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• Mellow Mushroom Follows You Back on Twitter, Literally.

  The concept of buzz and Mellow Mushroom already sort of go together. And it’s easy to imagine the vibe in the room when they decided to send their mascots out t... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Oh Hey, Hi, Did Another Day AND Another Week Pass While You Continued Not to...

  

  Happy Friday. If you need to be convinced to start using Pinterest, read this post on Smartblog by Flora Caputo. Here’s the relevant basic quote: Food pins trum... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Okay, the Denny’s Hobbit Thing Might Be Pretty Perfect, for Some Reason.

  

  Yesterday I was vaguely dismissive of the connection between Denny's and The Hobbit. Today I sort of get it, I think, and I'm enjoying it. Sure. Eat hearty,... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Promotions and Restaurants: Some Go Together Naturally, Some Are Forcibly...

  

  Two cases. One is Angry Birds avenging an innocent Chinese McDonald’s customer who has his burger stolen by those damn pigs. It’s a totally natural situation... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• McDonald’s Canada is Selling Honesty Again, This Time with Regard to the Fries.

  

  “They’re never “formed!’” gently protests the host of this installment, who is a very sensitive man named Scott Gibson, Manager, Supply Chain, McDonald’s Canada. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Yelp is Shaming Cheaters Publicly. That Should Make Them Very Popular with...

  

  For 90 long, miserable days offending small businesses will display this Badge of Shame With the Detective-Coat-Wearing Phantom Whose Star Badge Is Very Large. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Who Wants to Go with Me to Chipotl—…wait, That’s a Wendy’s. Or is It a Taco Bell?

  

  It’s funny. When something in America works, it gets copied (slightly) and relabelled and distributed widely. Especially in the restaurant biz. I was just... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Your Food Photography Budget May Now Be Spent on Printing New Menus with Your...

  

  My friend Carolyn found this great idea for a restaurant on Creativity Online. Basically, if you don’t feel like linking or watching the video, here’s what a... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Pizza Hut Goes for Buzz, but (to Use a Pizza Oven Metaphor) Gets Burned.

  

  Oh, Stephen, you would think it was the best stunt in the world if you thought of asking "Sausage or pepperoni?" at the town hall debate. You just don’t like... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Wendy’s: a Little Older, a Little Wiser, a Little More Interested in Flat...

  

  Today there’s a lot of chatter about the update of Wendy’s logo—first update since before MTV existed—and how she’s retained her innocence but grown up a... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• The 1,000-word Wall Street Journal General News Story About How Important...

  

  This is news. Big news. Wow. So, apparently there were snarls in the deliveries and a few random Starbucks stores ran out of the Pumpkin Spice Latte mix. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• McDonald’s Would Like to Serve Billions and Billions of Paneer Wraps and...

  

  When in India, do as the Indians, which in McDonald’s case means have your chefs whip up a mass-producable South Asian cheese wrap. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• “Underground” Supper Clubs Remind Me of the Band R.E.M. in the Early 1980s.

  

  This is a member of the so-called food underground: Epic Eats. Note their location. I was just reading on Facebook Stories about these young foodies and chefs... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Ah, but Just Like a Presidential Debate, Here’s a Different Survey from the One...

  

  Appropriately for a week where fact checkers are earning their money dismantling the claims of both presidential contenders, here’s a lovely little study from... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• If You Believe the Polls, Cantina Bell is Comin’ for Ya, Chipotle.

  

  First this David Einhorn celeb hedge fund manager dude decides he’s shorting Chipotle stock. Then BrandIndex shows that the quality perception gap between the... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK