• Chicago based Flat Out Crazy Restaurant Group is planning on opening new locations of the FlatTop Grill on the West Coast. [Crain’s]
• A Harold’s Chicken Shack at 7158 S. Western Ave. in the South Side was closed because of an infestation of mice. [Chicago Breaking News]
• Lisa “Hungry Girl” Lillien signed an eight-figure book deal with St. Martin’s Press. [PW]
• Connecticut is set to finally legalize the sale of farm-made pickles. [WSJ]
• John McCain doesn’t support federal funding of the “Know Your Farmer” program which, he argues, is “aimed at ‘small and organic producers’ whose customers generally consist of ‘affluent patrons of urban farmers markets.’” [Politics of the Plate]
• Colleges are slowly beginning to combat food insecurity among their students with programs like free lunches and food pantries filled with leftovers from faculty meetings. [Atlantic]
