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May 18, 2012
Carl's Jr. Is Testing An Ice Cream Burger (AKA 'Brrrger') Only in Orange County
Sometimes, we just luck out. Because look what we've got here. It's the new "Ice Cream Brrrger" from Carl's Jr., being tested only in OC. Don't freak out--they didn't simply add a scoop of rocky road to their Western Bacon Cheeseburger. Because that would be gross. Maybe. Nope, it's a ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
A "Pink Slime"-Using Beef Producer Files For Bankruptcy
The Wall Street Journal reports that AFA Foods, which contributes to about 2% of total U.S. beef production has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company's products are sold by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Burger King Holdings Inc., Jack in the Box Inc., Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc., Wendy' ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Wendy's Knocks Burger King Off #2 Spot
Technomic, the research and consulting firm that keeps score on the this sort of thing, put out its annual ranking of fast-food restaurants yesterday. The firm reports that Wendy's has displaced Burger King as the number two burger chain with $8.5 billion in sales compared with Burger King's $8.4 ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
10 Great Gay Bars in Orange County (and Long Beach)
A while back, we received instructions from the suits to put together a set of lists of the ten best in several categories. As Gustavo explained, this is meant to make our already awesome Best Of applications even more awesome...er.One of the categories was gay bars, and we all stood around sc ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
John Freese's Holiday Shopping Guide
You only have one holiday shopping weekend left. Freak ya out? In order to help your lazy, procrastinating ass, we enlisted the help of drummer extraordinaire Josh Freese. And why not? The man who rocks behind the kit for bands such as Devo and Weezer is also one of the greatest marketing ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Carl's Jr. Does Handmade Biscuits. Really?
Dave LiebermanIt's a rare occasion when we link to Fast Food Maven around here, but I was intrigued by the recent article post handmade biscuits at Carl's Jr.After all, everything in a fast-food chain comes preportioned and pre-dumbed-down so that anyone can do it, right? Creativity and individua ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2011
Hardees Commercials for Fried Bologna Biscuits
You may or may not like Carl's Jr's. commercials. They're purposely polarizing and provocative. The ads use either tits or creepers to capture your eyeballs and your wallet. Now they're using both at the same time--creepy old man moobies to sell Hardee's Fried Bologna Biscuit breakfast sandwic ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Best Bar Snack Ever: How to Make Murky Jerky
Dave LiebermanDoesn't look like much, but it's still awesome.I love dive bars. Dive bars are my birthright as an American. I love walking into a dim, dank room, bellying up to a worn old bar of no pedigree whatsoever, ordering a beer and maybe a shot, and talking to the random characters sitting ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Five Non-Slutty Carl's Jr. Commercials
Eater published a fun, if predictable, collection of what it calls Carl's Jr.'s Slutburger ads--you know, those ads featuring hot chicks eating burgers that made founder Carl Karcher sad in the last years of his life due to their wanton sexuality.Of course, Carl's Slutburger phase is a relatively ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Chili's Allegedly Serves Alcoholic Mudslide Instead of Chocolate Shake to 4-Year-Old
It was first Applebee's, then Olive Garden, and now this. Chili's is the third restaurant in the last few weeks to be accused of serving an alcoholic drink to a child. This time it's in Chicago, and the drink was a Mudslide allegedly mistaken for chocolate shake.
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April 13, 2011
Carl's Jr. Turkey Burger: Not Bad
Flickr user keenanpepperDuring last week's Carl's Jr. Missed Connection, I mentioned that I was waiting patiently for a turkey burger and a salad. This is a new development at Carl's Jr., whose advertising for the last half-decade has revolved around manly men doing manly things and eating 1,000- ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Pulitzer Prize Winning Food Critic Jonathan Gold Reviews...The Olive Garden
Sometimes an April Fools prank can backfire on the prankster. It happened to Jonathan Gold, our esteemed colleague and Pulitzer Prize winning food critic at the LA Weekly. His planned joke on his longtime food photographer Anne Fishbein to meet him at Olive Garden didn't go exactly as planned. ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Carl's Jr., Hardee's to Sell Turkey Burgers--Chain Finally Going Healthy?
Is this burger going the way of Carlos Jr.?Carl's Jr. has spent most of the last decade boasting of its waistline-busting burgers, proudly proclaiming their entrees are for sloppy guys who think a salad and any thought of health is one fey thang, hanging their hat on 1,000-calorie-plus creations ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
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Viento Y Agua
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February 24, 2011
Phil Shane and the Hot Damn Band
House of Blues
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January 5, 2011
Orange County No Longer the Promised Land for Fast Food?
Taco Bell, Del Taco, In-N-Out, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.--the list of fast-food chains with headquarters in Irvine is among the largest in the country. They came to our land of plenty not just because of a friendlier business environment, but also because Southern California has always offered delive ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Dee Nguyen of Break of Dawn and Gabriel Zambrano of Soho Tacos Get into a Knife Fight!
From Soho Taco's website, obviously...Kind of. The owners behind my top choices for the best restaurants of 2010, Break of Dawn (número 1) and Soho Taco (# dos), met at Dee Nguyen's Laguna Hills temple to breakfast and lunch. "But, it looks like Chef Gabe made an attempt to get express his culin ... More >>
Food
November 4, 2010
Capital Grille Has Big Meat for Big Money
South Coast Plaza's newest eatery will set you back a paycheck, but the steak will have you happy in the poorhouse
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November 3, 2010
On The Line: Derek Venutolo of The Capital Grille, Part Two
Photo by Todd Barnes Today we continue our Q&A with Derek Venutolo, the executive chef The Capital Grille in South Coast Plaza. Stay tuned for a recipe from the chef tomorrow. If you missed the first part, click here. What show would you pitch to the Food Network? Not going to share my ide ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
The Capital Grille Opens Today in South Coast Plaza
Edwin GoeiIf you haven't noticed, the building that was once The Clubhouse in South Coast Plaza has between split in two like a two-layer cake. The bottom layer is now Seasons 52, part of the East Coast chain that eschews butter and fry oil to keep their entrees at or under 475 calories.
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Gettin' Made: L.A. Street Food Fest Tomorrow
The folks that brought you Unique L.A. are at it again, this time hosting a celebration of street food vendors called the L.A. Street Food Fest. For a scant $5 entrance fee (which includes a free drink ticket and a chance at fab giveaways), you'll gain access to the festival which includes special d ... More >>
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October 4, 2009
The Capital Grille Coming to South Coast Plaza
Last week, it was announced that an east coast chain called Seasons 52 was coming to South Coast Plaza. This week, the invasion of out-of-state fine-dining chains continues with a new restaurant called The Capital Grille. The press release I received goes into a few details about wine locker ... More >>
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September 23, 2009
Is There ANYTHING Salvageable from the Reg's Best of Orange County Food Winners?
I usually don't care for lolcats, but this one...For 16 years, the Orange County Register's annual Best of Orange County has mystified county eaters with this simple question: are the paper's readers really that stupid and tasteless to continue calling the Olive Garden the best place in Orange Co ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Taco Bell Crime of the Week!
A faulty sewer line isn't a crime per se, but how lousy is life in Macomb, Illinois, that the following is a news story--or that "several excited Taco Bell fans camped outside the restaurant in anticipation of" the restaurant reopening? Camping overnight for Taco Bell? God should've smote t ... More >>
Food
July 9, 2009
TK Burgers Refuses to Conform to the Numbing Sameness of a Fast-Food Chain
A faulty sewer line isn't a crime per se, but how lousy is life in Macomb, Illinois, that the following is a news story--or that "several excited Taco Bell fans camped outside the restaurant in anticipation of" the restaurant reopening? Camping overnight for Taco Bell? God should've smote t ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
Reminder: HB Restaurant Week Starts Today!!
Since I last wrote about the event, which runs until June 2, it's more than doubled in size, with 27 restaurants, pubs and bars confirmed, including Duke's. There are brilliant bargains to be had (check the website for details), and, even better, this chowing is for charity!
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May 26, 2009
Is P.F. Chang's good? And News About Irvine's China Garden.
Edwin GoeiTwo stories involving Chinese food caught my attention last week. First, there's local news about what is arguably one of OC's best Chinese restaurants, China Garden in Irvine. Fellow OC Food Blogger Julian Hsu has the scoop. In his post, he writes: "We just ate there for dimsum lunch t ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2009
TGI Friday's Goes Five-Dollar (and Five Cent!) Crazy
Subway has been flogging its five-dollar foot-longs for ages--I'm sorry, they should be paying us five dollars to eat that slop--but now TGI Friday's is joining the gang, meaning we we eat out for around the same price (or thereabouts, if we're frugal). I'm not a big fan of the chain, I admit. Call ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2009
McDonald's Makes The Grade; Others Must Try Harder
A few weeks back we brought you news of a survey of America's healthiest fast-food chains (Panera Bread topped the list). Now comes the reverse: America's unhealthiest fast-food restaurants. A report by health and nutrition experts David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding, authors of "supermarket survi ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
Red Night Club Grand Opening
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Blogs
February 24, 2009
It's Official: This Recession May Make You Fat
Today is Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday), so it's fitting that I'm writing about how unhealthy we're becoming as a nation - indeed, as a planet. According to the Guardian, the number of new cases of diabetes being diagnosed in the UK is growing at a faster rate than in the US. Now that is depressing. A ... More >>
Blogs
January 29, 2009
Taco Bell Crime of the Week!
This one is from last week and involves Taco Bell itself!A federal appeals court Friday ruled that Taco Bell is solely liable for $42 million in breach-of-contract awards to two Michigan men who created the diminutive mascot that starred in the Irvine fast-food giant's hit $500-million advertising c ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
Life of Pie
NEWS ITEM: Don Callender, founder of the Southern California restaurant chain Marie Callender's, has passed to that great pie shop in the sky.. . . AND NOW THE REST OF THE STORY: The mortuary will return a small fee to the grieving family once it gets back the tin receptacle holding the deceased.
Blogs
November 18, 2008
Satisfaction's Michael Rosas Acoustic Tonight!
If you need to get your Satisfaction fix, good news: front man Michael Rosas will be performing tonight at Alta Coffee in Newport Beach, which has to be one of the coziest little coffee houses in Orange County—let alone Newport Beach. Rosas goes on at 9:20 p.m. and he promises to get his "acoust ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2008
Taco Bell Crime of the Week, Part I
A weekly series in which we scan police blotters across the world to find the craziest crime occurring at an outpost of Orange County's most infamous fast-food chain... From West Virginia: A late night trip to get some fast food from Taco Bell in the Kanawha City area of Charleston, W.Va., landed ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2008
Anaheim GardenWalk's Garden Party Music Series
Looking for an excuse to finally check out the new Anaheim GardenWalk? Their free and outdoor Garden Party Music Series starts tomorrow, Saturday, September 6th and will continue every Saturday until the 27th. Click HERE for the schedule and more details on the acts. Even if you've seen their s ... More >>
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May 22, 2008
Hot Quirky Freaks
Au, PWRFL POWER and Parenthetical Girls
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January 10, 2008
Looking for a Place to Be
Lupe Fiasco
Blogs
December 4, 2007
Pesos-Loving Pizza Chain Invades Santa Ana
Remember Pizza Patrón? Only if you're a Know Nothing. Last year, the Dallas-based pizza chain infuriated conservatives after announcing it would accept pesos in lieu of dollars at their locations. Lost in the debate was whether their pies were any bueno. We'll find out soon enough. Across the stre ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2007
Steal a Base, Steal a Taco?
Irvine-based Taco Bell Corp. announced this morning that it will give a free taco to "everyone in America" if any player steals a base during the 2007 Major League Baseball World Series, which--as usual--won't include the Dodgers. The item at stake is the crunchy beef taco valued at 77 cents. Here ... More >>
Food
March 15, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Pizza for Pesos: Chicago Pizza
Blogs
January 12, 2007
Crazier than Crazy Bread
As soon as I read this story last Saturday about Pizza Patrón, a Dallas-based pizza chain that primarily caters to Latino communities, accepting pesos as payment, I wondered how long it would be before I read a story about the company getting death threats. Answer: six days. The ... More >>
News
July 6, 2006
News Events
As soon as I read this story last Saturday about Pizza Patrón, a Dallas-based pizza chain that primarily caters to Latino communities, accepting pesos as payment, I wondered how long it would be before I read a story about the company getting death threats. Answer: six days. The ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2006
Karaoke: Cruel and Unusual
As home to the country's largest concentration of Vietnamese-Americans, any story about Vietnam is liable to generate strong opinions in OC. But regardless of how one feels about the current government of Vietnam, I think we can all agree that a story in today's Long Beach Press-Telegram shows that, ... More >>
News
February 2, 2006
Star-bucker
Xtine Hanson takes on corporate coffee with Delocator.net
Features
September 8, 2005
In the Kitchen, With a Knife
Xtine Hanson takes on corporate coffee with Delocator.net
News
March 17, 2005
Now We Have Faith
With Taco Bell boycott over, activists plan for next fast-food battle
News
October 3, 2002
Goofy Oversight
Health inspectors say Disneyland eatery is clean, but complaints continue
News
September 19, 2002
Rats and Rat Shit Everywhere
Disney employees claim Goofys Kitchen made them sick
Features
August 9, 2001
Whos Acai Now?
Eat exotic fruit, surf and save the rain forest
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