Fast Food News

The second of our videos to premiere at this year's 99u will definitely get you in the mood for lunch.

Rhode Island School of Design industrial design student Seulbi Kim has created the Togo Burger , an innovative folding cardboard device to hold fast food with one hand.

It's a measure of Pakistanis' obsession with eating that even the elections held on May 11 - fiercely contested, marred by violence - are being discussed in culinary metaphors.

In today's issue of the Daily Press & Argus, you can find the results of the 2013 Restaurant Poll.

In an inaugural study of population store traffic recently posted, researchers discovered that Americans visit McDonald's more than any other store, followed by Walmart at #2. If you judge from McDonald's perennial number one status on the fast food top 20, or if you open your eyes, this shouldn't come as much of surprise.

An oversized puppet of the Wendy's mascot, provided by the People's Puppets of Occupy Wall Street, took part in silent street theater to convince the fast food giant to sign onto the Fast Food campaign.

R.J. Liberatore Jr./Pleasantville officials say they want the Popeyes Restaurant located at 555 W. Black Horse Pike in Pleasantville to take better care of the outside of its property.

The city of Millbrook is putting out the welcome mat for new businesses setting up shop along Alabama 14.

The Muslim Judicial Council has ruled that the new and only Burger King branch in Cape Town should retain its halaal certificate despite the owner's business link to gambling.

Following Bret Bielema's completely unexpected departure from Madison, it would not have been difficult for a new coach to win over Sconnie Nation.

A gospel singer from Brooklyn is claiming her voice was ruined after she bit into a piece of glass while eating a chicken sandwich at McDonalds, and is suing the fast food chain.

The deluxe pork tender from Little John's Burgers, a locally owned fast food restaurant on Des Moines' north side.

Fried chicken and french fries may fill customers' stomachs, but the dining room hostess at Chick-fil-A in Monkey Junction fills their souls.

I've done it myself. Ask a teenager a healthy place to eat, she'll respond "Subway or Chipotle." What about a less healthy place? Response: "McDonald's or Burger King." But do fast food restaurants that are perceived "healthier" by teens actually translate into fewer calories consumed by them? Researchers in southern California explored that ... (more)

The reason for this question is we recently visited Hibachi Express, which is housed in a former Wendy's fast-food restaurant building, for lunch.

Burgers, at least on the surface, would seem to have reached a saturation point, what with all the fast-food outlets, casual chains, independents and even fine-dining restaurants looking to capitalize on a beloved American classic.

Laindon Holdings first submitted plans for a 24-hour, fast-food restaurant on the former Laindon Hotel site, in High Road, at the beginning of last year, but they were refused after a string of objections from residents.

First, New York. Then, Chicago and St. Louis. And on May 10, Detroit. Fast food workers nationwide, poor, upset and disgusted by the huge contrast between fast food CEOs' pay and their minimum-wage no-benefit jobs, are walking out of their restaurants by the scores.

"Great Gatsby," meet Raise Up Milwaukee. And New York. And Chicago. And St. Louis. And Detroit.

Last week I posted an adaptation of Mark Bittman's recipe for Black Bean Burgers - fast food, much improved - and I promised to post the companion Mexican Chocolate Shake and Sweet Potato Fries today.