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IT is here.  The Humongous Chili Takedown!!!! CALL FOR COOKS!  Chili Heroes fight to save the earth of chili, for honor and Le Creuset! Email Matt@TheTakedowns.com if your chili is the Most Important in NYC!!! Come and eat and eat … Continue reading →

The clash of the down home family recipes!!!  Minnesota Hotdish!  Flying Jacob! Lasagne! Lancashire hotpot! Johnny Marzetti! American Goulash! King Ranch Chicken! Chili Mac! Baked Ziti!  THE MIGHTY CASSEROLE goes by many names, friends.  Or are we actually ENEMIES!?  There’s … Continue reading →

It’s HERE again!!! CALL FOR HOME BREWERS!!!!  Email Matt@TheTakedowns.com to compete! WHAT: All-Burrough Homebrew Takedown 2018 WHERE: Queens Brewery WHEN: August 19, 2018 1-3 TICKETS: HERE! Prizes from Cuisinart, Queens Brewery, and more!!! JUDGES:   

This ice cream headache will splinter your skull and travel down the base of your spine!  Unlimited ice cream tastings in the hottest month of July!  WHEEEEEEE!!!!! CALL FOR COOKS! Email Matt@TheTakedowns.com to compete w your best batch of ice … Continue reading →

Finally a garlic fest comes to NYC – brought to you by Brooklyn’s healthiest home cooks, interpreting all the garlic-iest recipes.  You’ll defeat any vampire after this stankin’ takedown!!!  Guaranteed the hottest date for cool people like you only!!! Want … Continue reading →

Somewhere out there on the frozen wasteland is a cute little baby seal who just wants to eat tacos in peace, before she is messily devoured by a crazy ass killer whale!  Life is ephemeral. You’re just like that baby … Continue reading →

Ooo shhh secret party, secret balls! WHAT: Brooklyn Meatball Takedown WHERE: Brooklyn Bazaar, 150 Greenpoint Ave in Greenpoint WHEN: March 18 2PM-4PM TICKETS: HERE CALL FOR COOKS!  Want to enter and fight for humongous prizes?  Email Matt@TheTakedowns.com ! Brooklyn’s smartest home … Continue reading →

The Bob Ross Painting Takedown! Enjoy endless beers and party like it’s 1983 to 1994, when Bob Ross graced our airwaves and chilled as all so far out!!! 20 of NY’s funnest painters are painting an episode of Bob Ross, and … Continue reading →

Cheezus beezus!  It’s time!!!! Brooklyn’s home cooks defy the gods and create a heaven for us, right here on earth- made entirely of MAC AND CHEEZE for you to eat!  All you can eat mac and cheeze- until you decide … Continue reading →

WHAT – Brooklyn Soup Takedown 2018 WHERE – Brooklyn Bazaar WHEN – January 21 2-4PM TICKETS-  HERE! January looks bitter cold and unfriendly, friends.  Arctic frost monsters sneezing your marrow solid blue!!!  But fight and fight and fight we must!  THE SOUP … Continue reading →