[1][2] Owner Steve Mallie is known for creating extremely large food and drink items, including a 2-pound taco, a 1-gallon Bloody Mary, and a 2.5-gallon ice cream sundae.

[3][4] Additionally, the restaurant's largest creations have been featured in Guinness World Records and cable television programs.

One record noted that Mallie's Sports Bar and Grill claims to sell the world's largest, commercially available hamburger,[1] weighing approximately 338.6 pounds.

[7] Mallie's was featured on Man v. Food during a Detroit area visit from Adam Richman, the host of the show; he and a team of 40 people attempted to eat a 190-pound "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger" within two hours, but only managed to eat 160 pounds when time ran out.

An almost 250-pound "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger" was served to a football team during the Modern Marvels episode "Supersized Food" that originally aired on November 5, 2010.