Welcome back to Behind Closed Ovens, where we take a look at the best and strangest stories from inside the food industry. This week, we've got yet more stories of hilariously dumb customers, as well as an end to the armistice from the Great Egg War of 2014 (NEVER FORGET). As always, these are real e-mails from real…
On Friday, XOJane published a think piece titled "UNPOPULAR OPINION: I Don't Feel Guilty For Not Tipping You" by Sarah Bartlett. It is exactly as bad as it sounds.
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people's worst experiences at the worst places. This week: 24-hour diners. Need we say more?
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Or maybe "Boss Chicken." Or maybe "Fucking Chicken." Look, there are a lot of ways you can translate what this place's name was going to be.
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"Put some mustard on it" is a surprisingly common refrain among McDonald's managers, according to a new survey.
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And the whole reason they're doing it is to combat food waste.
Welcome back to Behind Closed Ovens, where we take a look at the best and strangest stories from inside the food industry. This week, we've got a bevy of stories about servers getting their sweet revenge on deserving customers. As always, these are real e-mails from real readers.
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If you witness a restaurant owner committing sexual harassment, you're allowed to post about it on TripAdvisor — as long as you don't use any pesky words like "feminism," "misogyny," or "International Women's Day."
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Because "Death to America" only applies if we're not talking about McDonald's, Froot Loops, and (this is my favorite) New York-style Bagel Chips.
Listen. I say the following with a pristine record of support for unhealthful dairy-based coating glops—both as a genre of foodstuffs and in most specific instances—as well as with the firm backing of all available science: Ranch dressing is bad. Bad dressing.
Welcome to Boozinette. This is The Bipartisan Bankroll.
The hippies over at Mother Jones magazine drew our attention to how McDonald's "can't decide whether to troll hipsters or embrace them," so while we all figure out which side of the coin ingesting kale falls on, we're wondering about the new McMenu.
You might think that with all the mockery of St. Louis that goes on, we Gawker Media writers are being unfair to the city that is just so gosh-darn humble that it can't stop telling you how humble it is. You might think wrong.
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We've seen companies do a lot lately to get out of paying their workers a decent wage, but invoking a Constitutional Amendment originally designed to protect the oppressed is an impressive new low.
It is with both pride and slight dejection that I admit to having watched every single episode of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I'm not going to explain myself. Just know that it's a fact.
Welcome back to Behind Closed Ovens, where we take a look at the best and strangest stories from inside the food industry. This week, we've got a grab-bag of stories whose common thread is that I stared at each in wonder when I initially read them. As always, these are real e-mails from real readers.
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Costco yesterday announced it would be following the lead of McDonald's and other large fast food companies by phasing out the use of antibiotics in chicken. This is actually pretty important.
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It was a pretty good death, though.
Welcome to Boozinette. This is The Spruce Moose.
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If you've ever wished restaurants would stop bending over backwards to accommodate horrible customers, I've got a really fun story for you.
