundaries like nothing else, it has been transmitted to brain surgery patients from sterilized instruments. A Yale study in 1989 showed 13% of some thought to have died from Alzheimers actually had CJ.
Why do you think the gov came down so hard on that slaughterhouse that was forcing downer cattle through the lines - not because it was mean to cattle, but because they know that means BSE in the food supply. I am a manly athletic dude, but I have taken my family off beef until they can get stricter protections in place. The epidemic is an abomination from making cattle cannibalize through their feed. The implications are vast. Look into it.
http://www.cjdfoundation.org/