Man Finds Food

Man Finds Food
Genre	Food Reality
Presented by	Adam Richman
Composer(s)	Audio Network Pimp Audio
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Executive producer(s)	Matt Sharp Dan Adler Adam Richman
Editor(s)	Jothnatan Lee
Camera setup	Multiple camera
Running time	21 minutes
Production company(s)	Sharp Entertainment
Release
Original network	7mate Travel Channel
Original release	October 7, 2014
External links
Website

Man Finds Food is an American food reality television series that premiered on the Travel Channel on April 1, 2015. The series is hosted by food enthusiast Adam Richman who tracks down secret specialities in cities all over America.

The show was to have debuted July 2, 2014, with episodes airing every Wednesday night at 9:00 pm ET. On July 1, 2014, Travel Channel announced they had delayed the program indefinitely after Richman posted crude messages on his Instagram account in response to people criticizing a hashtag he had used in one of his pictures. It was unknown when and if the show would air.^[1] However, the show page reappeared on the Travel Channel's website and ultimately premiered at 9:00 pm ET on April 1, 2015, with two back-to-back episodes ("Incognito in Escondido" and "Chi-Town Franken-Sandwich").

Despite the delay on Travel Channel, Australian channel 7mate have announced the broadcast of the first episode of the series on October 7, 2014. They have also run promotional advertising for the show within the Seven Network group of channels. At the current time, the station has listed the episode as the first in a 3-episode series.^[2] It is anticipated that episodes will be available on the Plus7 catchup service after a placeholder page for the show was created on the service.^[3]

Premise

In each episode of Man Finds Food, Adam Richman travels the country in his food quest to discover the many culinary secrets of the most unusual and delicious specialities at eating establishments in each U.S. city he visits. He delves deeper by exposing their off-menu hidden dishes and what he calls "off-the-grid" restaurants which even the locals don't know about.

Episodes

Season 1 (2014/2015)

No.	Title	Location	Original air date
			Australia	United States
1.1	"Behind The Bookcase"	Austin, Texas	October 7, 2014	June 10, 2015
For the premiere of Man Finds Food, Adam Richman and his camera crew explore Austin, Texas to look for some of its best secret food finds with off-menu items. Stops include: Frank in the Warehouse District for eats on a "Friends & Family" secret menu, which includes jalapeño chicken waffle fries and the "Frank Breakfast" (a sweet Colaci bun flash-fried, dusted with powdered sugar, and loaded up with hash browns, onions, crumbled sausage, scrambled eggs, and crispy bacon), Firehouse Lounge, located behind a bookcase inside the Firehouse Hostel in Downtown, for a sandwich called "The Lieutenant" (soppressata and bucheron cheese with partially sun-dried tomatoes loaded onto a baguette, drizzled with Balsamic reduction, oven-toasted, and topped with brown mustard), Casino El Camino on 6th Street for the "Tony Randall" (a large burger topped with cheddar and pepper jack cheeses, crispy bacon, shredded lettuce, stewed tomato and a fried egg, all smothered with homemade queso and spicy Texas chili, and also using a grilled cheese-and-bacon sandwich as the bottom bun), and the Mighty Cone food truck in West Campus for the secret "Monster" cone (a grilled tortilla loaded up with one fried shrimp (for the bottom, making for a "shrimp surprise"), a "Hot & Crunchy" chicken patty (coated with corn flakes, red chili flakes, crushed almonds, sesame seeds and flour), a breaded and deep-fried avocado, slaw, and ancho-chile sauce, all loaded into a portable paper cone).
1.2	"Harbour Hideaway & Lobster Garage"	Boston, Massachusetts	October 14, 2014	May 20, 2015
Adam journeys through the big New England city of Boston in search of its secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Al's Deli, located inside the unused Wan Convenience Store in Mission Hill, for the secret "Hush" sandwich (ingredients vary per customer's aura and is never the same twice: Adam's sandwich features his "spirit meats" of turkey, roast beef, and mortadella, plus teriyaki sauce, secret spices, coleslaw, and cranberry sauce), KO Pies in the shipyards of East Boston for the "Lamb Shank Pie" (an Australian meat pie featuring North African-spiced Australian lamb that is braised in tomato sauce, red wine and beef stock for 3 hours, then mixed with blanched vegetables of carrots, celery, green beans and peas, and gravy in a crust topped with mashed potatoes, mushy boiler peas, and gravy; the end result of the dish is a pie floater), Alive and Kicking, located in the basement of a house in nearby Cambridge, for the "lobster on lobster" (fresh steamed lobster topped with chopped lobster salad, which is seasoned with salt, pepper and held together with mayonnaise), and Bogie's Place, an "adults-only" steakhouse secretly located through a velvet red curtain in the back of famed burger establishment JM Curley in Downtown Boston, for a 20-ounce ribeye steak sauteed with rendered marrow oil in a pastrami rub of brown sugar, black pepper, coriander, smoked paprika and mustard seed, and served with roasted bone marrow and torched foie gras butter plated with carrot puree, charred scallions, and a caramelized clove of garlic.
1.3	"Shaken, Not Stirred"	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	October 21, 2014	May 27, 2015
Adam makes his way through the Midwestern city of Milwaukee to find its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: the Wisconsin Cheese Mart in Westown for the "Cheese Mart Sweep" (a grilled cheese sandwich that is customized with five different Wisconsin cheeses of one's choosing: Adam's sandwich features Bon Bree Brick, garlic cheddar, Dunbarton Blue, spicy Colby-Jack, and wild morel and leek Jack cheeses, along with sun-dried tomatoes, macaroni and cheese, and garlic aioli); Underground Ramen-Ya, located inside Ardent restaurant on the East Side (and only after hours on Fridays and Saturdays) for authentic Japanese tonkotsu ramen soup (which takes 13 to 15 hours to prepare; the broth is made from four cuts of meat, which include chicken feet, two kinds of mushroom, garlic, ginger, carrots, scallion, leeks, white onion, anchovies, bonito and taray, thin ramen noodles are added and topped with a soft-boiled egg); Shah Jee's Pakistani Cuisine, located inside an office building in Downtown, for authentic Pakistani food including lentils and chickpeas (chana masala) squirted with a spicy "green sauce", made with green peppers, cilantro, salt and cumin seeds, plus chicken masala topped with a gravy made with ginger, garlic, onions, and a curry spice blend of crushed peppers, turmeric powder and coriander powder; and Safe House, a spy-themed restaurant hidden behind a bookcase inside International Exports Ltd. in East Town, for the "Spy Burger" (a 1/2-pound short rib, chuck patty with various toppings known as "covers": Adam's burger features a "green cover" - spinach and artichokes mixed with a boursin cheese dip, plus caramelized onions and bacon on grilled ciabatta).
1.4	"Chi-Town Franken-Sandwich"	Chicago, Illinois	October 28, 2014	April 1, 2015
Adam is in the Windy City to search for Chicago's secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Scofflaw in Logan Square for the "Guapahosa" ("a fun or out-going woman", only 5 served daily: a supersized torta filled with 12 different menu items: two grilled mustard-seared beef patties topped with chicken liver mousse, avocado, fried green tomatoes, pork cheek, cheese, caramelized onions and pickled vegetable salad on Mexican telera bread); Phil's Last Stand in Ukrainian Village for a Shrimp Po'Boy (secret-spiced buttermilk panko-fried shrimp topped with melted cheddar cheese, pickles, tomatoes, coleslaw and shoestring fries between French bread); A Tavola in West Town for the "Italian Meat and Potatoes" (3-pound bone-in grilled ribeye served with homemade gnocchi in brown butter and sage); and La Sirena Clandestina ("The Hidden Mermaid") in Fulton Market District for the "Size Me Up" (Brazilian-style grilled meat plate, usually customized to a person's own taste; Adam's plate includes chicken thighs, short ribs, linguiça sausage, hanger steak, sweet breads, and chicken hearts).
1.5	"Golden Gate Loco Moco"	San Francisco, California	November 4, 2014	April 8, 2015
Adam explores the San Francisco Bay Area for its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: the Boxing Room in Hayes Valley for the secret "French Fry Po' Boy" (locally-baked Vietnamese Banh Mi bread filled with triple-fried Russet potatoes, bacon-giblet gravy and melted cheddar cheese); Namu Gaji in the Mission District, San Francisco of Dolores Park for the off-the-menu Loco Moco (a chuck-and-short rib burger served with two fried eggs on top of fried rice mixed with hot dogs, bacon, and kimchi); Little Skillet in SoMa Tech for the "Eggs McMahon" (two homemade square waffles topped with two sunny-side-up eggs, shredded cheddar cheese, sausage gravy, and green onions); and Starbelly in the Castro District for the "Doc's Way Burger" (known to be a top hangover cure: a Prather ranch burger topped with chicken-liver pâté and onion marmalade).
1.6	"Incognito in Escondido"	Los Angeles, California	November 11, 2014	April 1, 2015
Adam searches for LA's secret food finds with off-menu items. Stops include: Escondite ("Hidden") in Skid Rokio for a sandwich called "Godzilla Destroys Skid Rokio" (secret-spiced New York strip steak topped with grilled onions, mushrooms and melted provolone, deep-fried hash browns, applewood bacon and two eggs over easy with vegetarian gravy and Mexican hot sauce on Chicago-style bread); Greenspan's Grilled Cheese in Fairfax for the "Inside Out" (award-winning grilled cheese sandwich, "The Champ", flipped inside out and featuring: taleggio, apricot caper puree, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes, and braised short rib meat between raisin walnut bread); Cha Cha Chili in Alhambra for the "Lomo Burrito" (Korean-marinade short ribs, stir-fried rice, fries, sautéed onions, red bell peppers, tomato, garlic and cilantro topped with secret "Lomo sauce"); and Jitada Thai Restaurant in East Hollywood for the "Jazz Burger" (which must be ordered 24 hours in advance: a huge beef patty in Thai palm sugar secret sauce topped with peppers, onions and Thai chilies, garnished with tomatoes, onion, Thai basil and secret dressing served on a bed of lettuce, with no bun).
1.7	"The Food Abides"	Oahu, Hawaii	November 16, 2014	April 15, 2015
Adam and his crew pay a visit to the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu for its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Aiea Bowl, a bowling alley in Aiea which features a secret "Tasty Tuesday" 5-course prix fixe meal (the menu for this episode features tomato-and-mirepoix-braised short ribs with Potatoes au gratin); The Pig & The Lady in Chinatown for the off-the-menu "Mushroom Godzilla" (a massive sandwich featuring one sharp cheddar-stuffed mushroom cap and one roasted bell pepper-stuffed mushroom cap, both breaded with panko and dehydrated rice, fried and topped with chimichurri sauce, dehydrated mushroom dust, beer-vinegar slaw, slow-roasted Vietnamese phở-spiced beef brisket, and a housemade Russian dressing featuring tamarind, ketchup, mayonnaise, pickles, and fish sauce); J.J. Dolan's (also in Chinatown), an Irish pub featuring the "Drunken Duck Pizza" (Guinness stout pizza dough topped with Chinese roasted duck, whole-milk mozzarella, red and white cabbage, Maui sweet onions sautéed in Jameson Irish whiskey, goat cheese, Chinese parsley, cilantro, a fried Hawaiian duck egg, and deep-fried duck skin, all squirted with a secret sauce); and Town in Kaimuki for the off-the-menu Pa'i'ai (a secret dish that was once deemed illegal because of a rumor of food-borne illnesses: a boiled and pounded Taro root that is sliced, pan-fried in butter, and served with a different meat every day; Adam's Pa'i'ai was served with grass-fed ribeye steak and roasted vegetables).
1.8	"Down & Dirty in Atlanta"	Atlanta, Georgia	November 18, 2014	May 13, 2015
Adam and his crew check out various eateries in Atlanta, one of the biggest cities in the South, to discover their best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Daddy D'z BBQ Joynt in Southeast Atlanta for slow-smoked ribs and a popular appetizer called "Que Wraps" (oak and hickory-smoked pulled pork placed inside wonton wraps, deep-fried and served with a sweet barbecue dipping sauce); ¡Bad Dog! Taquería in Emory Village (near the campus of Emory University, where Adam had gone to college) for the "Mac Daddy" taco (only 40 of them made per day: a 9-inch tortilla rolled with 10 ingredients: cumin, ancho chili, salt, cayenne, garlic, red onion, cilantro, oven-roasted tomato, salsa and hot sauce, then grilled and loaded with baked four-cheese macaroni and cheese (made with cavatappi curly noodles) and crumbled chorizo); Two Urban Licks in the Old Fourth Ward for wood-fired Georgia quail (only available on weekends on a secret menu with a constantly-rotating selection: quail marinated in rosemary, crushed garlic, olive oil, and thyme, seasoned with salt & pepper and grilled on a three-story rotisserie at 1,000 degrees F, served with butter-poached radishes, grilled endives and radicchio, and fresh watercress, and drizzled with a sherry duck sauce); and Yeah! Burger in Virginia-Highland for the "Dirty South" burger (two 3-ounce local grass-fed beef patties made from sirloin, brisket and chuck topped with pimento cheese (made from yellow and white cheddar, Swiss cheese, provolone, pimentos, mayo, cayenne and hot sauce), house-made beef & kidney bean chili, and slices of raw jalapeño pepper).
1.9	"Magic School Bus"	Portland, Oregon	November 23, 2014	June 17, 2015
Adam samples the best secret food finds and off-menu items in the "City of Roses", the Pacific Northwest's Portland, Oregon. Stops include: The Grilled Cheese Grill in the Alberta Arts District for the off-the-menu "Alyson", which starts off with a "Gabby" sandwich (four-cheese grilled cheese with Tillamook Cheddar, Colby Jack, Swiss and Mozzarella), then adds a fried egg, Braeburn apple slices, and potato chips inside the sandwich; The Fried Onion, hidden in the Industrial District and inspired by New York street food that enforces a surcharge for Boston Red Sox fans, for the "Moussa" (a sandwich with Buffalo chicken, pastrami, grilled onions, pickled peppers, Muenster cheese, and a secret mayonnaise-based sauce on an onion roll); Burnside Brewing Co. in Lower Burnside for the off-menu Caribbean-inspired "Ultimate Burger" (beef patty on a flat-top grill browned in duck fat, topped with pork belly cooked in jerk seasoning made with veal reduction, butter-poached lobster meat, mango chutney, micro greens, and special sauce of sea-urchin aioli); and Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen in Downtown Portland for a secret menu item called the "Jeremy" (macaroni and cheese with four different cheeses: cheddar, Swiss, blue cheese and Pecorino, topped with 10-hour smoked and 2-hour steamed pastrami, chopped tomatoes, and diced & sauteed zucchini).
1.10	"Tweet Secrets"	Nashville, Tennessee	November 23, 2014	May 6, 2015
Adam explores Music City U.S.A. to discover its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Pepperfire in East Nashville for the "Apple Jack" (dry-rubbed Nashville hot chicken placed on top of a panko-breaded, deep-fried "pepper-cheese sandwich" (a grilled cheese sandwich featuring pepper jack cheese, with the bread slathered with mayonnaise) and topped with stewed apples; of the "Six Levels of Heat" available in the restaurant, Adam chose the third-hottest level, "Hot", for his chicken); Gabby's Burgers & Fries in Wedgewood-Houston for the "Big CC Dog" (found only on the "secret menu": a 5-ounce butterflied and grilled hot dog topped with melted cheddar and Swiss cheeses, cream cheese, and a creamy homemade chili made with jalapeño juice); Mason's Southern Provisions at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Midtown for the "Liquid Nitrogen Coke Float" (a special ice cream soda made with vanilla ice cream base prepared with liquid nitrogen, topped with cola, Chantilly cream and GooGoo peanut clusters with marshmallow and chocolate, and doused in even more liquid nitrogen; this treat can only be obtained by following the executive chef on social media and uttering a secret password of his choosing to your server); and Pinewood Social in Rolling Mill Hill for their secret chicken and waffles (featuring pressure-fried chicken, breaded with rice flour and spiced with Korean chili powder, served on top of homemade buckwheat waffles).
1.11	"Made Man Meals"	Las Vegas, Nevada	November 25, 2014	April 8, 2015
Adam and his crew take a drive down the Las Vegas strip to find its tastiest secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Capo's Italian Steakhouse on Sahara Avenue for "The Leftovers" (a sandwich of sausage and meatballs topped with garlic, onions, and mushrooms ("bust-a-caps"), plus "Capone Sauce" - a tomato sauce using Al Capone's original recipe - as well as shredded cheese, two fried eggs, and a rustic bruschetta topping, all between toasted ciabatta bread); the Park on Fremont (named for its location on Fremont Street) for deep-fried lobster sliders topped with melted cheese and pineapple-chipotle slaw, all served between two bacon, mozzarella and provolone-filled potato pancakes, and a side of Park's Smothered Garbage Fries (fries topped with shredded cheese, cheese sauce, bacon, sour cream, chipotle aioli, green onions, tomatoes, and homemade guacamole), The Pizzeria at the Cosmopolitan Hotel for a white pizza with mozzarella, parmesan and ricotta cheeses, plus garlic oil, all made on an 8-year-old sourdough starter crust; and Jamms in Westside for the "Jamminator" (a sandwich of fried corned beef, sauerkraut and a 5-egg omelet, all inside deep-fried pretzel-bread French toast).
1.12	"Knot Your Average Food"	New Orleans, Louisiana	November 27, 2014	April 22, 2015
Adam checks out the "Big Easy" - New Orleans, Louisiana - to find the best of its secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Parkway Bakery and Tavern in Mid-City for the "James Brown" (named on this very episode; a po' boy sandwich featuring Leidenheimer bread loaded with fried shrimp, slow-barbecued beef (which includes grape jelly in the barbecue sauce), melted pepper jack cheese, more barbecue sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mayonnaise); Pizza Delicious in the Bywater for "Garlic Knot-chos" (homemade garlic knots oven-baked and topped with garlic butter, parmesan cheese, parsley, homemade pizza sauce, pickled jalapeños, and shredded mozzarella cheese - then baked in the oven again and topped with more sauce, parmesan and jalapeños), then a stop at SnoWizard SnoBall Shoppe located Uptown, where Adam treated his crew to homemade "sno-balls", a New Orleans treat of shaved ice flavored with sugar cane syrup, before the next secret spot at Bayou Hot Wings in Uptown (Adam's all-time favorite place for wings) for pepper-jelly wings (chicken wings cooked with a sauce of red and green bell peppers, jalapeño peppers, cayenne, black pepper, parsley and red pepper flakes, all mixed together with sugar and vinegar); and McClure's Barbecue on Magazine Street for redfish on the half-shell (spice-rubbed redfish that is smoked "on the half shell", or in its own skin, and topped with jumbo lump blue crab, lemon-and-garlic-flavored clarified butter, and fresh parsley, chives, and mint).
1.13	"City of Brotherly Grub"	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	December 4, 2014	June 3, 2015
The "City of Brotherly Love", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is Adam's next destination to find tasty secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: PYT (Pretty Yummy Thing) in North Liberties for the "Chicken and Beer Burger" (a ground chicken burger topped with a "beer wonton" - a frozen beer shot wrapped in wontons, then coated with a mixture of panko bread crumbs and potato chips, and deep fried - plus pimento cheese spread, pickled green tomato, lettuce and tomato, all on a butter-grilled brioche bun); National Mechanics, a bank-turned-restaurant in Old City, for the off-menu "Chili Frito Pie" (a bed of Fritos corn chips topped with beef chili, melted Oaxaca cheese, and the secret "cilantro salad" - a mixture of pico de gallo, avocado, and cilantro); Federal Donuts in Center City for Korean fried chicken twice-fried in a secret dill pickle glaze, and a "Belshaw Donut Robot Mark II"-made cake donut dipped in a honey-lemon glaze; and The Ranstead Room, secretly located in the basement next to Mexican restaurant El Rey in Rittenhouse Square, for the "Albondigas" sandwich (Mexican-style beef meatballs mixed with bread crumbs and Mexican rice, then cooked in a Mexican marinara sauce of tomatoes, onions, mint, and chipotle and guajillo peppers, and placed inside of a toasted baguette lined with goat cheese).
1.14	"Secret Super Bowl Snacks"	New York, New York	December 11, 2014	April 29, 2015
In this Super Bowl-themed episode, Adam scours his native New York City for secret treats in restaurants that feel like home to fans of various NFL teams; this episode was filmed before Super Bowl XLVIII, which took place in the New York City metro area. Stops include: Philadelphia Eagles establishment Wogies Bar & Grill in the West Village for a cheesesteak prepared with onions, cherry peppers, sweet peppers, and double Cheez Whiz on a soft pretzel roll; Denver Broncos fan favorite Little Town in Union Square for a carnival-style funnel cake (topped with vanilla ice cream, coulis made from blueberries, strawberries and blackberries, and powdered sugar); Cleveland Browns establishment Manny's on Second in the Upper East Side for "Polish Boy Tot-chos" (deep-fried tater tots topped with crumbled sweet Italian sausage, Asian coleslaw, homemade buffalo sauce, and shredded cheese); and Chicago Bears haven The Overlook in Midtown East for an off-the-menu Italian beef sandwich (only served during Bears games: thinly-sliced roast beef drenched in au jus and topped with pickles, giardiniera, and hot peppers). NFL stars DeSean Jackson (Philadelphia), Von Miller (Denver), Chris Ogbonnaya (Cleveland), and brothers Martellus (Chicago) and Michael Bennett (Seattle) made special guest appearances in this episode, as well as American Idol alumni Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo (during the segment filmed at Little Town).
1.15	"NYC Steak-Easy"	New York, New York	December 18, 2014	June 24, 2015
Adam searches for the best secret food finds and off-menu items inside establishments throughout his hometown of New York City. Stops include: the secret second floor of Tre Dici Steak in Chelsea for the "Valdostana" (only five served each night: a veal chop seasoned with kosher salt and black pepper, pan-seared, topped with shredded Fontina cheese, spinach, garlic and prosciutto, and doused in a Marsala wine demi-glace); El Sabroso, hidden inside a loading dock in the Garment District in Midtown, for Peruvian-style roast pork rice & beans (featuring pork marinated in a blend of bell peppers, onions, celery, garlic and cilantro, and roasted pernil-style, before being pulled and served over yellow rice and beans with a homemade hot sauce and a side salad); Cienfuegos in Alphabet City for "ropa vieja" (Spanish for "old clothes"; Cuban-style pork coated in spices of salt, black pepper, fennel, anise, cumin, coriander and mustard seed, pan-seared with cloves of garlic and mirepoix, then braised in red wine, chicken stock, rosemary and thyme, and served over a cauliflower purée while topped with shallot strings and pumpkin seeds); and Sugar and Plumm in the Upper West Side for the off-the-menu "Upper West Sliders" (sliders featuring boneless short ribs braised in root beer, then sliced and flattop-seared, and topped with caramelized onions, blue cheese, and jalapeño jam).

References

1. Yahr, Emily. "Adam Richman’s new show pulled from Travel Channel in wake of crude Instagram rant". The Washington Post.
2. "TV Guide for week ending 11/10/14". Molks TV Talk.
3. "Man Finds Food - Watch full episodes - PLUS7 - Yahoo!7". Plus7.

External links

• Official website
• Man Finds Food at TV Guide