The James Weird Awards: Piss-Whiskey, Hairy Bagels, and Waffle House Hijinx
Plus: a suspicious-looking grocery thank-you note, and a brother and sister rob a Popeye’s with a golf club, in our weekly roundup of weird restaurant news.
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The James Weird Awards: Lobster Theft, Bananaphobia, and Cannibal Cuisine
Plus: insulting song dedications, French-onion soup with a side of birth control, and a fake-gun-toting restaurant robber, all in this week's roundup of weird restaurant news.
Chains Find the Upside of Menu Labeling
At Le Pain Quotidien, the biggest seller is no longer the 690-calorie grilled-chicken tartine. So what is?
T.G.I. Friday’s Coda: We Have Only Ourselves to Blame
The reviled chain actually originated in New York City.
Subway Continues Its Inexorable Advance, Hits 150 Stores in Manhattan
Subways continue to take over the bottom floors of high-end developments.
Submarina Wants to Introduce New York to ‘California Subs’
Baja Fresh was just the beginning of the California-chain invasion.
Talking Doughnuts, Coffee, and Canada With Über Restaurateur Dennis Riese
We check in with the city's biggest restaurant owner on the brink of his switch from Dunkin' Donuts to Tim Hortons.
The Chain Gang: T.G.I. Friday’s and Applebee’s Battle in the Bronx, Yolato and Burritoville Return, and More
Uncle Louie G blows up while McDonald's chills out, plus more in our occasional look at what the chains and mini-chains are up to.
This Is Why You’re Fat
A new book, by the man who fought big tobacco as FDA commissioner, tells us why we crave Chili’s (wait, we crave Chili’s?).
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.
Dunkin’ Donuts Is the Top Chain in Town
Starbucks would be number two, even if they weren't closing any stores.
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.
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