• It's really very easy to try traditional Irish food in Boston. [MP: Boston] • This Chicago burger has four pieces of bread buttressing it. [MP: Chicago] • Only Philly would host an event called "Scrapplefest!". [MP: Philadelphia] • Wine...
Q: Hey, MP: Boston, should you eat the eggs of a chicken right alongside its mother? A: No. That's gross. Q: MP: Chicago, who orders the caviar staircase at TRU? A: Pretty much no one. Q: Yo, MP: Philadelphia, do...
• Don't diss Beantown burgers. [MP: Boston] • A cupcake full of alcohol is always a good idea. [MP: Chicago] • If you have $17.50 to spare, you should probably spend it on grilled offal. [MP: Philadelphia] • If you...
Watch the Oscars last night? If yes, then you may have noticed the Tom Colicchio Diet Coke ads that ran a few times. The spot was notable not just because of Colicchio's shilling for Coca-Cola (as Leila of MenuPages:Boston...
• Try out for the Food Network's Amazing Race knockoff! [MP: Boston] • Represent Arab food at Taste of Chicago! [MP: Chicago] • Leave us an aggressively shilly review! [MP: Philadelphia] • Start a web series about your local food...
• A prescription for the single and drunk. [MP: Boston] • A heartfelt letter of appreciation for one departing food writer. [MP: Chicago] • An anti-anti-Valentine's Day polemic. [MP: Philadelphia] • A guide to Valentine's Day for hippies. [MP: San...
Like so many things in life, the Pinkberry-style froyo obsession can likely be traced directly back to The Hills. Pinkberry may have been popular in Los Angeles before Lauren Conrad and her posse traipsed through the city, but as...
Welcome to Review of the Week, where we highlight some of the more unusual reviews left by MenuPages users across the country. This gem arrived Monday afternoon as a two-part series titled "Wonder Bread and Chocolate Pudding," in which the...
Helen of MP:Chicago reports on the New York Observer doing away with their restaurant reviews, and wonders about the future of restaurant criticism in these lean financial times. She doesn't want to believe in this grim possible turn of...
With Valentine's Day looming, Adam of MP:San Francisco writes about the recently released Zagat dating guides for New York and Los Angeles. Here's the thing: the Zagat handbooks not only chronicle where to date and woo Mr. or Ms....
• Put in your drink order without knowing what you're going to get! [MP: Boston] • Custom-blend your ice cream using liquid nitrogen! [MP: Chicago] • Spit in the eye of the economy and open two more restaurants! [MP: Philadelphia]...
A quick cupcake chronology: a novelty in the early 2000s, predictable in the mid 2000s, played out by 2007-2008. The backlash is as old news as cupcakes are, but the question is, why hasn't it made a dent in cupcake...
Over at sister blog MP:South Florida, Carolina writes about Servinity, a startup hoping to harness the wonders of text messaging and the internet to facilitate restaurant and bar staffing. Per the Atlanta Business Journal, The software-as-a service company leverages...
When it comes to weathering the recession, Starbucks is clearly no Jose Garces. Not only is the company doing away with afternoon decaf, laying off 1,000+ employees, and closing hundreds of branches, they also have to deal with pesky competition...
• It's a Pats-free Super Bowl this year, but that doesn't mean that Boston isn't ready for game day. Drink some beer, eat some wings, and relax. [MP: Boston] • Sandra Lee parodies are never not funny. [MP: Chicago] •...
At the risk of becoming the Pepsi beat, this marks the second time in as many weeks that we have been floored by their advertising/viral marketing strategy. Last time it was on account of the parallel they drew between...
The Tuscan town of Lucca is getting some flack for a ruling earlier this week banning food establishments of other ethnicities from within the city's medieval walls. That means no fast food, no pizza, no kebab stalls and no...
After reading about the seven Japanese diners who went to the hospital after consuming ineptly prepared fugu (blowfish sushi) we immediately wanted to try it for ourselves. After all, even if you get a bad piece, you still have...
Alice Waters has been taking flack from all sides over the past week, and so far she has been rather quiet about it. You probably heard about Anthony Bourdain's jab at the sultana of sustainability last week, where he...
• The best part about Valentine's Day? Obviously, it's the candy. [MP: Boston] • You're never ever too old for a "your mom" joke. [MP: Chicago] • Philly restaurateur Stephen Starr gives out burns like an arsonist. [MP: Philadelphia] •...
