Unlike Taco Bell, who is currently dealing with a lawsuit claiming their “meat filling” contains only 36 percent beef, Wendy’s newest menu item, the Asiago Ranch Chicken Club, falls under its current advertising slogan, “You know when it’s real.” Pressure’s on, pigtails, don’t mess this one up. The Asiago Ranch…
After a recent announcement stating that steak would be getting sacked from its menu and chicken would be the fowl focus, El Pollo Loco rolled out two new fish tacos as a limited-time offer. What the cluck? Why now? Of course — Lent starts in March. How could my guilt-ridden…
Taco Bell: Hey, remember that lawsuit filed against us a few weeks ago saying that we use a “meat mixture” containing less than 35 percent meat? Fast Food Nation: Um, sort of. Taco Bell: Well, check this out, it’s our new Quad Steak Burrito and Quesadilla, made with real USDA…
While the minds of America may never be cleansed of the image of Snooki dropping in a glass ball on New Year’s Eve, they can take solace that the only party animal being celebrated for the Chinese New Year is one with long ears, a puffy tail, and zero arrests…
For more than 30 years, something’s been missing in the downtown indie film scene: namely, an indie theater. And one that serves adult beverages? Don’t Pink our Flamingos. All that changes today with the Grand Opening of FilmBar, an art-house cinema with a bar to boot. With a focus on…
For some of us, nothing says Valentine’s Day like teddy bears, candy, and flowers. But for a fetishist, it’s boot lickings, flesh suspensions, and rubber. Ah, love. Viva la Fetish Revolution 11. The erotic Valentine’s event, sponsored by the Arizona fetish organization Horns & Halos, features music by the British…
Taco Bell: Hey, you. Wanna free taco? We’re giving away 10 million of them on Facebook. Fast Food Nation: Hey, thanks. Wait a minute, this wouldn’t have to do with that lawsuit claiming your “meat filling” only contains 36 percent beef, would it? Weren’t your snarky newspaper ads enough to…
Chipotle is the new black…er, ingredient in the barbecue sauce for McDonald’s latest versions of their Angus Third Pounders and Snack Wraps. Hey, remember when McDonald’s owned Chipotle? Good times. The Angus Chipotle BBQ Bacon & Cheese Burger is a third-pound Angus beef patty, topped with American cheese, bacon, pickles,…
Following nearly everyone else in fast-food land, Carl’s Jr. has finally come out with its own chicken wrap. Called Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers, each one features one of CJ’s chicken tenders rolled up in a flour tortilla with shredded lettuce, cheese and choice of buttermilk ranch, honey mustard, or barbecue…
Yesterday, while we Americans were wolfing down our Big Mac’s, Chicken McNuggets, Happy Meals, and the like, in Finland, a group calling itself the “Food Liberation Army” kidnapped a Ronald McDonald statue from a local Mickey Dee’s. Until their questions regarding quality assurance and production of McFoodstuffs are answered by…
Since Teen Wolf Marcel left last week with his facial hair grooming products and “You haven’t heard the last of me!” exit line (until Top Chef All Stars: Foam and Rap airs), nine cheftestants are left to duke it out for the title. On last night’s episode, the chefs find…
A 6,000-year-old instrument, exhilarating landscapes from around the globe, and a quest to jam with fellow artists in remote nomadic societies? Message to world-music hipsters and armchair travelers everywhere: Prepare to wet yourselves. The documentary Nömadak Tx follows the adventures of Harkaitz Martinez and Igor Otxoa, musicians who play variations…
Taco Bell is calling bullshit on a lawsuit filed two weeks ago challenging the actual beef content in its tacos with a massive marketing campaign launched last Friday. In addition to a YouTube campaign starring TB’s president, Greg Creed, proclaiming the taco mixture is 88 percent beef (not 35 percent…
“The gays have totally warped your mind,” warns Violet’s friend in the movie Violet Tendencies. Violet, portrayed by Mindy Cohn (Natalie from The Facts of Life), plays a 40-year-old “fag hag” struggling with leaving her gay friends to find a love of her own. And a “stag hag”? Yeah, that’s…
Last week, a California woman brought a false-advertising lawsuit against Taco Bell claiming that their products contain very little meat. And for those of us who have eaten their Cantina Tacos, this should resonate like the sun exploding. The class-action suit, which does not ask for money, objects to TB’s…
If only we could be this excited on a Monday morning…
Whoa. We’re barely into the new year and Smashburger comes out swingin’ with the nationwide introduction of its Sin City Smashburger. Why such a big deal? Two reasons: 1) It’s Smashburger’s first ever limited-time offer and 2) It includes an Angus beef patty, applewood-smoked bacon, American cheese, grilled and haystack…
Ugh. It’s “Restaurant Wars,” yo, the most overhyped episode of the Top Chef season. It’s all about seeing which team can come up with the worst-ever name for a restaurant, argue over which font to use for the menus, and see who can yell the most at their servers. Shhh…don’t…
The cinematic gem, Maniac, was protested by feminists and reviled by critics as “sick” and “deserves to be rated X.” Even Gene Siskel walked out after thirty minutes, saying the film “could not redeem itself” after the amount of violence he watched. Earning instant notoriety as one of the most…
“Well, we’ve got the results from your tests.” I’m in the examining room at my doctor’s office. It’s been three weeks that I’ve been out of the hospital, two weeks since I swallowed a camera to take thousands of pictures of my intestines — a Fantastic Voyage of all guts,…
“Eat mor chikin! Eat mor chikin!” What? Huh? What time is it? Oh, it’s the Chick-fil-A “Cowz” waking my ass up with another fowl feeding opportunity: breakfast with their new Spicy Chicken Biscuit. Featuring a spicy breaded chicken breast deep-fried and placed inside a buttermilk biscuit (essentially the Spicy Chicken…
Like having its own version of the Big Gulp, Starbucks has announced they will introduce the 31-ounce “Trenta” cup in all U.S. locations by May 3. Available only for iced beverages, the new gut-punching size is seven ounces larger than the “Venti”, currently the largest size the Seattle-based chain offers…
