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Making it as a restaurant in some of Canada’s biggest foodie cities on a good year requires hustle, timing, that secret sauce, and a ton of luck. Add a global pandemic to the mix, and circumstances instead served newly minted restaurants with much of the opposite: public lockdowns (meaning no on-site patrons and a switch to […]

Though bodegas have been longstanding cornerstones of NYC communities, their importance was never more clear than during the global pandemic. While big retailers struggled to keep their shelves stocked at times throughout the crisis, many of these smaller business became a lifeline for their respective neighborhoods, as its owners and employees risked their safety to provide food […]

Mario Lopez is set to take on the role of Colonel Sanders for Lifetime’s new KFC-themed mini-movie, A Recipe for Seduction, and Twitter has questions. The network’s new trailer for the project is about as self-aware as a Lifetime movie could possibly be, featuring a murder plot, some sort of affair, and plenty of suitably goofy acting. […]

A waitress in Texas was surprised when a patron left her a $2,000 tip, but she was even more stunned to discover that the restaurant wouldn’t be giving her any of the money. Emily Bauer had only been working at the Red Hook Seafood and Bar in San Antonio for about two weeks when she was scheduled for a busy […]

A number of big-name professional athletes will be cashing in on McCormick’s $800 million acquisition of Cholula. According to Forbes, Dwyane Wade, Travis Kelce, Dak Prescott, Victor Oladipo, J.J. Watt, and Ryan Tannehill are expected to see a return of around four times in their investment in the hot sauce company.  In December 2018, the […]

The Oridgenators presented by Ruffles is a six-part IGTV series that spotlights pioneering Black creators from the intersecting worlds of basketball, sneakers, social media, music, and entrepreneurship. Each episode profiles one unique individual who defied societal norms in pursuit of their dreams to inspire and uplift.  Karen Civil knows what to expect when she shows […]

Colorado now has its first In-N-Out burger, and the line to try it was absolutely insane. Despite the actual burgers at In-N-Out not being that stellar, it was all about the experience of trying it for the first time. People were clamoring for that experience this past Friday for its grand opening in Aurora, Colorado, so much […]

McDonald’s has announced that it will be introducing a line of plant-based meat alternatives called “McPlant” in 2021. Barclays Bank forecasts that the consumption of meat alternatives could be worth £106bn ($140bn) by 2029, and McDonald’s are now set to make the move into the vegan food game by offering plant-based burgers, chicken substitutes and breakfast sandwiches from next […]

Chick-fil-A is apparently so good, a Georgia woman was willing to get arrested for a free bite. The Charlotte Observer reports that Kimberly Ragsdale posed as an FBI agent to score complimentary food from employees, and was later arrested and charged for impersonating a public officer. Officers say that the 47-year-old also tried to deceive […]

Travis Scott put a smile on the face of a young fan who had just beat cancer for a second time by giving him one of his rare McDonald’s action figures.  According to his GoFundMe page, Jonah DeToro had successfully overcame a brain tumor in 2019, only to discover that even more aggressive tumors had spread throughout his brain and spine. DeToro stayed at the […]