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2007 & Later
Guinea pigs appear on the menu in Lima restaurants (USA Today) - 12/28/07
Ever wonder whether a cabernet sauvignon or merlot would best complement your childhood pet? more>> [includes pic]
Restaurateur Introduces Smoking Hole (Free Republic) - 12/20/07
A German restaurateur has come up with a novel solution to a new ban on smoking in restaurants... more>> [includes pics]
2 nabbed after dog allegedly stolen and eaten (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) - 12/19/07
Officially, police say the dog is missing. At first, the two suspects arrested for allegedly stealing it said the dog ran away. Later, one suspect said the animal was slaughtered and eaten. more>>
'Lonely' pensioner leaves $23m to Chinese restaurant (ABC News) - 12/8/07
The family of a wealthy British pensioner who left her entire fortune to the owners of a Chinese restaurant has failed in a legal bid to have her will declared invalid. more>>
Blogger: Story About Donald Trump's $10,000 Tip Was Fake (New York Post) - 12/7/07
The blogger behind a receipt purportedly showing a $10,000 tip left earlier this week by Donald Trump at a California restaurant told FOXNews.com Friday it was a fake...more>>
Potato Chips Get Another UF Football Player in Trouble (WCJB TV) - 12/6/07
He's the latest University of Florida football player in trouble with the law, arrested on a battery charge. But he wasn't alone. It all started over a bag of potato chips. A Jimmy John's restaurant employee says Cunningham and a former gator player, sophomore Jonathan Demps, threw empty cups and a sandwich at him. more>> [includes vid]
Pizzeria owner: 'horrible' cigar shop smell seeping through walls (Pantagraph.com) - 11/27/07
The owner of Spanky’s Pizza fears being driven out of business by the stench of cigar smoke, which customers say is mixing with the familiar smells of pepperoni, cheese and garlic. more>>
Dinners From Hell (Baltimore Sun) - 11/24/07
Judging from the total crash-and-burn of my Let's All Be Thankful posts this week and last, I think some readers need a bigger forum than I can provide to vent their rage at bad servers, bad customers, bad food, critics on the take and arrogant restaurant owners. more>> [includes DinnersFromHell.com mention]
Hoboken Disbands SWAT Unit in Wake of Racy Photos (1010 WINS) - 11/17/07
The police department's SWAT team has been disbanded, just days after officials learned of racy photos showing the unit's commander and other officers cavorting with waitresses from a Hooters restaurant in Alabama. more>> [includes pic and vid]
Waiter Gets $8,000 For Returning Lost Wallet (KNBC Los Angeles) - 11/12/07
A Harrah's waiter ended up with the $8,000 he found in a restaurant booth after all. Al Castro found a lost wallet last week, with no identification inside. more>>
Cockroaches close $25,000 dessert restaurant (NowPublic) - 11/16/07
A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches. more>>
Please hold: Businesses want to hear your order, not your call (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - 11/10/07
Despite the prevalent attitude that cell phones can be used any time, any place -- public bathrooms included -- there's a competing ethos at play: Put. It. Down. more>>
The Tale of the Tip (NPR) - 11/8/07
It started as an aside in a longer interview, but it became an Internet sensation within hours. Anita Esterday, a waitress at the Maid-Rite in Toledo, Iowa, told NPR's David Greene in a report that aired on Morning Edition Thursday that "nobody got left a tip" on Oct. 8, when Clinton sat at the lunch counter and ordered up the restaurant's famous loose-meat sandwich. more>>
Clooney And Fabio Fight At Celebrity Restaurant (SF Gate) - 11/7/07
George Clooney and romance icon Fabio stunned diners at Hollywood's swanky Madeo restaurant on Friday, when they exchanged fighting words over a photo session. more>>
Grand Breakfast: Introducing NYC's $1,000 Bagel (CBS) - 11/7/07
In March, CBS station WCBS-TV introduced you to the $1,000 pizza courtesy of Manhattan restaurateur Nino Selimaj. Now big spenders tired of dropping big bucks on the luxury pie can now wake up to a grand breakfast at the Westin Hotel in Times Square, where Executive Chef Frank Tujague has concocted his $1,000 bagel. more>>
New York's $25,000 dessert sets Guinness record (Reuters) - 11/7/07
A day after New York City came up with a $1,000 bagel, a local restaurateur unveiled a $25,000 chocolate sundae on Wednesday, setting a Guinness world record for the most expensive dessert. more>>
Venting, Yes. Profiting, No. (New York Times) - 11/4/07
Without quite having a clear plan, Gregg Rottler began contemplating his Web empire last year on his desktop computer at his home near Tampa, Fla. more>> [includes DinnersFromHell.com mention]
Restaurant Investigated For Serving Dog (Moscow Times)10/30/07
A Chinese restaurant in southwest Moscow is being investigated on suspicion of rounding up dogs on the street, killing them and passing their cooked meat off to customers as lamb, city police said Monday. more>>
Restaurant Cited for Deer Carcass In Kitchen (American Renaissance News) - 10/27/07
The kitchen at La Charreada restaurant in Greencastle was cleared to reopen after health officials confirmed a deer was being gutted there earlier in the week. more>>
Fight breaks out at restaurant (NWI Times) - 10/27/07
A 24-year-old Valparaiso man was arrested Thursday night after he struck a fellow diner in the face, Hobart police Detective Jeff White said. more>>
Columbia Restaurant Complains About UF Sorority (Tampa Tribune) - 10/24/07
A manager of the Columbia restaurant in Ybor City complained to the University of Florida that one of its sororities drunkenly caused trouble, damage and fights during a social held there nearly two weeks ago. more>>
Waffle House brawl lands Kid Rock in jail (CNN) - 10/22/07
Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a restaurant and spent about 12 hours in jail before being released, police said. more>>
State Expands Fake Grouper Inquiry (The Ledger) - 10/21/07
After a year of investigating, the Florida Attorney General's Office has expanded its fake grouper investigation to include the wholesalers who supplied it, including the nation's largest food distributor. more>>
Owners of Hobbit Grill Warned They Must Change Name (First Coast News) - 10/18/07
The trustees of a million dollar movie trilogy have threatened to sue a local mom and pop eatery. more>> [Includes vid]
Restaurant serves up Peking duck-style squirrel pancakes (Daily Mail) - 10/16/07
A top restaurant is serving up free grey squirrel pancakes to hungry diners. Peking duck-style squirrel wraps are being offered to diners at The Famous Wild Boar Hotel. more>>
"Big Brother" restaurant opens to study diners (Reuters) - 10/15/07
Does service with a scowl put you off at lunch? Will you eat more greens if you are surrounded by plants? Does romantic, pink lighting encourage you to linger over your fruit salad? more>>
Woman bounced from ladies' room sues (MSNBC.com) - 10/11/07
Khadijah Farmer doesn’t wear makeup, has close-cut hair and wears men’s business clothing, so she understands when she is frequently mistaken for a man. What she refuses to tolerate is being thrown out of a Manhattan restaurant for using the women’s bathroom. more>> [Includes vid]
'Naked Lunch' bites its critics (Bangor Daily News) - 10/9/07
There appears to be a lot more leaf peepers in town who are stopping by the Black Frog Restaurant for lunch hoping to get a glimpse of its advertised buns. more>>
Thai Chef's Chillis Has Police Hot Under The Collar (Sky News) - 10/3/07
A Thai restaurant has been cordoned off by police after its extra-hot homemade chilli sauce was mistaken for a chemical outbreak. more>>
Woman denies restaurant attack (Evening Star) - 9/28/07
A woman has denied attacking a financial manager in a seaside restaurant and has told a court she feared she was about to be beaten up. more>>
Chelsea Clinton Photo Causes NYC Ruckus (CBS) - 9/26/07
The days may be numbered for a photo of Chelsea Clinton posing with the owner of a popular Italian restaurant. more>>
Fox host O'Reilly says restaurant comments not racist (CNN) - 9/26/07
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly says his review of famed Harlem restaurant Sylvia's is being taken out of context and was not racist. more>>
'Fart Spray' Attack at Local Restaurant (MyFox Cleveland) - 9/25/07
Three employees went to the hospital, $1,000 worth of food was thrown out and two men could face felony charges after a "fart spray" attack at a local restaurant. more>> [Includes vid]
World Record for Underwater Dining (Life in the Fast Lane) - 9/25/07
500 slightly unhinged people attended an event underwater at a swimming pool in Acton, west London last Saturday at the Park Club, in a formal bid to set the world record for the largest formal underwater dinner party with Guinness World Records. more>> [includes pics & vid]
Restaurant prank ends with man charged (Georgetown News-Graphic) - 9/25/07
A prank gone wrong resulted in Georgetown police responding to a restaurant with weapons drawn Sunday, a police spokesman said. more>>
Customer Spots Shakes Made From Towel Bucket Milk (WSB-TV) - 9/20/07
An Orlando McDonald's restaurant is under fire for an alleged mistake involving milkshakes. At the restaurant in the Lake Nona area, a customer said she saw McDonald's employees pouring milk into the milkshake machine using a bucket with the words "Soiled Towels Only" on the side of it. more>> [includes pic]
Timberlake and Furtado are Diva Diners (Contactmusic.com) - 9/19/07
Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado are the worst behaved diners in showbiz, according to celebrity restaurateur Guy Rubino. more>>
Messy Britney banned from restaurant (ninemsn) - 9/18/07
Britney Spears has been pilloried as a drunk, a bad mother and a washed-up star — now to top it all off, she's been banned from a restaurant for her appalling table manners. more>>
Sick! Chinese Restaurant Cited For Garlic Stomping (WCBS TV) 9/11/07
A Rockland County Chinese food restaurant is in hot water after it was discovered that an employee apparently used a suspicious and far-from-delicious method to crush the garlic used in the kitchen. more>>
Salt lands McDonald's employee in jail (MSNBC.com) - 9/10/07
A McDonald’s employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer’s burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick. more>>
About 30 protest restaurant's breastfeeding policy (Bonita Daily News) - 9/8/07
As the sun raged Saturday afternoon, so did the breastfeeding protesters. They stood in defiance: Uncovered as hundreds of motorists passed by on U.S. 41 in South Fort Myers. more>>
The Most Dangerous States For Eating Out (HealthInspections.com) - 8/22/07
There are some states where you might want to think twice about eating out. Healthinspections.com reviewed the most recent government statistics on foodborne illness caused by restaurant food. States with the worst record are Florida, California, Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Minnesota. These states lead the nation in outbreaks of food poisoning traced to restaurants. more>>
Man refuses to pay huge restaurant bill (The Local) - 8/17/07
A Scottish man ran up a bill of 139,435 kronor ($20,000) at one of Stockholm's top restaurants. When he refused to pay, the restaurant called the police. more>>
Man says hold the cheese...sues for $10 million (Charleston Daily Mail) - 8/10/07
A Morgantown man, his mother and his friend are suing McDonald's for $10 million. The man says he bit into a hamburger and had a severe allergic reaction to the cheese melted on it. more>>
Restaurant cheat jailed for binge attacks (Spiegel) - 8/3/07
A Berlin court has sentenced a man known as "Schnitzel Stephan" to 18 months in jail for making himself scarce when it came to paying his restaurant bills. more>>
Senior Takes On Restaurant That Charged Him For 'Lemonade' (Tampa Tribune) - 7/28/07
Doug Kinney had done it a dozen times at other restaurants. He would order a glass of ice water with a wedge of lemon affixed to the top. He'd take two packets of Sweet 'N Low sitting on the table, mix it in with the water and the lemon and — presto — homemade lemonade. Kinney said he knows many diners who do the same thing. But June 13, when he got his bill at the King House Chinese Restaurant off State Road 50, Kinney noticed his server charged him $1.29 for lemonade. more>>
Fox Attacks Restaurant Worker In Maryland (Boston.com) - 7/21/07
A bizarre fox attack at a Salisbury steak house had patrons and employees jumping and scrambling for cover. more>>
Every chef you take, eh Sting? (Sun) - 7/20/07
I’ve heard of some ridiculous celebrity demands in my time but Sting takes the biscuit. The fussy superstar stunned staff at a restaurant — by taking along his own chef to cook his meal. more>>
Al Gore's fish dinner turns out green (Telegraph) - 7/19/07
Al Gore, the world's most high profile green campaigner, was at the centre of an embarrassing row yesterday after the serving of a rare fish at his daughter's Beverly Hills wedding. more>>
Pizza Hut waitress gets $10,000 tip (MSNBC.com) - 7/16/07
A family of regulars at a northeastern Indiana Pizza Hut liked their waitress so much, they gave her $10,000. more>>
Men Pose As Couple; Leave Restaurant Without Paying $410 Tab (All Headline News) - 7/11/07
Two men went to an up-scale Sushi restaurant posing as a couple and feasted on freshwater prawns, strip steaks, several appetizers and top shelf drinks before fleeing the scene leaving behind an unpaid $410 tab. more>>
Taiwan restaurant blasted for serving "dead-and-alive fish" (M&C) - 7/6/07
A Taiwan restaurant has been condemned by the public for serving fish whose body has been fried but its head still moves when the fish is served to diners. more>>
Lawsuit Could Unmask Restaurant Critic (ABC News) - 7/2/07
In a case that involves issues as lofty as the First Amendment and as basic as which cut of meat was served, a restaurant critic is being sued for libel for describing a $15 piece of beef as "miserably tough and fatty". more>>
Wait to get into exclusive restaurant may be longest ever at Disneyland (Lawrence Journal-World) - 7/01/07
The wait to get a membership for Disneyland's exclusive Club 33 is so long that wannabe members joke that the only way to move up the list is for somebody to die. more>>
Goat slaughter may be linked to E. coli outbreak (Independent Tribune) - 6/19/07
Rowan County health officials say there is a “biologically plausible” connection between recent cases of E. coli poisoning in patrons of the Captain’s Galley seafood restaurant and the after-hours slaughter of a goat in the business’ kitchen by employees days prior. more>>
High Court rules on damning restaurant review (Sydney Morning Herald) - 6/14/07
The High Court today ruled a newspaper review defamed a Sydney restaurant by saying it sold bad food and provided poor service. more>>
McDonald's to pay student $290 for rat bite (Reuters) - 6/11/07
The world's largest restaurant chain, McDonald's Corp., has been ordered to pay a student some 2,200 yuan ($290) after a rat bit her at one of its outlets in northeastern China. more>>
Faux grouper fine doubles (St. Petersburg Times) - 6/1/07
Amid continuing reports of fake fish on restaurant menus, Florida regulators announced Thursday they are doubling the minimum fine on people caught cheating. more>>
Orang-utan goes on rampage at zoo restaurant (Daily Mail) - 5/24/07
It all looked like a bit of aping about - but it soon got out of hand when this orang-utan went on the rampage. The animal escaped from his cage and terrified restaurant patrons. more>>
5 arrested in melee at area eatery (Toledo Blade) - 5/14/07
Thelma Oliver said she thought it was a good idea to take her mother, Linda Oliver, out for Mother’s Day yesterday with her father, Clarence. The Oliver family, though, found themselves fending off punches and thrown tables and chairs. more>>
Steakhouse Owner Refuses to Serve O.J. Simpson
(FOX News) - 5/9/07
The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts. more>>
Woman Charged $8,000 For Burger King Meal (WTVJ) - 5/8/07
A Burger King restaurant made a king-size mistake that has caused a royal headache for a South Carolina woman. more>>
Restaurant: 500 tacos for information about robbery (Standard-Examiner) - 5/1/07
Bounty hunters are usually the only ones drooling about reward offers, but a local restaurant owner has an offer that could get anyone's salivation started. more>>
Off the hook? The state’s grouper investigation (Fox 13 Tampa Bay) - 4/27/07
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s office is making a big splash with its grouper investigation, making headlines in the media for catching restaurants that put grouper on the menu and accusing some of serving a cheaper fish as a substitute. more>>
Woman sues restaurant after being asked to leave while nursing (NBC) - 4/25/07
A woman has sued a restaurant that asked her to leave after other diners complained about her breast-feeding her infant. more>>
Man cuts off penis in restaurant (BBC News) - 4/24/07
A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant. more>>
Diner scarred for life after sausage explodes (This is London Magazine) - 4/13/07
A woman diner was left with horrific burns after a Portuguese sausage dish exploded in her face. more>> [Contains strong images]
Restaurant forks out $75,000 for lucky fish (Reuters) - 4/3/07
A Chinese restaurant has paid $75,000 for a giant golden-colored tiger fish, a symbol of wealth and good fortune, state media said Tuesday. more>>
Ducking the Foie Gras Ban (ABC News) - 3/30/07
Chicago's Prohibition Leads to One Chef's Revolt, While Other Restauranteurs Bend the Rules. more>>
'Girls Gone Wild' founder plans restaurant chain (Reuters) - 3/29/07
Having made a fortune off bare-breasted women, "Girls Gone Wild" founder is setting his sights on selling another type of breast. more>>
Burger King shifts animal policy (Boston Globe) - 3/28/07
In what animal welfare advocates are describing as a "historic advance," Burger King, the world's second-largest hamburger chain, said yesterday that it would begin buying eggs and pork from suppliers that do not confine their animals in cages and crates. more>>
Food bloggers dish up plates of spicy criticism (San Francisco Chronical) - 3/25/07
Just days after opening Senses, his San Francisco bistro, Teo Kridech clicked onto the World Wide Web only to find that his dream business was considered an overnight flop. more>>
Group says restaurant discriminated against lesbians (Joplin Globe) - 3/24/07
Four women repeated their claim Friday that they were told to leave an IHOP restaurant because two of them kissed. more>>
Chef Wolfgang Puck Bans Foie Gras (Washington Post) - 3/23/07
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is cooking up kinder, gentler menus. As part of a new initiative to fight animal cruelty, Puck said Thursday he will no longer serve foie gras, the fatty liver produced by overfeeding ducks and geese. more>>
Restaurant Takes On Rowdy Kids (ABC News) - 3/22/07
Have you ever found yourself counting the seconds until your check arrives at a restaurant? Not because the food, service or ambience were lacking, but because someone's child was running laps around the place, hiding under the tables, and practicing his dinosaur roar at ear-splitting volume. more>>
Chefs to Prepare Feast at Egypt Pyramids (WTOPnews) - 3/19/07
From the creators of the $25,000 dinner, there's another pricey gourmet feast on the horizon. more>>
We Try a $1,000 Pizza (New York Magazine) - 3/14/07
Given that we’ve already witnessed a $165 “Truffletini” (which we tasted) at Tini Ristorante, $120 hamburger at DB Bistro Moderne, $200 baked potato at the Four Seasons, and a $1,000 omelette at Norma’s, we weren’t surprised to hear about a $1,000 pizza. more>>
'Grouper' costs restaurants (St. Petersburg Times) - 3/10/07
Three Tampa Bay area restaurants have agreed to make sure they don't sell any more "grouper" that really isn't grouper. more>>
Restaurant Critic Revenge: A Dish Best Served Cold (ABC News) - 3/9/07
They stalk their prey day and night. They don disguises to take advantage of the element of surprise. And they're notorious for their ruthlessness and lack of mercy. more>>
Woman opens door for man at Pizza Hut, then sues both (The Record) - 3/08/07
A woman who was injured while holding open the door for customers at the Edwardsville Pizza Hut filed a personal injury suit against the restaurant and the man to whom she extended the courtesy. more>>
Where the Sushi Never Stops (Washingtonian) - 3/06/07
With conveyor belt sushi, there's rarely a dull moment. Just don't expect a purist's approach to raw fish and vinegared rice. more>>
Eatery cooks up gut-busting burger (MSNBC.com)- 2/27/07
Talk about supersize: After creating a hamburger that weighed over 100 pounds last year, a Pennsylvania restaurant decided its customers were hungry for few pounds more. more>>
Rats Take Over Restaurant (NBC Universal) - 2/23/07
It's hard to believe how bad the rat problem is at a downtown fast-food restaurant. more>>
Restaurateur scorches critic in full-page ad (Seattle Times) - 2/22/07
One of the city's most prominent restaurateurs took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Wednesday, accusing the newspaper's chief food critic of lacking the bona fides to do the job. more>>
Chicago slaps 1st foie gras citation (Chicago Sun-Times) - 2/17/07
Nearly six months after the city council banned the sale of foie gras, the Chicago Health Department has issued its first citation. more>>
Super-rich foodies fly in for £15k-a-head banquet (The Guardian) - 2/5/07
Not everyone can say they spent a million on a meal. But this weekend a lucky few with deep enough pockets will ascend to a luxurious Bangkok hotel's 65th floor and scale the culinary heights. more>>
State finds more grouper impostors (St. Petersburg Times) - 1/30/07
Seventeen of 24 Tampa Bay area restaurants tested last year by the Florida Attorney General's Office advertised grouper on menus but served some other fish. more>>
Doggie experience not that appetizing (St. Petersburg Times) - 1/25/07
During a recent meal at Moon Under Water, diner Kenneth Safko noticed a "golden retriever that was having ..."
"Bowel troubles," his wife, Emily Safko, interjected. more>>
Diner: Public has me all wrong (St. Petersburg Times) - 10/07/06
The New Port Richey man who went to trial over the number of shrimp and scallops in his seafood dish believes his case is not funny or amusing. more>>
His code leaves us steamed and awed (St. Petersburg Times) - 10/11/06
Forget the November elections. Forget the price of gas. What we really want to talk about around here is a good courtroom squabble over shrimp and scallops. more>>
Beijing's penis emporium (BBC) - 9/23/06
There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies. more>>
'Hitler' Restaurant to Change Name (ABC News) - 8/29/06
The owners of a new restaurant named "Hitler's Cross" in the Indian city of Mumbai have changed its name after protests. more>>
Restaurateur, News settle review lawsuit (Dallas Morning News) - 12/17/05
A lawsuit against The Dallas Morning News by a local restaurateur over a review of his new eatery has been dismissed after the sides reached a settlement. more>>
China outlaws 'naked sushi' meals (BBC News) - 3/22/05
The Chinese government has banned restaurants from serving food on the bodies of naked women. more>>
The Waiter You Stiffed Has Not Forgotten (New York Times) - 2/2/05
What evil lurks in the hearts of waiters? Now you can find out. But can you stomach the results. more>>
Restaurant's name ties it to disaster (St. Petersburg Times) - 1/1/05
Heather Bresnahan was numb as she drove to work Monday listening to radio reports of the rising death toll from the tsunami that hit South Asia and East Africa. "I was horrified," she said. "I couldn't even imagine it." With the news weighing heavy on her mind, Bresnahan pulled into the parking lot at Brandon Crossroads Plaza. She looked up and there it was, staring her right in the face: Tsunami. more>>
Fish Fraud (Houston Press) - 11/1/01
Passing off cheap fish for expensive red snapper is against the law. But no one enforces the regulations. more>>
Chicken's head found in fast food restaurant (WVEC.com) - 11/30/00
A customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Newport News got more than she bargained for when she received her order. more>>
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