Rivals - The "Colossus"

 I had had the nachos at Rivals before, but was always curious about the "Colossus" on the menu.  It costs $34 and says it feeds 8 painfully and it has a beefy surprise.  There were only 4 of us, but we were gonna do our best.  Once delivered, we were not disappointed.  The nachos were so huge, they required their own table.  Now to find this beefy surprise.  Steve asked how many calories we thought was in the nachos...ah Steve...calories do not exist on nacho night.  When we finally found the beefy surprise, it was a chili dog, complete with bun in the middle of the nachos.  It was delicious, but hard to get a bite of, kinda needed a knife.  We asked how these epic nachos came about.  Apparently the GM and the owner both were making snacks, unknown to each other they both put nachos in the oven.  When they realized they had two orders, they put them together.  And asked, "What could make this even more awesome?"  A chili dog in the middle.  Nom Nom Nom Nom.  Rivals has great drink specials:  $4 jame-o and jager every day, Wednesdays are happy hour all night long and Thursday is service industry night.  We all especially enjoyed the six packs of various hot sauces they bring to your table...Katia you definitely missed out on this one!  Although there were all kinds of meat and cheese on these epic nachos, we managed to find some plain chips for our friend, the vegan, to put his favorite hot sauce on and munch with us. We had some late arrivals show up, but even they could not help us clean the plate. 

The Colossus - More than twice the size of our already huge nachos, also includes all of the additional toppings and the "beefy surprise" (serves up to 8 uncomfortably) - $34

Steve (3.5) – I’ve never used the word “majestic” to describe nachos before, but these nachos are fucking majestic. RAD: Nice cooked edges of chips, not just a gimmick. LAME: I want some music to eat my nachos to  Could use some more diversity of toppings, too uniform in color. T:C Ratio=3.5.  It was a little bright…although vegetarian for years, considered eating meat just for nacho night, especially tonight with the beefy surprise.  BEST NACHO WAITER EVER.

This was after we had consumed the nachos for an hour...we needed more mouths!

Kelly (4) – Very Colossal, it needs it’s own table. RAD: The chili dog was a stoners/pregnant lady’s culinary fantasy. LAME: No jalapenos or beans. T:C Ratio=4, not many naked chips.  These were nachos to remember.  And our server was awesome.  As a registered dietician, it was my absolute privilege and pleasure to celebrate National Registered Dieticians Day by consuming this “colossal” treat with such fabulous friends. 

Shannon (4) – Big ass pile of nachos. RAD: Chili dog complete with bun in the middle of the nachos. LAME: No beans or jalapenos (to Rivals credit, they were just temporarily out of jalapenos). T:C Ratio=4, it was hard for us to find chips for Tom (the vegan) and Steve (the vegetarian) that did not have toppings on them.  Our server, RJ, welcomed us immediately and was very attentive.  He remembered me from coming in before and talking about nachos.  He treated us to a lovely round of green tea shots. The music was a little loud for me, I guess the place gets all crazy dance club later on in the evening, but there was no need for the music to be blaring that early.   

Don't be scared of the beefy surprise!

Traci (5) – HUGE!  I would definitely order again! RAD: There’s a chili dog inside (polish dog was worth digging for!), layers of toppings throughout, and chips were crispy.  LAME: Could have used beans and guac.  But not much lame about what we did get. T:C Ratio=5, hardly any empty chips.  Our server, RJ was awesome!