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Calorie laws & growing pains [Cellar Door]
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Lucy in the house.Photo: Daniel Maurer, Cellar Door
Calorie laws & growing pains [Cellar Door]

In poor taste?MSNBC
• The increase in food prices last month was the greatest one-month hike in eighteen years. [NYP]
• Mariah Carey was very protective of her wedding cake — which was delicious, by the way – on the way to the Bahamas. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
• Not only is there free coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts today, but you can also get a free Southern Style Chicken sandwich at McDonald’s if you buy a drink. [Midtown Lunch]
• You’ll soon be able to eat at Sarabeth’s when shopping at Lord & Taylor. [NYT]
• Michelin-starred Paul Haeberlin, one of the great French chefs, died at the age of 84 over the weekend. [NYT]
• Nathan’s Famous has started posting their calorie info, and it’s plain to see that a hot dog is much less fattening than a Big Mac. [Kinetic Carnival via Gothamist]

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New at Dunkin' Donuts: The Bathroom Perv [Daily Intel]

"I'll have an omelette with a side of 'Who the f*** cares?'"Menu courtesy of IHOP.
The New Yorkers we surveyed at Chipotle and Starbucks in Union Square yesterday didn't seem too concerned. But after perusing some of the juicy morsels we’ve dug up, they might just consider the Baconator a “healthy” option.
Astoria: In honor of Tax Day, Dunkin' Donuts is giving away a free doughnuts with each purchase of a hot cup of joe. Luckily, the chain has plenty of locations in the neighborhood where you can take advantage of the special. [Joey in Astoria]
Chelsea: Looking for a good venue to host a party with kids in tow? This party planner ignored a blogger's suggestion to go to Buddakan, of all places, but Ruby Foo's didn't make a much better alternative. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]
Cobble Hill: Cobblestone Foods will prepare brisket with dried apricots, poached salmon, and caramel matzo among other Passover-friendly foods for your Seder, as long as you place an order by tomorrow. [Strong Buzz]
Harlem: On April 22, the Hudson River Café will host a spring festival that combines outdoor grilling and lots of wine tasting. [Grub Street]
Tribeca: Rockwell Group didn't actually have much to do with the design of the Greenwich Hotel and, within it, Ago ; the design firm Grayling is responsible for the thousands of corks, which no one noticed, among other details, such as the entire exterior of the building. [Down by the Hipster]

Disaster looms.Photo courtesy Gowanus Lounge
Bedford Ave. Report: Dunkin' Donuts Coming [Gowanus Lounge]

Let them drink Dunkin'.Photo: GettyImages
Vera Wang’s Lavender, Now With Free Continental Breakfast [The Cut]
Earlier: Rachael Ray Brushes Off Her Starbucks Scandal

Could this be the last known image of the two together?Photo: Getty Images
OK! Exclusive: Rachael Ray Denies Starbucks Rumor [OK!]
Related: Rachael Ray Doesn't Like Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Any More Than We Do

And if you give me that swill again, expect to get hit with this.Photo: Getty Images
A friend of Grub Street writes us:
So a friend of mine was on set last week as Rachael Ray filmed her latest Dunkin' Donuts commercial. According to her, Rachael stormed onto the set and snapped at everyone. Not news, I know, everyone knows she's actually a gigantic asshole. BUT! I am also told she took one sip of her Dunkin' Donuts coffee, yelled “What is this shit? Get me MY coffee,” and would not continue until she was given “her” coffee — i.e., Starbucks.
If this is true, it's is the first thing we've read that makes us like Rachael Ray. Maybe her diva-ish behavior is what's causing the turmoil at her magazine, but we're with her on this one: Dunkin’ Donuts coffee is the worst.

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The unused Building D of Essex Street Market may get new life. Residents want low-rent housing there; city law compels the building to be used for food-related businesses. [NYT]
Two veterans of Gramercy Tavern and Blue Smoke will open Huckleberry Bar, described as “the bar at your favorite Danny Meyer restaurant” but in East Williamsburg. There will also be British and southern mix of small plates from a 5 Ninth alum, no doubt like the food at your favorite Zak Pelaccio restaurant. [Strong Buzz]
Hard liquor sales on Wall Street are up significantly since the stock market plummeted on August. 16, says one wine shop owner. [NYT]
Astoria: Greek restaurant Stamatis’s expansion across the street finally looks near completion, and the place looks nice. [Joey in Astoria]
Coney Island: Takeru Kobayashi may have lockjaw, but you can still show your support on July 4 by wearing one of these Kobayashi T-shirts inspired by the Nathan’s and Bob’s Big Boy logos. [The Food Section]
Hell's Kitchen: Rumor has it that Dunkin’ Donuts on Eighth Avenue near 36th Street is giving away free coffee and doughnuts while training its new staff today. [Grub Street]
Lower East Side: You can still get Gertel’s pastries at Flicker’s Coffee and Tea Shop around the corner. [Lost City]
Tribeca: Blue Crab Mondays are back at the Hideaway. [Gastro Chic]
Upper East Side: Park Avenue Summer now boasts a create-your-own-cocktail bar. [Restaurant Girl]
Bedford-Stuyvesant: A Dunkin’ Donuts–Baskin Robbins double team coming to Nostrand Avenue is more than welcome. [Bed-Stuy Blog]
Chelsea: The new Telegraphe Espresso Bar on West 18th Street not only boasts flat screens playing independent films, but the baristas form flowers in your foam. [Blog Chelsea]
Chinatown: The Mondrian Hotel, in all its nightlife glory, will replace the Chinatown Dialysis Center on Lafayette, bringing damage to livers where there was once healing. [Down by the Hipster]
East Village: Zum Schneider celebrates averting eviction with help from petitions by thanking customers with a free buffet and free beer from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. [Gothamist]
Flatiron: Shake Shack's line-monitoring ShackCam is down. [Eater]
Lower East Side: Taco Taco expands southward with a similarly thematic name: Móle. [Gothamist]
West Village: Chumley's landlord has a history of shoddy maintenance, making neighbors fear another collapse. [NYT]
Chelsea: Surprise! The imminent opening of a Dunkin’ Donuts a few doors down from Donut Pub, a fixture since 1964, inspires anti-chain sentiment. [Villager]
Lower East Side: The soft opening of the 2,000-square-foot Boucarou Lounge offers leopard-skin tube tops and cocktails with dumb names — cocktails with dumb names? No way. [Gawker]
Midtown East: The showing of My Sweet Lord, the life-size, anatomically correct chocolate Jesus, has been canceled. [Eat for Victory/VV]
Times Square: Attention Department of Health: At Tycoon Sushi Steakhouse in “gentleman’s club” Cheetah, Shinsaku Yamakage of Blue Ribbon will serve his cuisine off naked women. [Eater]
Rod Stewart, banned for life at the River Café for pulling his own “rod” out, gets readmitted after a penitential jig for owner Buzzy O'Keefe. [NYDN]
McDonald's coffee "the cheapest and the best," according to Consumer Reports. Of course, it was only going up against Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, and Starbucks. [NYDN]
Frank Bruni also thinks Marcel got the shaft in the Top Chef finale. Does Ilan have any fans in the media at all? [NYT]
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