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Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
PHOENIX (AP) — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality...
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La. restaurant chain to pay $100K in back wages
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
NEW LLANO, La. (AP) — A Louisiana-based restaurant chain has agreed to pay more than $100,000 in back wages to 135 chefs and servers following a Labor Department investigation. The department...
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NY website features farmers markets, wineries
Updated: 10 min ago
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state's new data transparency website now has information to help people find local farmers' markets, wineries, breweries, and distilleries. In...
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Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips
Updated: 3 hr ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy —...
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Restaurant reopens after bad reality TV experience
Updated: 4 hr ago
PHOENIX (AP) — A Scottsdale restaurant reopened for business Tuesday night to good reviews after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience. Wife and husband...
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Wine aged in Charleston Harbor recovered
Updated: 8 hr ago
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A California winery on Tuesday recovered four cases of Cabernet Sauvignon that were submerged in Charleston Harbor three months ago in the first phase of an experiment to...
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Top chefs offer up fresh takes on taco night
Updated: 12 hr ago
When salsa overtook ketchup as America's favorite condiment in the 1990s you had to know that "taco night" wasn't far behind. Simple, satisfying and inexpensive, hard or soft tacos filled with...
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Second restaurant named for Rodgers, Braun to open
Updated: 22 hr ago
GLENDALE, Wis. (AP) — A Brookfield restaurant named for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is opening a second location. 8-Twelve MVP Bar &...
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Summer rolls help squeeze veggies into the picnic
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
When it comes to packing a picnic basket, sandwiches are almost always the stars of the menu. And why not? They are easy to eat with your hands, pack well and are versatile enough to keep everyone...
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Judge won't dismiss $75 million casino lawsuit
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a $75 million lawsuit accusing a Mississippi casino of serving a heavily medicated man so many free drinks that he collapsed in the...
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What do we eat? New food map will tell us
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the...
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Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of...
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