A restaurant offering a hot wings challenge makes daring competitors sign a waiver before they begin — in case of “loss of life”. Wing Kingz in Canterbury, Kent in the UK runs an ‘Earn Your Wingz’ endurance test in which challengers take on 15 chicken wings coated in a Carolina Reaper sauce. If participants can … Read more
Wine not? Parting ways with your cell phone actually pays off at this restaurant in Italy. Al Condominio, which opened in the northern city of Verona in March, offers a free bottle of wine to customers who hand in their phones before meals. “We wanted to open a restaurant that was different from the others,” … Read more
Past rows of steel- and carbon-frame bikes, behind a floor-to-ceiling curtain, to the left of the mechanic’s room, this Prospect Lefferts Gardens institution is freshly reopened. The second incarnation of Jermaine, Paul and Johann Burrowes’ restaurant, MangoSeed, started serving up Caribbean fare this February following intense community pressure, the brothers say. The brothers and professional … Read more
Too cruel for April Fools. On April Fool’s Day, a restaurant in Texas got a guest’s $27 bill sent back with a $100 tip written on it — with a note scrawled in marker with the message, “April Fools Dummy, No Tip 4 You!” A photo of the receipt at El Cacique Taqueria in Baytown, TX, … Read more
Sebastian Maniscalco slammed two fees he encountered while eating at a restaurant last week. The stand-up comedian took to social media saying a restaurant he dined at should get rid of the “COVID fee” he said it charged him. The fee was $3, according to Maniscalco. “I went to a restaurant last night, and I got the … Read more
The bougiest bite in New York is a $28 single chicken nugget. But it comes with a luxe twist: it’s loaded with a spoonful of golden daurenki caviar. “It literally tastes like an upscale McDonald’s nugget,” said Simon Wool, a 30-year-old who has had the nugget on multiple occasions. Each is topped with around two-ounces … Read more
People are losing their minds over this very cheeky sign plastered in front of a new Korean restaurant in Melbourne. Chingu Korean BBQ, located in Caroline Springs, has yet to open but is already drawing attention from across the country thanks to the giant billboard attached to the front. “Hey Sophia, you broke up with … Read more
It pays to be a good parent at this restaurant. An unnamed eatery is awarding parents who know how to keep butts in seats, according to a viral post on Reddit. The threat, published in the sub-Reddit group r/mildlyinteresting, showed the cropped image of an ostensible restaurant receipt with an itemized discount line that reads … Read more
Big, beautiful and booming Cafe Carmellini is the city’s most delightful, crowd-pleasing new restaurant in ages. It brings back the joyful New York before Covid-19, illegal pot shops and the migrant invasion. It’s a miraculous marriage of the19th Century Gilded Age and Wall Street’s junk-bond era, but without 1880s social snobbery or 1980s excess. The brasserie swirls nightly … Read more
Luis Carlos Alvarez Zaragoza, a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and food influencer, recently claimed that two-star Michelin restaurant Sushi Noz serves smaller portions for women than men. Sushi Noz is facing an allegation about serving women smaller food portions when compared to men’s. TikTok/luiscarloszara In a one-minute and 34-second TikTok clip, Zaragoza, who goes by @luiscarloszara on social media, posted his grievances over … Read more
This entitled diner got an extra helping of humble pie. A UK restaurant dished up a verbal smackdown to an “appalling” influencer who asked to eat at their establishment for free due to her supposed celeb status, as seen in a viral Instagram story. “Oh what a surprise!” snarked the Manchester-based restaurant Lucky Ramen and … Read more
Pandemic, inflation, wage mandates — over the last decade, running a restaurant has become one of the more challenging jobs in the country. And it shows, too — dining out in many places around the United States, New York included, has gone from standard practice to pricey privilege. What gives? What does the future hold? The New … Read more
Keep your bougie meals — Americans would rather eat comfort food than fine dining for the rest of their lives. That’s according to a poll of 2,000 U.S. adults which revealed that Americans are more than three times more likely to opt for comfort food (70%) over gourmet meals (16%) if they could only choose … Read more
If you’re among the millions of Americans trying to drop pounds in 2024, you may worry that your palate and/or social life will suffer, but the good news is, you don’t have to hold back from dining out at restaurants. Still, ordering out while dieting may pose challenges, since restaurants often cook with an excess … Read more
This chef is laying down the rules: behave — or get chopped. The newly-opened Frog Club in the West Village features a list of 10 things that will get you “86ed” if you do them — including not kissing chef Liz Johnson without her consent. The list, published on the restaurant’s Instagram, sets out the … Read more
Staffers at a Michigan restaurant were floored after finding a $10,000 tip left on a recent bill — and stunned to learn of the reason behind the generous gift. “Typically, we’ll see every now and then $100 [tips],” Tim Sweeney, the manager of Mason Jar Cafe’s manager in Benton Harbor told The Hill. “But not ever … Read more
Ready, set, bite. The Chiefs and Niners aren’t even on the field yet, and already there’s so much winning this Super Bowl Sunday, as chain restaurants across the country kick off America’s biggest game day by offering a tempting array of delicious deals. And while there’s nothing quite like doing it yourself, you won’t be … Read more
Rockefeller Center’s owners were thinking outside the Rock — way outside — when they brought bar/restaurant Smith & Mills to the fabled Midtown complex. The speakeasy-like lounge is a hiding-in-plain-sight delight. The new venue was originally supposed to open a year ago, and it’s the last sort of place you expect in the landmark’s underground concourse, which is teeming … Read more
Forget about Zero Bond and Casa Cipriani, New York City’s most exclusive private club is a poker spot above a Korean restaurant on East 58th Street. Tony Park, a real estate mogul who owns Anto Korean Steakhouse, wanted an exclusive hideaway where he and his well-heeled friends — mostly finance guys and entrepreneurs — could … Read more
A customer had an unexpected dinner companion – when an octopus tried to escape from her seafood bucket. Ms Liu was having dinner at a hot pot restaurant in Beijing, China, when the live mollusk tried to climb out of the bucket. A video shows the octopus retreating back into the bucket after its tentacle … Read more