'Thanks for the tip': Restaurant keeps £9million (Daily Mail) - 6/28/08
The relatives of a woman who left £10million to the owners of her favourite Chinese restaurant have managed to win back just £1million of her fortune in a secret legal deal. more>> [includes pic] Cook Confesses To Putting Own Hair In Dish Of Disgruntled Customer (CityNews) - 6/23/08
He denied the charges for months. But when push came to shove in a West Bend, Wisconsin courtroom last week, Ryan Kropp finally came clean. And his case would appear to validate every urban legend you've heard about what waiters or cooks can do to your food in a restaurant if you give them a hard time. more>> [includes pic] Scorpions for Breakfast and Snails for Dinner (New Yoik Times) - 6/11/08
In Beijing, where my family lives, I once returned home from a restaurant with a doggy bag full of deep-fried scorpions. The next morning, I poured them instead of imported raisin bran into my 11-year-old son’s cereal bowl. more>> Dutch man suffers cut buttocks in joke mishap (TwinCities.com) - 6/3/08
Dutch police say a man who pushed his exposed buttocks against a restaurant window as a joke was injured when the glass broke and lacerated his behind. more>> Scandal forces swanky Japanese restaurant to shut (SAWF) - 5/28/08
An exclusive Japanese restaurant chain said Wednesday it would close down after it was found to have served leftover food in a scandal that led to a slump in business. more>> Guests give top marks to Italian gourmet jail (Yahoo!Xtra) - 5/21/08
In what might be Italy's most exclusive restaurant, security is understandably tight. more>> Monkey serves drinks in Japanese restaurant (ninemsn) - 5/16/08
A small restaurant with a monkey for a waiter has become well-known in Japan after it featured on national television. more>> [includes vid] Nose-to-Tail Meals (ForbesTraveler.com) - 5/12/08
Colin Alevras, chef at New York City’s Tasting Room, recently unveiled a luxury burger that blew diners’ minds. more>> Fast-Food Workers Spit In Customer Drinks (WKMG) - 5/15/08
Two fast-food workers at a Sonic eatery in Eunice spit into customers' drinks, a company representative said. more>> Chicago overturns foie gras ban (BBC) - 5/15/08
The city council of Chicago has overturned a ban on foie gras, less than two years after it was imposed. more>> Settlement between medical marijuana user, restaurant owner ends human rights battle (Burlington Post) - 5/14/08
Steve Gibson says he will be back at Gator Ted's sometime later this year puffing his medical marijuana outside the local restaurant. more>> Woman ejected from restaurant for looking too masculine settles suit (KSWO) - 5/13/08
A New York City restaurant has settled a lawsuit brought against it by a lesbian who says she was ejected because a bouncer thought she was a man in the ladies' room. more>> Restaurant Bans Children Younger Than 6 (WSOC) - 5/9/08
The management for a popular restaurant in Silverton, Ore., announced Thursday that young children would no longer be allowed into the establishment. more>> [includes vid] If the Fish Liver Can’t Kill, Is It Really a Delicacy? (New York Times) - 5/4/08
Poison has been as integral to fugu, the funny-looking, potentially deadly puffer fish prized by Japanese gourmands, as the savor of its pricey meat. So consider fugu, but poison-free. more>> Restaurant Customer Threatened Over Tip (WSMV) - 5/1/08
Police said a man received a bomb threat in the mail over a tip he left at a Murfreesboro steakhouse. more>> [includes vid] Inspection Cites Restaurant For Keeping Bread In Bathroom (WFTV) - 4/30/08
Eyewitness News discovered a popular Sanford fast food restaurant that's accused of storing food on the floor inside the men's restroom. more>> Cloud Of Bees Swarming In 'Tornado Pattern' Chases Diners From Restaurant (Local6.com) - 4/25/08
A giant cloud of thousands of bees mysteriously appeared and began to swirl in a "tornado pattern" around a Central Florida Mexican restaurant. more>> [includes vid] Manager jailed for selling drive-through marijuana (Arkansas Online) - 4/21/08
Deep-dish is one thing, but “pot” is another to Fort Smith police...more>> The incredible shrinking restaurant portion (Seattle Times) - 4/13/08
In the past year, a few dozen chefs have come to the test kitchen of Rastelli Foods, a wholesaler based near Philadelphia, in search of tips about how to trim portions, preferably in ways diners won't notice. more>> McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network (Huffington Post) - 4/14/08
It took less than 12 hours from the time the media caught wind of Cindy McCain's recipe theft for John McCain's campaign website to scrub away the offending pages...more>> Beijing Mao-era restaurant leaves locals seeing red (Xinhua News Agency) - 4/6/08
Waitresses in green army uniforms and red "Serve the People" armbands salute customers and greet them with "I swear to Chairman Mao that I will serve you with all my heart." more>> Dogs back on the menu in Korea (thewest.com.au) - 4/2/08
The Seoul city government is seeking to classify man’s best friend as livestock in order to set food safety standards for South Korean lovers of dogmeat, officials say. more>> As sushi craze spreads,be careful about raw deal (Xinhua News Agency) - 3/29/08
As Japanese sushi conquers restaurants and homes around the world, industry experts are fighting the side-effects of the raw fish boom: fake sushi bars, over-confident amateurs, poisoned consumers. more>> China: Dog Meat Restaurant Ban 'Masks Nationwide Cruelty' (Sky News) - 3/11/08
Restaurants serving dog meat in Beijing have been ordered to close for fear of upsetting thousands of western tourists arriving for this year's Olympic Games. more>> Theater of the absurd: Minnesota bars thwart smoking ban by declaring everyone an actor (International Herald Tribune) - 3/7/08
All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. more>> Fight breaks out during party at Chuck E. Cheese (MetroWest Daily News) 3/3/08
Two Boston-area moms are being summoned to court after police say they got into a fistfight at Chuck E. Cheese...more>> Restaurant Chef Allegedly Contaminates Steak After Patron Complains (CityNews) - 2/29/08
O.K., admit it, you've often heard those horror stories about what restaurant workers do to the food of customers they don't like. more>> The Bad Lemon At Your Restaurant Table (CBS4) - 2/27/08
We all know the dangers of uncooked meat and contaminated produce. There is a newly discovered food danger we should be aware of. more>> [includes vid] Mich. restaurateur builds a 134-pound hamburger (TwinCities.com) - 2/23/08
A Detroit-area restaurant owner believes he has broken the world record for "largest hamburger commercially available." more>> Don't let a bad restaurant spoil your holiday (Sydney Morning Herald) - 2/18/08
It was a tale to dine out on. A couple at the next table in Bangkok were telling fellow guests about dinner the previous night. They'd been to a restaurant where everything was terrible. more>> TV chef spiced up his past exploits (St. Petersburg Times) - 2/17/08
Celebrity chef Robert Irvine blew into town two years ago with the panache of royalty, the ego of a TV star and a plan to turn St. Petersburg into "the next Monaco." more>> Man Bites Insect (New York Times) - 2/10/08
David Gracer eats bugs. Not any old crushed, oozy, sidewalk kind of bug, but insects selected just like any other food — for sustenance and taste. more>> We've run out of pizza! (Daily Mail) - 2/9/08
Even by the standards of Blackpool on a Saturday night, they must have been a sight to behold - nine gay men and transsexuals, several wearing women's clothing. more>> The moment a diner sent back an £18,000 bottle of wine (Daily Mail) - 2/8/08
It was a moment to make the most experienced sommelier gasp with horror. more>> Restaurant removes bathroom camera (London Free Press) - 2/5/08
A fake surveillance camera pointing into a bathroom stall of a Second Cup restaurant was taken down yesterday after it sparked concerns from the chain's executives and the Quebec government. more>> Sorry, you’re too fat to eat here (MSNBC.com) - 2/4/08
A state lawmaker wants to ban restaurants from serving food to obese customers-- but please, don't be offended. more>> Japanese restaurants invited to win approval of the sushi squad (The Times) - 1/30/08
It may look like sushi, taste like sushi and wriggle like sushi, but for the gourmet in London, Paris or New York, the question remains: just how Japanese is this raw fish? more>> Virginia Restaurant Fined For Making Real Sangria (CBS 5) - 1/25/08
If you're served a pitcher of authentic sangria in a Virginia restaurant, someone's breaking the law. more>> Warnings don't deter lovers of sushi (International Herald Tribune) - 1/24/08
Sara Barokas, a substitute teacher, noticed the yellow-and-red signs above the sushi case at the Gourmet Garage market on Broadway: "Protect yourself and your family!!! Mercury in sushi." more>> Grandmother Arrested At Drive-Thru While Waiting For Fries, Coffee (WFTV) - 1/20/08
A 75-year-old woman was arrested at a Clearwater McDonald's drive-thru because police said she wouldn't pull her car forward. more>> [includes vid] Kid Rock Proves He Has A Heart (Expo Say) - 1/14/08
Kid Rock rewarded a busboy with $1,000 for finding his friend's watch. The 'Cowboy' singer was dining at Justin Timberlake's New York restaurant Southern Hospitality when the waiter handed him a $200,000 watch he had found on the floor. more>> Changes to Disney Dining Plan infuriate WDW guests (Jim Hill Media) - 1/7/08
There are many things that one might expect to hear at a full-service eatery at the Walt Disney World Resort. An attentive server asking a guest if they can get them another Coke. Or an anxious parent -- as they clutch their camera -- asking when's Mickey going to come through the restaurant again. But what you don't expect to hear is a patron swearing at the top of their lungs at a WDW restaurant manager over something they just found on their bill. more>> No young children at Victoria & Albert's (Orlando Sentinel) - 1/4/08
Victoria & Albert's to young children: please eat somewhere else. In a move to create at least one intimate, adult dining establishment on its property, Walt Disney World has banned young children from its swankiest restaurant, Victoria & Albert's at the Grand Floridian Spa and Resort. more>> 'Hearty Eater' Claims Buffet Banned Him (Bay News 9) - 1/3/08
A 6-foot-3, 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet line, then banned him and a relative because they're hearty eaters. more>> Royal Palm Beach couple finds rare purple pearl while dining (FOX News) - 1/1/08
A husband and wife are rubbing their hands with glee after finding a valuable gemstone — in their dinner. more>>
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