Fro-Yo for Dogs; Cheap Chains Taking Over City
Gelato is gaining popularity in the U.S., a six-foot-long zucchini grows in Queens, and more from our glance at the morning headlines.
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Pizza Fusion Followup: Goodness Greenness Gracious!
Yesterday we reported on the upcoming opening of Pizza Fusion, "the most environmentally friendly restaurant in America." But we lamented some notable buzzword absences from their online materials — namely "local" and "sustainable." Enter Ashley Rathgeber, purchaser for Pizza...
Wasting Away Again In ... Rosemont?
Don't ask us to explain the phenomenon of the Buffetthead (is that what they call themselves? We're feeling far too island-mellow and blitzed on boat drinks to google the proper phrase). They are obsessed with Jimmy Buffett, who to...
Dunkin’ Donuts Is the Top Chain in Town
Starbucks would be number two, even if they weren't closing any stores.
Counterstrike (A Rant)
We realize that there are some excellent hamburgers to be had in Chicago. We know that. It is intellectually obvious to us that in a city with such excellent dining, such unrepentant carnivorousness, such shameless dedication to the glories of...
Starbucks To Close Delaware Valley Locations?
Starbucks announced late Tuesday afternoon that they are closing 600 of their stores in the United States, as previously mentioned in our newsbrief. All stores closed will be from the company-operated market (meaning that privately operated locations such as those...
Burger King Is Not Just Stingy -- Paranoid Too!
The hole that Burger King was in after the failure to agree to a penny-per-pound increase for tomato workers has just been getting deeper and deeper. Last week, we learned that a vice president in the company wrote some...
Burger King Is Not Just Stingy -- Paranoid Too!
The hole that Burger King was in after the failure to agree to a penny-per-pound increase for tomato workers has just been getting deeper and deeper. Last week, we learned that a vice president in the company wrote some...
Burger King's $167 Hamburger
Look out Daniel Boulud — a $167 hamburger (GBP85) has debuted at selected Burger Kings in London. Burger King's new Kobe beef burger will be topped with blue cheese and will be sold at the chain's Kensington and Chelsea, London...
Burger King's $167 Hamburger
Look out Daniel Boulud — a $167 hamburger (GBP85) has debuted at selected Burger Kings in London. Burger King's new Kobe beef burger will be topped with blue cheese and will be sold at the chain's Kensington and Chelsea, London...
Misplaced Restaurant Rage
After reading yesterday's item in trade mag Restaurants and Institutions about a drive-through dispute that resulted in a double stabbing in Texas (!?), we got just curious enough to Google the term "fast-food rage" (but without the quotes). Turns out...
Food Blogs Already Having Sport With Calorie Listings
Calorie charts are hitting chain restaurants, a comedy gift to food writers everywhere.
City Retains Right to Call You Fat
Restaurant trade group fights to keep calories off menus, and loses.
The Appeal Of Chipotle
What is it about formerly McDonald's-owned Mexican chain Chipotle that gives it such a ferocious cult following? Fast Company tried to find out. Apart from commiting the sin of calling Chipotle "the Bono of the fast-food business" (!), they...
Burger King Unveils Hamburger-Flavored Potato Snacks
Burger King has just licensed out their name for a series of, err, "potato snacks." Not potato chips. Potato snacks. We just got word from snack makers Intensely Different that they have officially unveiled a line of Burger King potato...
Chipotle Gets Local
We generally try to avoid large chains. Very broadly speaking, the food isn't usually that awesome and the experience results in us giving our money to some sort of mega-corporation that has a ton of policies we find objectionable....