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Chili’s
the chain gang
Apr. 17, 2018
America’s Once-Majestic Novelty-Burger Industry Is on Life Support When you’re putting tarantulas on burgers, it’s time to look elsewhere for inspiration.
By Clint Rainey
shonda rhimes
Jan. 5, 2018
You Were Right! That Was Shonda Rhimes at Chili’s “You can take a girl out of the Midwest but don’t come for her baby back ribs.”
By Tolly Wright
the feeding tube
Nov. 6, 2017
NBC Is Making a Sitcom Based on Chili’s Elite Corps of ‘Super-Trainers’ It’s about a gung-ho team that “travels the country opening new branches” of a casual-dining chain.
By Clint Rainey
the chain gang
Nov. 14, 2016
Chili’s Manager Takes Away Black Vet’s Free Burger on Veterans Day A customer in Trump shirt allegedly questioned his service to a manager.
By Clint Rainey
the chain gang
July 18, 2016
Tourist Eats at Chain Restaurant New York City is full of amazing restaurants. Too bad people still go to Chili’s when they’re here.
By Chris Crowley
The Tipping Game
Jan. 13, 2016
Chili’s Takes a Stand Against the Anti-Tipping Movement The company doesn’t want its servers to forget the meaning of good service, or something.
By Chris Crowley
The Chain Gang
May 15, 2015
By Clint Rainey
Strike A Pose
Oct. 20, 2014
By Clint Rainey
Even the NRA Says Maybe Don’t Bring a Gun to a Restaurant The organization says demonstrators have “crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness.”
By Clint Rainey
The Chain Gang
Apr. 4, 2014
Chili’s April Autism Awareness Partnership Draws Sharp Criticism Critics say the well-intentioned benefit is actually funding a “pseudoscientific” group.
By Clint Rainey
The Grub Street Diet
Feb. 21, 2014
The Daily Show ’s Samantha Bee Powers Through Lunch at“My death-row meal would be just all different kinds of potato chips.”
By Sierra Tishgart
The Chain Gang
Sept. 17, 2013
Shiny Tablets Trick Americans Into Buying More Food From Chili’s The restaurant chain tested tablet-ordering at nearly 200 locations and found they dramatically boosted business.
By Belle Cushing
Where Not to Eat
May 13, 2013
By Jay Barmann
G-20 Reaches Food Agreement; Where to Find Lamb Belly The international heavyweight organization works to stabilize world food prices.
Comedian Heather McDonald Eats Zankou Chicken and United Airlines Tapas “I don’t know if was the movie or the glasses of wine, but I fell asleep in the middle….I love Reese Witherspoon, but that was a pretty bad movie.”
By Hadley Tomicki
LAUSD Appeases Critics Through Flavored Milk Ban; Joseph Mahon Finds a Fullerton The ban has been considered for some time, but will allow LAUSD a little breathing room.
Sewing Needle Found in Chili’s Ribs; How to Drink Pigeon Milk In other news, Pepsi and Jamba Juice have both gone very green.
An Unintended Tongue Piercing at Chili’s; Super Squabs Plus: Modernizing Africa’s food system, Pepsi’s new eco-bottles, and more, all in our morning news roundup.
Campbell Soup Heiress Is No Longer a Billionaire; Pigeon Milk Is Being Touted as Plus: Pepsi invents a palnt-based plastic bottle; and General Mills is devoting resources to help modernize Africa’s food systems, all in our morning news roundup.
Brooklyn Plans Kitchen for Small Producers; Behold the United States of Beer Plus: introducing savory cupcakes, Chili’s conquers Russia, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Fire Strikes Sally Starr’s Pizza Shop; Brace Yourself: Here Comes Savory Plus: Local-food delivery appeases lazy locavores; and Chili’s opens in Russia, all in our morning news roundup.
A New Ruling on Wine Sales in NJ Could Crush Local Wineries; Martha Stewart Gets Plus: With new dietary guidelines, the USDA warns against calories, soda and salt; and Chili’s tests new barbecue menu items, all in our morning news roundup.
Jay Leno Breaks Down at Chili’s; Westlake Resident Details Harrassment of Street The late-night host fixes his car using water from the restaurant and an LAPD officer is singled out for dumping food vendors’ trash.
By Hadley Tomicki
Celebrity Settings
Sept. 1, 2010
Was Ashton Kutcher Caught Canoodling at Madeo? The actor and Hollywood restaurant owner takes to Twitter and starts asking “dude, where’s my lawyer?”
By Hadley Tomicki
Kanye West Throws Tantrum Over Chicken; Fatburger Expands to Indonesia Reports say Kanye West got very upset over a piece of chicken in Hollywood, while Fatburger goes abroad to Indonesia.
By Hadley Tomicki
Meals Taxes Rise Today; Instant Ice Cream at Northeastern Plus: Sandra Lee gets dissed, and Chili’s wants its customers back (customers back), all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
Bayless Loves Banh Mi; Free Coffee For All Plus: Chili’s brings its baby back back; Chick-Fil-A wins best drive thru
By Helen Rosner
Alton Brown Disses Sandra Lee; Chili’s Wants Its Customers Back Plus: Bloomberg as Big Brother, and cheap wine, all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
Lights Out at The Four Seasons; Fro-Yo Battle Carries On Plus: Bigger taxes could mean bigger tips, and more groceries at Target, all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
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?).
By Daniel Maurer
The Apocalypse
Nov. 18, 2008
Gael Greene Experiments With Spam, and We Can Only Wonder What’s Next The esteemed critic is headed down a slope that’s as slippery as Spam goo.
By Daniel Maurer
The Shocking Secrets of Chain-Restaurant Calorie Counts After reviewing our findings, you may come to consider the Baconator, compared to certain other murderous burgers, a “healthy” option.
Sign On to FohBoh; Stay Dry at Death & Co. There’s a new social-networking site for members of the restaurant industry called FohBoh, but if you’re not an industry insider, you can enjoy the forums, blogs, and videos on all aspects of food. [Red Herring via The Grinder/Chow]
Le Bernadin’s Eric Ripert will open a new restaurant called 10 Arts at the Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton this spring. [Zagat Buzz]
A lot of people may be freaking out over the FDA’s approval of meat and milk from cloned livestock for consumption, but cloned food products have been in the food supply for some time. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
Related: FDA to Beef Industry: Send in the Clones
Chili’s Is Mercifully Putting Nearly Half Its Menu Out of Its Misery The 125-item tome spread across 18 sections will be cut down to 75 “core” options.
By Clint Rainey