D.C. voters approve $15 minimum wage for tipped workers, against restaurants' wishes
In a measure restaurant owners plan to fight, voters in Washington, D.C. decided earlier this week in favor of raising…
Man claims to be the prime minister of Morocco to get restaurant reservation
If you’ve ever called a restaurant for a reservation and been turned down, it can be very tempting to then claim you’re…
United just ditched stroopwafels, the greatest airline snack ever
Airline travel these days is trash. Even for those of us too young to remember its glitzy heyday, airlines seem to…
Girl Scout cookie money allegedly stolen by a couple of real assholes
Nearly $6,000 has disappeared from the coffers of a Girl Scout troop based in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, and…
These people made a camera out of a potato, and it… worked?
You know how people say “did you take this with a potato?” (I didn’t, but apparently they do.) Well, the people at…
Queer Eye’s foodie heartthrob Antoni is opening a restaurant in New York
We love all the Queer Eye guys, including Antoni Porowski, even though his recipes aren’t exactly groundbreaking and…
Pudding lost in space
There’s an episode of The West Wing I really like where Bartlet is all excited about a Mars probe, because space travel…
Flying hot dog projectile shot by Phillie Phanatic injures fan
If you’re sitting close enough to the field at a professional baseball game, chances are you’re keeping an eye out for…
Canadian pay-what-you-can grocery store is making us feel a tiny bit better about life
This story, fittingly, comes from The Good News Network: Toronto is now home to Feed It Forward, a pay-what-you-can…
Black widow spider adopted after being found in broccoli
Another reminder to carefully rinse wash your produce: Ohio resident Jacob Vaughn found a surprising stowaway in his…
We asked a LeBron/wine expert about that LeBron/wine story
Every once in awhile, you encounter a story that makes you say, “Wow, I wish I had been…
Cops visit lemonade stand robbed by jerkface junior-high kids
Here’s a refreshing departure from a recent story in which a kids’ lemonade stand was fined over a lack of permit issue…
Critical beer supplies in danger of running dry during the World Cup
World Cup fans who traveled to Moscow for the games want their beer—lots of it. An influx of tourists as well as…
The two fastest-growing restaurant chains in the U.S. are both pizza joints
The annual Nation’s Restaurant News Top 200 is out, and it contains a surprise that should totally not be a surprise…
Budget airline adds some strict drinking rules after grounded flight
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, is cracking down on in-flight partiers after three inebriated passengers…
New Jersey lawmaker wants to establish “Anthony Bourdain Food Trail”Â
New Jersey was proud to call Anthony Bourdain one of its own. The beloved chef, author, and TV host grew up in Leonia,…
GrubHub delivery person accused of mistaking laptop for tip
A GrubHub driver in Anaheim, California, has been suspended after a customer reported that a laptop was taken from the…
English World Cup team reportedly not eating Russian room service over poisoning fears
Stakes are certainly high at the World Cup, but some teams are more cautious than others. After the March nerve agent…
Behold the donug, the unholy-and-probably-delicious chicken nugget doughnut
The reign of the cronut as most curious food mashup may be over: There’s a new contender for…
Heartless pizzamaker withholds pizza-in-bed box from needy masses
Every once in awhile an invention comes along that makes you wonder how on earth such a thing didn’t exist already.…